CONCERTS

CLASSICAL: Rogue Valley Symphony, 7:30 p.m. Friday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., 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. $25-$80; 541-708-6400, rvsymphony.org.

AMERICANA: Sparrow Smith & The Resonant Rogues, with Department of Wildlife, 8 p.m. Saturday, The Hivve, 164 S.E. G St., Grants Pass. $20-$25; find The Hivve on Facebook.

VARIETY: Open mic, music, poetry, comedy, 5-7 p.m. Monday, Rockafairy, Rogue Valley Mall, 1600 N. Riverside Ave., Medford. Free; rockafairy.org.

EVENTS

LITERARY: Hearts in the Highlands, Robert Burns poetry, music, 1 p.m. Saturday, Illinois Valley Grange, 3763 Holland Loop Road, Cave Junction. $5-$20; 541-592-9738.

LITERARY: Christopher Briscoe, author of “The Women of Ukraine: Stories of Hope and Courage in a War-torn Country,” 2 p.m. Saturday, Jacksonville Library, 340 W. C St., Jacksonville. Free; jcls.org.

1 Glenn J. Hill, author of “Sweet Revenge,” a Ghostly Ashland Shakespeare Mystery series book, 7 p.m. Monday, Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland. Free; 541-488-0029.

ALBUMS

JAY BUCHANAN: “Weapons of Beauty”

NICK JONAS: “Sunday Best”

RATBOYS: “Singin’ to an Empty Chair”

BOOKS

JONATHAN KELLERMAN: “Jigsaw: An Alex Delaware Novel”

SUSAN LUCCI WITH LAURA MORTON: “La Lucci”

J.D. ROBB: “Stolen in Death”