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An orchestra transformed into a trio, a string orchestra to a septet, and a quartet to a string orchestra—these powerful works not only transform themselves but transport the listeners. The merry pranks of Till Eulenspiegel are followed by the stirring postwar elegy of Metamorphosen in two of Strauss’s most ingenious works, and we close the festival with Schubert’s dramatic and powerful String Quartet re-envisioned by Mahler as an even more dramatic and powerful symphonic work, performed by an all-star string ensemble. Join us for the closing event of La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest, with a prelude performance by Pelia Quartet at 6:30 p.m. Date | Friday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performance Hall Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $53 to $113. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/metamorphosis or call (858) 459-3728.

Using the instrumentation of some of the most iconic pieces in music—Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and Schubert’s Octet and “Trout” Quintet—composers Brahms, Françaix, and Chris Rogerson create their own unique and masterful works. This show is part of La Jolla Music Society's Summer Fest 2022, with a prelude performance by Aestas Trio at 6:30 p.m. Date | Thursday, August 25 at 7:30 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $48 to $98. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/new-wine-old-bottles or call (858) 459-3728.

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell joined U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger in slamming Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 program. Carlson began a two-part show series on the insurrection Monday night.

As the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in music, GRAMMY Award-winning composer Caroline Shaw strives to create intricate soundscapes that have never been heard before but have always existed. For this season’s Takeover at The JAI, Shaw will curate a cabaret-style concert of music she composed and music she loves, with the Miró Quartet and other friends, accompanied by cocktails and conversation. Date | Wednesday, August 24 at 8:30 p.m. Location | The JAI at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $68 to $83. For more information, please visit

SummerFest welcomes back the fan-favorite Miró Quartet. For more than 25 years, the Miró Quartet has balanced a loyalty to the legacy of the string quartet and a devotion to the future of the form, regularly commissioning new works and collaborating with the finest artists of our time. For this special Wednesday evening event at The Conrad, the Miró partners with the sensational GRAMMY-winning composer and performer Caroline Shaw, presenting the West Coast première of Microfictions, a new work co-commissioned by La Jolla Music Society for SummerFest, as well as performing Mendelssohn’s energetic and dramatic String Quintet No. 2 with Shaw on viola. Date | Wednesday, August 24 at 7 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $48 to $98. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/miro-quartet or call (858) 459-3728.

The Planets is a lightly immersive music, dance, and theater event in which audience members and performers are all equally present and interwoven throughout the playing space. The Knights and Dance Heginbotham guide the audience through our local celestial environment. Focusing on each planet, Gustav Holst’s masterpiece propels us from the fiery worlds at the core of our solar system to the icy bodies slowly orbiting in the far distance. The culmination of this tour brings our eyes and ears to rest on the one planet Holst excluded from his composition: the pale blue dot. Prelude interview with Eric Jacobsen and John Heginbotham hosted by Leah Rosenthal. Date | Saturday, August 20 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday, August 21 at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Location | The JAI at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! General admission is $78. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/the-planets or call (858) 459-3728.

It’s not clear how the decision might affect those enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income residents. Walgreens is a key provider of prescriptions for the program.

A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December may be blunting a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors.

Animal lovers can help newborn felines as they arrive in kitten season by donating to the San Diego Humane Society's annual "Kitten Shower" event, which began Tuesday.

City officials released a draft amendment on De Anza Cove at Mission Bay Park on Tuesday, calling for a balance between visitor accommodations and natural habitat restoration.