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

Port Moody's only free public gallery, housed in two heritage buildings that make the romance look effortless.

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

An intimate downtown gallery for Haida master Bill Reid and contemporary Indigenous artists, where the jewellery cases invite actual leaning-in.

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.

Hop a SeaBus, land at a sawtooth-roofed gallery by the Shipyards, and redirect your donation budget straight to the patio beer next door.

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

A free contemporary gallery on the third floor of the Anvil Centre, programming international artists who work in light, sound and code.

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

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.

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

thursday night you'll both pretend to understand experimental film.

Surrey's free interactive museum in Historic Cloverdale, with touchscreens, a working textile studio, and walkable antique shops for after.