21 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Wednesday, November 4

Looking for something to do on Wednesday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 21 events happening in or around Vancouver on Wednesday, November 4.

CONCERTS

Los Angeles-based rock band L7 reunites, with an all-original lineup, at the Rickshaw Theatre.

New York City-based indie-rock band Luna takes the stage at the Biltmore Cabaret.

BENEFITS

John Fluevog Gastown hosts an evening of entertainment, wine, appetizers, and shopping that raises money for Carousel Theatre for Young People.

ET CETERA

Motion Picture & New Media Career Expo offers a point of access to the people, organizations, and companies that make the film and new-media industries tick. Held at the Creekside Community Recreation Centre.

DisruptHR Vancouver is designed to energize, inform, and empower executives, business leaders, and people in the HR field. Held at Unbounce Headquarters.

FOOD AND DRINK

Raincoast Crisps creator Lesley Stowe teaches you how to make some of the desserts in her cookbook Desserts From My Kitchen. Held at Y Franks Appliances.

At the Uncommon Cafe, you can learn how to cook cuisine inspired by Provence, paired with wine.

FORUMS

Speakers Buffy Sainte-Marie, Candy Chang, Teju Cole, and Mo Dhaliwal explore how art enhances the identity of urban centres, fosters connection, and incites social change. Held at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts.

Veteran broadcaster, writer, and speaker Eric Friesen talks with Music in the Morning's founder and original artistic and executive director, June Goldsmith. Held at the Vancouver Academy of Music.

A forum at the SFU Segal Graduate School of Business explores what social and discursive forms do racialized strangers in Hong Kong take.

A workshop at the VanDusen Botanical Garden helps you understand the similarities between the conditions in your garden and local natural areas.

At the Childbearing Society of B.C., an emergency registered nurse teaches you how to manage common child-health challenges.

Local historian Eric Damer will present an illustrated talk on the history and development of farming and food production in Burnaby. Held at the Burnaby Public Library Tommy Douglas Branch.

Heribert Adam discusses variants of xenophobia in South Africa and Canada as well as the influx of refugees into Germany. Held at SFU Harbour Centre.

SPORTS

The Vancouver Canucks (the Sedin twins are pictured above) take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in National Hockey League action. Held at Rogers Arena.

COMEDY

Canadian actor and comedian Russell Peters presents the first of three performances at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.

Brent Constantine and Jacob Samuel host a monthly comedy show at the Tangent Cafe.

LITERARY EVENTS

Local author Carol M. Cram launches her new novel Woman of Note at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch.

THEATRE

The Other Guys Theatre Company presents Mark Hellman in the first night of one-man show The Incompleat Folksinger. Held at the Firehall Arts Centre.

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts the first night of I Am the Bastard Daughter of Engelbert Humperdinck.

MOVIES

The Rio Theatre hosts a screening of Arcade Fire film The Reflektor Tapes.