CONCERTS

VARIETY: Music in the Library, members of the Rogue Valley Symphony, 3 p.m. today, Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Free; 541-774-6980.

CLASSICAL: Rogue Valley Symphony, 7:30 p.m. Friday, SOU Music Recital Hall, Ashland, 3 p.m. Saturday, Craterian Theater, 23 S Central Ave., Medford, 3 p.m. Sunday, Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, Eighth and Olive streets; $28-$78, $5 for students and Oregon Trail Card holders. 541-708-6400, rvsymphony.org.

FOLK MUSIC: "Songs of the Workers," 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Ghostlight Playhouse, 115 E. Main St., Medford. $20; randalltheatre.com.

ON STAGE

COMEDY: Trenton Davis and Bob Johnston, 7 p.m. today, Wild River Brewing and Pizza, 249 N. Redwood Highway, Cave Junction; 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Wild River Pub, 533 N.W. F St., Grants Pass; $20, for 18 and older; 541-592-3556, 541-474-4456.

MUSICAL: "Cabaret," 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Camelot Theatre, 101 Talent Ave., Talent. $33-$88; 541-535-5250, camelottheatre.org.

POETRY: Poetry in the Pasture, with Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani, musician-writer Nic Jaina and poetry-lover Dot Fisher-Smith, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Plaisance Ranch, 16955 Water Gap Road, Williams. Free; 541-846-7175.

EVENTS

DRIVE-IN: "The Blues Brothers," 8 p.m. Friday, Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass; $10-$20, gpdrivein.com.

LITERARY: Hobbit Day Celebration, with craft, Lord of the Rings trivia, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Medford Library, 205 S. Central Ave.; free. 541-774-9680.

FAMILY FUN: Block party, music, food, raffles, 2-5:30 p.m. Friday, outside Rogue Creamery Cheese Shop, 311 N. Front St., Central Point. $6; 541-200-2353.

FAMILY FUN: Hoedown, music, games, food truck, 6 p.m. Saturday, Vista 222, 222 Missouri Flat Road, Grants Pass. $15; vista222.com.

ATHLETICS: Southern Oregon Roller Derby, 6 p.m. Saturday, Medford Armory, 1701 S. Pacific Ave., Medford; $12-$15; soderby.org.

DINO RACES: Rex on the Rogue, costumed T-Rex runners compete between horse races, 1 p.m. Sunday, Grants Pass Downs at the Josephine County Fairgrounds; $4, free for 12 and younger, proceeds benefit Kaden's Kids.

ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

DOJA CAT: "Scarlet"

LYDIA LOVELESS: "Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again"

LIE MINOGUE: "Tension"

BOOKS

Released this week:

ANDERSON COOPER: "Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune"

GARY GULMAN: "Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the 80s"

J.A. JANCE: "Blessing of the Lost Girls"

LESLIE JONES: "Leslie F***ing Jones"

JESSICA KNOLL: "Bright Young Women"

RICHARD OSMAN: "The Last Devil to Die"

AVA REID: "A Study in Drowning"