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Mark Armanini makes music without borders

Bamboo Shoots In Spring Tea Party ($5) Feb. 3, from 2 to 6 p.m., and Concerts ($30) Feb. 16 at 3 and 7 p.m., presented by the B.C. Chinese Music Association, at CBC Studios, 700 Hamilton St., Vancouver. Info: bccma.net. ? War, Love and Loss, Feb.

Vancouver ready for prime time in new CTV series Motive

Motive premieres immediately following Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3 at 7 PT (approx.) on CTV. The program will air Sundays at 9 p.m. PT beginning Feb 10. ANYONE who tunes into CTV after the Super Bowl will see Vancouver playing itself.

Ride the Cyclone theatre review: Knockout musical takes PuSh Festival on one wild ride

Atomic Vaudeville production at the Arts Club Granville Island Stage until Feb. 16

Passion trumps politics in A Royal Affair

- A Royal Affair. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander and Mikkel Folsgaard. Rating: 8 (out of 10) AN advantageous royal match, an unsuspecting young girl, a monarch who won't give up other women.

Mark Berube returns 'home' for Centennial Theatre show

Well-travelled East Coast musician studied jazz at Capilano University
Living it up at the Del Marcos

Living it up at the Del Marcos

Out of the tree of life, I just picked me a plum.

Author searches for perfect waves

Surf Travel, edited by Chris Power, Orca Publications, 224 pages, $27.99. Maybe it's the constant movement of the waves or just the endless search for them but whatever the reason it does seem like surfers love to travel.
Carly Rae Jepsen tops Pazz+Jop singles poll; Japandroids and Grimes also critics' favourites in 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen tops Pazz+Jop singles poll; Japandroids and Grimes also critics' favourites in 2012

Two Vancouver acts (Carly Rae Jepsen and Japandroids), and one who used to live on the West Coast but now calls Montreal home (Grimes), have made a big impact on the Village Voice's annual Pazz+Jop Critics Poll released earlier this week.
Visions of excess: Anna Oppermann, Andrea Pinheiro and Marianne Wex go their own way at Presentation House Gallery

Visions of excess: Anna Oppermann, Andrea Pinheiro and Marianne Wex go their own way at Presentation House Gallery

Anna Oppermann: Filiations / Andrea Pinheiro: Bomb Book / Marianne We Let's Take Back Our Space at Presentation House Gallery, Jan. 19-March 24. For more details visit presentationhousegallery.org.

French guide explores historical castles

THE online travel guide France-Voyage.com features an in-depth look at the castles and palaces of France as part of their website.