13 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Wednesday, August 7

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      Pop band The Drums from the UK tour in support of their new album, Brutalism.

      Imperial, 319 Main, 8pm, $25

       

      New York-based R&B and pop singer Raveena tours with songs from her new album, Lucid.

      Biltmore Cabaret, 2755 Prince Edward, 7pm, $23.50

       

      London-based afrobeat pianist, singer, and songwriter Afro B launches Sweet & Sawa with guests AdeWolf, Sin Birds, Freeky P, Bombae, and Mario.

      Fortune Sound Club, 147 East Pender, 9pm, $25

       

      Petunia and The Vipers give you a taste of country, folk, and rockabilly music at the CBC's Musical Nooners concert series.

      CBC Vancouver Outdoor Stage, 700 Hamilton, Noon, Free

       

      Visitors from the future will travel back in time to share stories about the state of the arts and culture in Vancouver in a talk titled Time Travellers’ Culture Jam: Imagining Art of the Future. Participants will create speculative time capsules from the future, with activities led by the Vancouver Design Nerds.

      11th Avenue and Main Street, 5:45pm, Free with registration

       

      The Coal Harbour Music Festival celebrates its second year with a free Twilight Jazz Series featuring Celso Machado in Coal Harbour Park.

      Coal Harbour Park, 480 Broughton, 7pm, Free

       

      Framing John DeLorean mixes documentary and fictionalized re-enactments to portray the controversial automaker’s rise to stardom and shocking downfall.

      Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway, 6:30pm, $12.50

       

      Marty: Wait a minute. Wait a minute Doc, uh, are you telling me you built a time machine … out of a DeLorean?
      Doc: The way I see it, if you’re going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?

      Back to the Future stars Michael J Fox who is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents’ first meeting and attracting his mother’s romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents’ romance and – with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown – return to 1985.

      Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway, 6:30pm, $12.50

        

      After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino in Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le Flambeur (Bob the Gambler).

      The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe, 8:30pm, $13

       

      Jean-Pierre Melville’s neo-noir masterpiece Le Samouraï is, for many, the defining Melville film. After a meticulously plotted hit on a club owner leaves behind eyewitnesses, Alain Delon's Jef Costello is pegged as the perp by a tenacious cop, but walks thanks to an ironclad alibi. The assassin’s anonymous employer, meanwhile, determines he’s too great a liability to live.

      The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe, 6:30pm, $13

       

      Catch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the giant outdoor screen. Bring your blankets, chairs, and pillows at this pet friendly event.

      šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn (formerly QET Plaza) outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Dusk, Free

       

      Trivia Night at the Regal Beagle features prizes, giveaways and drink specials, all for knowing random bit of knowledge.

      Regal Beagle Bar and Grill, 2283 West Broadway, 8pm, Free

        

      Fox Hole Comedy welcomes women, non-binary folks, people of colour, and queers to a night of stand-up from Vancouver's best funny weirdos.

      Fox Cabaret, 2321 Main, 8pm, $10

       

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