There are loads of treasures to find this time of year, and they’re not all of the egg-shaped, colourfully-wrapped variety.

Mild March has brought the spring blossoms to bloom and the social calendar to life.

The Lunar New Year may be over, but people are still in a festive mood and love is in the air.

Drizzle, fog and gray skies continue to be ignored this month as Vancouver presents some cracking things to do.

The PuSh Festival is well under way and there is no shortage of theatre performances around town.

Enjoy your holidays with Holiday Choral Music, Breakfast with Santa or the Bloedel Conservatory’s Jewel Box of Lights. Other notable events: Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada and The End of the World Part III.

Get ready for the holidays with some seasonal festivities. The Vancouver Men’s Chorus will be performing at Making Seasons Bright. There are also craft fairs for unique gift ideas at the Portobello West Holiday Market and at Got Craft? Other notable events are: the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians.

During the cold, wet season, it’s best to stay warm and dry indoors with some theatrical entertainment like Charlie Chaplin in City Lights, The Tempest Replica and Jazz Canadiana. You can also get your shopping done early by visiting the Marpole Christmas Sale, or the Make It! Marketplace.

It’s the scariest month of the year and there is no shortage of haunting parties, horror stories and just plain creepiness to help celebrate the season. Some darkly themed events include Vancouver Noir, the Parade of Lost Souls, Cute to Kill, and Dracula: the Musical? Other notable events include Vancouver Rhythm and Dance Festival and the South Asian Film Festival.

Happy Harvest, Vancouver! This is the perfect time for overindulging, and there are plenty of opportunities to do so: get a face full of Greek food at the Big Fat Greek Gala; pick a pumpkin at the Pumpkin Fest; sample 60 varieties of apple at the Apple Festival; and service your sweet tooth at the Baker’s Market. And the best part? It’s guilt free now that fall sweaters can hide the evidence. It’s also BC Craft Beer Month, so keep an eye out for Oktoberfest events and newly released seasonal beers like Pumpkin Ale. Yum.

Fall has brought with it some cracking stuff to do around the city. Check out the fruits of a two-week collaboration between a shadow puppeteer and astrophysicist at Brief Encounters; sample 25 different Japanese Sakes at Tonari Gumi’s Tasting Night; and get the low down on the weird and wonderful forest floor of Stanley Park at Fungus Among Us. Looking for something truly unique? Go get smacked in the face with spontaneity at BeDRoCC Poetry Slam. And don’t leave without visiting the Jimi Hendrix Shrine – the amateur robotics are fantastically creepy.