15 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Wednesday, August 17

by The Georgia Straight Staff on August 16th, 2016 at 2:00 PM

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Looking for something to do on Wednesday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 15 events happening in or around Vancouver on Wednesday, August 17.

BENEFITS

Best of Craft B.C. 2016 features craft beers, cider, mead, and spirits from all over B.C. along with samplings from Commercial Drive food purveyors. Held at the WISE Hall.

FASHION

Shop a curated assortment of local handcrafted artisan goods at the Elemental Mid-Summer Pop Up. Held at the Playground.

FORUMS

A music-business seminar includes a panel of six industry professionals who will speak to topics based on their expertise. Held at the Artist Development Institute of Canada.

Learn how sexy talk can increase the connection, intimacy, and passion in your love life or heighten the anticipation beforehand. Held at the Art of Loving.

KIDS' STUFF

At the Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co., you can take in workshops featuring storytime, yoga and dance, healthy snacks, face painting, crafts, and tea parties.

SPORTS

The Vancouver Canadians take on the Spokane Indians in Minor League Baseball action at Nat Bailey Stadium.

COMEDY

The Vancouver TheatreSports League presents improv-comedy shows OK Tinder and TheatreSports. Held at the Improv Centre.

MUSIC

Sing classic and contemporary rock, pop, and indie songs with a community choir. Held at the St. James Community Square.

THEATRE

Local outdoor Shakespeare festival Bard on the Beach features showings of Romeo and Juliet and Pericles. Held at Vanier Park.

Annual outdoor-theatre event Theatre Under the Stars presents Disney's Beauty and the Beast at Malkin Bowl.

MOVIES

As part of Noir Sidebar: Psychedelic ’60s New Wave Neo-Noir, the Cinematheque presents screenings of harrowing and hallucinatory 1960s thrillers Seconds and Point Blank.

GALLERIES

The Vancouver Art Gallery hosts an exhibition that examines the significance of the six women who were inspirational to the artistic development of Picasso.

At the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Meghann O'Brien takes materials from the natural world and transforms them into human expression.

MUSEUMS

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC hosts an exhibition that features the carvings of Papua New Guinea's Iatmul people.

At the Museum of Vancouver, you can explore the cultural power and significance of collecting through wall-to-wall displays of unconventional objects.