CONCERTS

BENEFIT: Paradise Restored, music by Adey Bell, Cornflower, Alice DiMicele, Jeff Pevar and Inger Jorgensen, LEFT-Suspects, Petty Thievery, Zepdrix, 7 p.m. today, Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland. $20-$50 at the door; benefits evacuees of the California Camp Fire.

VARIETY: African Children's Choir, 7 p.m. Friday, Valley Bible Fellowship, 616 S. Pacific Highway, Talent. Free; 541-535-6322.

CLASSICAL PIANO: Joseph Yungen, 7:30 p.m. Friday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $5-$20; 541-552-6154.

ORGAN: Margaret Evans, 2 p.m. Sunday, Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 N. Second St, Ashland. $20, benefits Options of Helping Residents of Ashland; 541-482-3075.

BOOKS

Released this week:

MARIE FORCE: "Yours After Dark"

BARBARA FREETHY: "Elusive Promise"

DEBBIE MACOMBER: "1105 Yakima Street"

TUI T. SUTHERLAND: "The Hive Queen"

ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

CHIAROSCURO QUARTET: "Schubert String Quartets"

LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN: "Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos"

PALISADES: "Erase the Pain"