New Executive Director!
Prairie Wind & Silver Sage is pleased to announce the appointment of our brand-new Executive Director Connie Sykes. Connie comes to PWSS with backgrounds and interests in education, community service, …
PWSS Annual General Meeting March 26
PRAIRIE WIND & SILVER SAGE – FRIENDS OF GRASSLANDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Prairie Wind & Silver Sage – Friends of …
Thanks for Celebrating With Us!
What a wonderful party it was last weekend at Prairie Wind & Silver Sage to celebrate 20 years of engagement, enthusiasm and fun, as we work with our community …
Celebrate 20 Years!
Please join us at Prairie Wind & Silver Sage in the Little Brick Schoolhouse in Val Marie on Saturday, September 16 to celebrate 20 wonderful years. Afternoon tea (Val Marie …
A Prairie Dog Tail
Join us at Prairie Wind & Silver Sage on Thursday, August 17 at 7:30 p.m. for A Prairie Dog Tail: The University of Saskatchewan’s research project investigating the ecology of …
“The Grasslanders” Book Launch!
Ranch stories from Grasslands National Park – join us on the lawn at Prairie Wind & Silver Sage on Friday, July 28 at 2:00 pm for the launch of “The …
PWSS and the Little Brick Schoolhouse Celebrate 20th Anniversary
Thanks to the effort of many individuals over the years, Prairie Wind and Silver Sage – Friends of Grasslands is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. Please save the afternoon …
Butcher Birds and the Stewards of Saskatchewan
Butcher birds at Prairie Wind & Silver Sage and a date to mark in your calendars! Ashley Vass of Nature Saskatchewan presents a talk on Butcher Birds and the Stewards …
Dispatches From the Grasslands
Dispatches From the Grasslands: Poems from a Prairie Workshop (Click photo to open this book in PDF format.) In the summer of 2016, brought together by Prairie Wind and Silver …
PWSS Annual General Meeting March 2017
Burrowing Owl (Photo: CPAWS/Ron Dudley) PRAIRIE WIND & SILVER SAGE – FRIENDS OF GRASSLANDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Prairie Wind & …
A Sage Grouse in a Pear Tree
Native Prairie Speaker Series Save the Last Dance: A science-based program for the recovery of Greater Sage-grouse in Grasslands National Park Presented by: Stefano Liccioli, Laura Gardiner, Nathan Young, Nils …
Songbird Abundance in the Mixed-Grass Prairie
Please join us on Wednesday October 26, 2016 at 7:30 pm for this off-season event, as Grasslands National Park’s Samantha Fischer discusses her research on the effects of cattle grazing …
Valerie Zink, Capturing a Sense of Place
“What does it feel like to be here?” Please join us for the final artist residency of the season, with Valerie Zink on Saturday, September 24, 1:00 to 5:00 pm, …
Melissa Goodchild and Kevin Grady, with Music All Around You
Concerts, recorder lessons, free musical improvisation for all, and making your own musical rainsticks are on the program in Val Marie and Grasslands National Park August 29 to September 8, …
Basic Night Photography Workshop with Sherri Grant
If you have admired the gorgeous prairie night skies in photographs by Sherri Grant, on view this summer in her exhibition Sky Alive at Prairie Wind & Silver Sage, now …
Prairie Dogs at Prairie Wind August 25
Ever wonder what those people in the Calgary Zoo trucks are up to every day in Grasslands National park? Are you curious why anyone would spend a whole summer …
Bren Simmers, Ambassador of Poetry
A Poetry Machine for Kids is coming to the Val Marie village square (corner of Centre Street and 1st Avenue North) on Tuesday, August 9 at 10:30! Hosted by Prairie …
Office Hours with Writer in Residence
Prairie Wind & Silver Sage writer in residence Roger Mitchell is hosting open office hours this week at Prairie Wind & Silver Sage (the Little Brick Schoolhouse) in Val Marie …
Grasslands Documentary Premieres in Val Marie
The premiere Val Marie screening of the documentary film Grasslands takes place at the Palais Royale Theatre (Val Marie community hall), on Centre Street in Val Marie, on Friday, July 8 at …