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CONCERTS SOUL/BLUES: Relative Soul, 6:30 p.m. today, Merlin Community Park, Merlin. Free. SWAMP ROCK: Kelly Thibodeaux, 6:30 p.m. today, Jubilee Park, Cave Junction. Free. REGGAE: Indubious, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Riverside Park. Free; 541-476-7717. BRITT BITS: This week at Britt Festivals in Jacksonville: Britt Orchestra with pianist Jeffrey Kahane, 8 p.m. Friday, $10-$49; Britt Orchestra with singers Tamara Mumford and Richard Cox, 8 p.m. Saturday, $10-$49; Britt Orchestra with music of John Williams, 8 p.m. Sunday, $5-$15; Rodrigo Y Gabriela, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, $29-$54. Contact 541-773-6077, brittfest.org. VARIETY: Hanley Farm Music Festival, noon-8 p.m. Saturday, Hanley Farm, 1053 Hanley Road, Central Point. $10-$20; 541-664-2079, www.sohs.org. FUNK: Lovebite, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Grizzly Peak Winery, 1600 E. Nevada St., Ashland. $30-$35; 541-482-5700.
ON STAGE KIDS' MUSICAL: "Pirates 2: The Hidden Treasure," 7 p.m. today and Friday, Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, Eighth and Olive streets. Free. MUSICAL: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," 7 p.m. today, 2 and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Camelot Theatre, 101 Talent Ave., Talent. $21-$24; 541-535-5250. MUSICAL: "Hairspray," 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. $15-$25; 541-779-3000. MUSICAL: "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway," 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday, Central High School, 815 S. Oakdale Ave. Medford. $7; 541-776-9118.
EVENTS ART: First Friday Live, 5-9 p.m. Friday, downtown Grants Pass. Free. FILM: "The Lego Batman Movie," dusk, Friday, Redwood Park, 1395 Dowell Road. Free; 541-471-6435. HEALTH: Family Faire, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Bear Hotel, 2101 N.E. Spalding Ave. Free; 541-955-8838.
CDs Dropping Friday: BRETT ELDREDGE: "Brett Eldredge" BRIANA MARELA: "Call It Love" RANDY NEWMAN: "Dark Matter" KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND: "Lay It On Down" THIRD DAY: "Revival" DAN WILSON: "Re-Covered"
BOOKS Released Tuesday: SIMON FITZMAURICE: "It's Not Yet Dark" JAMES PATTERSON, MAXINE PAETRP: "The Medical Examiner JOHN STICKL: "Follow the Cloud" J.R. WARD: "Devil's Cut"
VIDEO Released Tuesday: "THE CIRCLE": A woman (Emma Watson) finds work at a Silicon Valley tech company run by a visionary (Tom Hanks) who encourages her in a privacy and ethics experiment that begins to affect not only her, but everyone connected with the company, in this thriller. PG-13 "GOING IN STYLE": Three retirees (Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin) plan a bank heist when they're finagled out of their pensions in this touching comedy directed by Zach Braff. PG-13 "PHOENIX FORGOTTEN": Horror film based on a true event of strange lights appearing over Phoenix, Ariz., in 1997. PG-13 "SLEIGHT": A magician who tries to care for his sister after their parents die, winds up involved in crime and must use magic to save his sis. R UPCOMING: Due Aug. 8 are: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul," "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword," "Snatched." |