CONCERTS

• TRIBUTE BAND: Grateful Dead Experience: The Schwag, 8 p.m. Friday, Williams Grange, 20100 Williams Highway, Williams. $15, all ages.

• BENEFIT: Portland Gay Men's Choir, 7 p.m. Saturday, Newman United Methodist Church, Sixth and B streets, $15; benefits Maslow Project; 541-479-5369.

• ACOUSTIC: Matt Bednarsky, 7 p.m. Sunday, Merging Rivers Zen Center, 243 S.W. J St. $15-$20; 541-295-5475.

• BLUEGRASS: Yonder Mountain String Band, 8 p.m. Sunday, with Lil's Smokies opening, Rogue Theatre, 143 S.E. H St. $25; 541-471-1316.

• FOLK-POP: The Brothers Reed, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, First and Hargadine streets, Ashland. $15; 541-488-2902.

ON STAGE

• COMEDY: Ferdinand the Magnificent, 7 p.m. Friday, Healthy U Center, 535 E. River St., Cave Junction. Sliding scale starts at $8; 541-592-4888.

• MUSICAL: "The Music Man," 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, Eighth and Olive streets. $8-$12; 541-244-0033. Continues March 31-April 7.

• PLAY READING: "Medea Everywoman," 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Unitarian Universalists building, 129 N.W. E St. $7-$10.

• MONOLOGUE: "Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Secret Journey," 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Ashland Community Center, 59 Winburn Way, Ashland; 541-646-2971.

EVENTS

• BENEFIT: Beatles music, British food, silent auction, 6 p.m. Saturday, Selma Community Center, 18255 Redwood Highway, Selma. $27-$30, benefits Illinois River Valley Arts Council; 541-592-6222.

• BENEFIT: Spayghetti Dinner, 3-8 p.m. Sunday, Baldini's, 107 Galice Road, Merlin. $12, benefits Rogue Valley Humane Society; 541-479-5154.

CDs

Dropping Friday:

• JAMES BLUNT: "Afterlove"

• STEVE HACKETT: "The Night Siren"

• THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN: "Damage and Joy"

• JETHRO TULL: "The String Quartets"

• THE RESIDENTS: "The Ghost of Hope"

BOOKS

Released Tuesday:

• C.J. BOX: "Vicious Circle"

• CHRISTINE FEEHAN: "Bound Together"

• GREG ILES: "Mississippi Blood"

• J.A. JANCE: "Man Overboard"

• DEBBIE MACOMBER: "If Not for You"

• LISA SEE: "The Tea girl of Hummingbird Lane"

• RANDY WAYNE WHITE: "Mangrove Lightning"

• TIGER WOODS: "The 1997 Masters: My Story"

VIDEO

Released Tuesday:

• "ASSASSIN'S CREED": A technology unlocks a soldier's (Michael Fassbender) memories of his ancestor, a 15th century assassin in this adventure based on the popular video game. PG-13

• "LIVE BY NIGHT": Ben Affleck plays an ambitious man who starts an affair and a new business in rum running during Prohibition in Tampa. R

• "SING": Animated feature about a Koala who presides over a once-grand theater and puts on a talent competition to save it, and the five finalists who overcome obstacles to compete. PG

• UPCOMING: Due March 28 are "20th Century Women," "A Monster Calls," "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them," "Patriots Day," "Why Him?"