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This Valentine’s Day, treat your special someone to an intimate coastal dining experience at The Shores Restaurant. On Friday, February 14, from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., enjoy breathtaking ocean views and a relaxed yet refined ambiance. Guests can savor a three-course prix fixe menu crafted with fresh, seasonal ingredients. To make the evening even more special, enjoy a complimentary glass of champagne as you toast to love. Or, ignite the flames of romance with a Burning Passion Margarita, crafted with La Luna mezcal, lime, passionfruit, and hibiscus or the Amoroso made with Mijenta tequila, benedictine, passionfruit, lime, and cinnamon. The dinner is priced at $70 per person (excluding tax and gratuity). Visit: https://www.opentable.com/booking/experiences-availability?rid=17650&restref=17650&experienceId=408416&utm_source=external&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=shared The Shores Restaurant on Instagram and Facebook

The Greater San Diego Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Dr. Angela Yeung, presents highlights from two monumental works in classical music, Bach's B minor Mass and Verdi's Requiem, featuring soprano Emily Ortlieb, alto Martha Jane Weaver, and bass Andrew Garrett. Admission is free with free-will donation at the performance. Donation via Venmo, Zelle, or by check can be tax deductible. All Saints Episcopal Church offers both indoor and outdoor seating. Registered audience receive directions to free parking. Visit https://gsdmusicoterie.org/all-events/ for updates.

Missy Mazzoli’s Enthusiasm Strategies (2019) opens our tenth season, and her words offer a fitting framing: she describes music as “a way of setting the world in order, a method of carving up time in way that, seemingly by magic, changes our frame of mind, energizes us, and gives us courage and reassurance.” Haydn’s quartets certainly fit that description, and his opus 33, no. 1 featured on this program is a sparkling example. The second half of this concert features two works that were composed a few years apart in the 1920’s, though the revolutionary sonic worlds they inhabit are distinct; Júlian Carillo’s 150th birthday would be two days after this concert, and his third quartet (Two Sketches) is part of his exploration in microtonal music. Janacek’s first quartet was inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata and is one of the 20th century’s masterpieces. Visit: https://hausmannquartet.com/haydn-voyages/ Hausmann Quartet on Instagram and Facebook

South Korean composer Unsuk Chin has spent most of her working life in Germany where, as a young artist in Berlin, she absorbed many of the acoustic enthusiasms of European modernists in the late 20th century while swiftly building a distinctive language of her own. Her cello concerto, widely described as a triumph at its first appearance many years ago, has been taken up by many cellists and most recently by our own Alisa Weilerstein. Weilerstein’s mastery of drama and plangent lyricism is the perfect match for Unsuk Chin’s defiant and expressive music. Bruckner is one of the greatest one-offs in the history of music. The heir to Schubert and Wagner (but to hardly any other of the great composers!), he had a deep influence on Gustav Mahler, who loved and admired him passionately. But perhaps his deepest roots lay in the folk-music of the Austrian countryside where he grew up, and in the church music of centuries ago. He himself was an organist and church musician of great distinction, but – more than that – a man of deep religious feelings, and his music vividly reflects that. The Seventh, one of his later symphonies, often makes the orchestra sound like a colossal organ in an ancient medieval church. Indeed, this symphony has often been described as nothing short of a cathedral in sound. It would be hard to imagine music better suited to exploring the deepest resonances of our beautiful new hall, especially under the baton of music director Rafael Payare. Visit: https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/weilerstein-and-payare-perform-chin-and-bruckner/ San Diego Symphony on Instagram and Facebook

Ruth Reinhardt returns to lead the Symphony in two delightful works by two Czech masters: the Overture and "Three Dances" from Smetana’s folk-inspired romantic comedy, "The Bartered Bride" and Dvořák’s infectiously joyous "Symphony No. 8", which was conceived and written in the gorgeous green landscape of fields and woods around the small community where Dvořák had his country home. Having grown-up as a country boy in a largely agricultural community, the composer was passionate about the beauties of the rural world, taking pleasure especially in the rich variety of the songs of wild birds, which he would listen to in the little wood at the bottom of his garden. Probably no other symphony in the established repertoire is so full of delicious suggestions of singing birds as this! And at the center of the concert, something else entirely! Having quickly established himself as one of the leading classical saxophonists today, Steven Banks returns to San Diego to take the Jacobs Music Center stage with famed Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu’s Soprano Saxophone Concerto Albireo Mode. Written nearly 20 years ago, this accessible and gentle music, shot through with the sound of temple bells and the liquid traditions of American free jazz for which Yoshimatsu has a special admiration, takes its title from a famous double star in the Cygnus constellation, and is divided into two movements: the first – "Topaz" – after the precious stone which is often a pale-yellow color, and the second – "Sapphire" – after the familiar dark-blue stone. Visit: https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/czech-masterpieces-and-a-saxophone-concerto/

Todd and Julie Chrisley, who rose to fame in a reality show highlighting their lavish lifestyle, had been serving yearslong prison sentences after 2022 convictions on bank and tax fraud offenses.

Viswashkumar Ramesh was on his way home to London when tragedy struck. In hospital interviews, he explains how he made his way out of seat 11A — which isn't typically the safest part of the plane.

Quarteto Nuevo's instrumentation: soprano saxophone/woodwinds, cello, acoustic guitar and hand percussion. They meld the music of ancient worlds and faraway places... styles being classical, jazz, Latin and more. "Quarteto Nuevo was great": (Gayle Berry, Executive Director, Historic Willcox Theater) Visit: https://hiddenvalleyccaescondido.info/ Quarter Nuevo on Instagram and Facebook

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day early with Shamrocks & Strings at The Bornemann! Let the lively, foot-stomping bluegrass tunes of the Honey Buckets Band set the stage for a night of Irish-inspired joy and merriment. Start the evening off with a high-energy performance by Muddy Mountain West, sure to have you clapping and dancing in no time. Raise a glass, wear your green, and join us for a festive night of music, cheer, and St. Paddy’s spirit! Visit: https://events.humanitix.com/shamrocks-and-strings-honey-buckets/tickets

Make memories this Valentine's Day at Oceana Coastal Kitchen. After being greeted with a glass of complimentary champagne, cozy up for a delicious three-course dinner menu and a gorgeous backdrop of Mission Bay. Toast your sweetheart with a champagne cocktail to complete your romantic dining experience. Visit: https://www.catamaranresort.com/valentines-day-dinner Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa on Instagram and Facebook