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Step into the famed halls and studios of Le Conservatoire de Paris, the epicenter of Paris’ most innovative musical minds where, whether as student or professor, composers like Debussy, Lili Boulanger, Franck, and Fauré reflected the great artistic and intellectual movements of their times. This event is part of La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest 2022, with a prelude performance by the Aestas Trio at 6:30 p.m. Date | Saturday, August 6 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/le-conservatoire or call (858)n 459-3728.

The "Pleasure of Your Company" music series sponsored by the Scripps Ranch Friends of the Library welcomes the Hutchins Consort in the intimate setting of the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. This string octet, performing on custom acoustically designed violin-family instruments—from the 18.5 inch treble to the 7.5 foot contrabass, brings rich sonority to their music, ranging from classical works to rock and jazz. There is no charge for the concert, although donations are appreciated. Please note that COVID precautions may include required masks and a capacity limit of 100. Date | Sunday, April 10, at 2:30 p.m. Location | Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center For more information, visit www.srfol.org or call (858) 538-8158.

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Premieres Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video app. Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also, an anthropologist, Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean - reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of his ruling Conservative Party Sunday over a "serious breach" of the ministerial code.

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