Shakespeare Under the Tents at Bard on the Beach

Vancouver's answer to the Vegas Sphere: a 360 dome at the Space Centre where Pink Floyd, blue whales and the cosmos wrap the entire ceiling in 10K and Dolby Atmos, watched flat on your back from a reclining seat.

Vancouver's 1981 indie record shop, where the bins reveal more about a person than any dating app ever will.

Towering totem poles against sea and forest, a half-price Thursday, and the trip to UBC that's actually worth it.

& Juliet at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Thursday October 1.

& Juliet on Friday. shakespeare's version where juliet gets the last word.

The largest Emily Carr survey in over twenty years fills the Vancouver Art Gallery with her swirling BC forests and coastlines.

Suzhou artisans, no nails, Ming Dynasty methods, and National Geographic's vote for the world's top city garden, in Chinatown.

A 1927 gilded dome in Vancouver, home of the Vancouver Symphony, and the most beautiful room you'll be seen in all year.

Four women navigate hot flashes and hormones through song on September 22.

& Juliet on Tuesday. shakespeare but make it pop.

Shakespeare's teenage heroine gets a second act on Wednesday, September 30.

Ten days of world cinema downtown, from festival-circuit premieres to local debuts, with a walkable spill of late dinners and drinks to argue about them.

A 1929 Granville Street ballroom with a dance floor literally built on tires, and Billboard's vote for one of North America's most influential clubs.

A former courthouse holding the world's largest Emily Carr collection, by-donation Tuesdays and free every first Friday of the month.