Local Arts

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.

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.

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

- 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.

Well-travelled East Coast musician studied jazz at Capilano University

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

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.

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.

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.

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