CONCERTS
CHAMBER MUSIC: Ensemble 4.1, 7:30 p.m. Friday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $5-$42; 541-552-6154.
ACOUSTIC: Laura Berman, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Havurah Synagogue, 185 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $15; 541-488-7716.
SCOTTISH: Robert Burns Night, 8 p.m. Saturday, Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 N. Second St., Ashland. $5-$15; 541-482-1915.
RAP: Sage The Gemini, 8 p.m. Saturday, Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland. $10-$25; 541-944-2844.
CLASSICAL: Rogue Valley Symphony, 3 p.m. Sunday, Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, Eighth and Olive streets. $15-$45; 541-708-6400.
OPERA: San Francisco Adler Fellows Grand Opera Concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, Mountain Avenue Theater, 201 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $5-$25; 800-901-7173.
UKULELE: Jake Shimabukuro, 8 p.m. Wednesday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $15-$40; 541-552-6348.
EVENTS
WEDDING: Ultimate Bridal Show, 5-8 p.m. Friday (VIP only), 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Jackson County Expo, Central Point. $4-$15; theultimatebridalshow.com.
RACING: Indoor Extreme Endurox, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jackson County Expo, Central Point. $19-$29; attheexpo.com.
LITERARY: Authors Doranne Long and Marie Neder, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oregon Books and Games, 150 N.E. E St. Free; 541-476-3132.
BENEFIT: Toast to the Wild, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites, 2525 Ashland St., Ashland, $115-$125, to benefit Wildlife Images; 541-476-0222.
FAMILY FUN: Chili cookoff, with science projects, entertainment, games, silent auction, 5:30 p.m. Monday, River's Edge Academy Charter School, 270 W. Evans Creek Road, Rogue River. Free admission, $2-$5 for food; 541-299-0299.
ALBUMS
Dropping Friday:
BACKSTREET BOYS: "DNA"
bring me the horizon: "Amo"
THE DANDY WARHOLS: "Why You So Crazy?"
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD: "Stay Human, Volume II"
RIVAL SONS: "Feral Roots"
say anything: "Oliver Appropriate"
MEGHAN TRAINOR: "Treat Myself"
BOOKS
Released this week:
ALAN BRADLEY: "The Golden Tresses of the Dead"
MAUREEN JOHNSON: "The Vanishing Stair"
JOHN LESCROART: "The Rule of Law"
KAT MARTIN: "The Conspiracy"
JAMES ROLLINS: "Crucible"
JILL SHALVIS: "Playing for Keeps"
VIDEO
Released Tuesday:
"AMERICAN RENEGADES": A team of Navy SEALS discover a treasure of gold at the bottom of a lake in Europe and try to return it to its rightful owners. Starring Sullivan Stapleton, J.K. Simmons. PG-13
"BREATHE": A paralyzed polio survivor and his wife (Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy) travel the world to campaign for disabled people. PG-13
"FIRST MAN": Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong as NASA works to put a man on the moon. PG-13
"THE HATE U GIVE": A girl who lives in two worlds, her poor neighborhood and her posh prep school, is under pressure from all sides when she witnesses the murder of her best friend. PG-13
"JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN": Rowan Atkinson returns as the clumsy superspy, called out of retirement to use low-tech methods when a cyber attack reveals the identities of all current agents in this comedy. PG