EVENTS

HOLIDAY: Festival on the Plaza, outdoor stage performances,

4-8 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Medford Center Plaza, 711 Medford Center, Medford. Free; 510-882-9929. Continues Dec. 10-13, Dec. 17-20.

VENDORS: Rogue Valley Christmas Market, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, outdoors at Fry Family Farm Store, 2184 Ross Lane, Medford. Free admission; 541-301-4189.

HOLIDAY: Festival of Trees, silent auction, through 2:30 p.m. Saturday, downtown Rogue River; proceeds benefit local children in need; 541-761-1379. Trees are in business windows or entryways. See Auxiliary to the VFW Rogue River Post 4116 on Facebook.com.

BENEFIT: Rogue Winterfest — Virtual Silent Auction, Tuesday through Dec. 6; benefits local mental health service; roguewinterfest.org.

BOOKS

Released Tuesday:

ERNEST CLINE: "Ready Player Two"

BERNARD CORNWELL: "War Lord"

PHILIPPA GREGORY: "Dark Tides"

PETE HEGSETH: "Modern Warriors"

JAMES PATTERSON: "Deadly Cross"

NORA ROBERTS: "The Awakening"

JOE SCARBOROUGH: "Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War and the Fight for Western Civilization"

NALINI SINGH: "Archangel's Sun"

ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG: "No Fun Mondays"

MILEY CYRUS: "Plastic Hearts"

DARK TRANQUILITY: "Moment"

JENN GRANT: "Forever on Christmas Eve"

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: "CYR" (double album)

VIDEO

Released Tuesday on DVD/Blu-ray and some streaming services:

"AFTER WE COLLIDED:" Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin star in a teen romance based on the hit YA novel. R

"AVA:" Jessica Chastain plays an assassin who must fight to survive after a high profile job goes wrong. With John Malkovich and Common. R

"BUDDY GAMES:" A group of old friends (Jensen Ackles, Olivia Munn, Josh Duhamel, who also wrote and directed) gather for a wild assortment of mental and physical challenges that also heal old wounds in this comedy. R

TV SERIES: "Better Call Saul, Season 5," "Mom: The Complete Seventh Season," "Riverdale: The Complete Fourth Season," "Strike Back: The Seventh and Final Season"