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CONCERTS AMERICANA: Siskiyou Folk and Bluegrasss Festival, seven bands, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Lake Selmac, Selma. $20 per person plus $5 per vehicle for parking; See page 1B for more. VARIETY: Southern Oregon Songwriters Association, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, outdoors, Jacksonville Library, 340 W. C St., Jacksonville. Free; 541-899-1665. ACOUSTIC: Ol' Barney's Acoustic Jam, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, 2143 Lower River Road. Free. BLUES: Rogue Blues Society jam, hosted by Ben Rice and Brady Goss, 2-5 p.m. Sunday, outdoors, Touvelle Lodge, 9367 Table Rock Road, Central Point; $5. ACOUSTIC: Fourth Sunday Acoustic Jam, 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Wild River Brewing and Pizza, 249 Redwood Highway, Cave Junction. Free; 541-592-3556.
ON STAGE DANCE: Ballet Folklorico Ritmo Alegre, 10 a.m.-noon Friday, outdoors at Twin Creeks Park, 555, Twin Creeks Crossing Loop, Central Point. Free; 541-664-3228. DRAMA: "Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie," 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Collaborative Theater Project, 555 Medford Center. $25-$30, by phone only, 541-779-1055.
EVENTS FILM: Ashland Independent Film Festival, today through Monday, at Walkabout Brewing in Medford and ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum in Ashland; $10-$12; get details at 541-488-3823 or ashlandfilm.org. HORTICULTURE: Southern Oregon Lavender Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday through Sunday, at Southern Oregon lavender farms in Josephine and Jackson counties. Find participating farms at southernoregonlavendertrail.com. VEHICLES: Rooster Crow Car Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Umpqua Bank parking lot, Pine Street, Rogue River; $20 per vehicle to participate, free for spectators; 541-582-4401. LGBTQ GATHERING: Pride in the Valley, music, speakers, food, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Jubilee Park, Cave Junction. Free; 541-592-4844. KIDS' STUFF: Matt Sandbank's Shadow Factory Puppet Show, 1 p.m. Saturday, online; free; get link at josephinelibrary.org/calendar. BENEFIT: Dinner in the Vineyard, 6 p.m. Friday, Rockin' R Ranch, O'Brien; $40, benefits Boys & Girls Club; 541-479-5258.
ALBUMS Dropping Friday: GARY ALLAN: "Ruthless" BUCKCHERRY: "Hellbound" DOJA CAT: "Planet Her" MODEST MOUSE: "The Golden Casket"
BOOKS Released this week: ALKA JOSHI: "The Secret Keeper of Jaipur" LAURA LIPPMAN: "Dream Girl" KAT MARTIN: "The Perfect Murder" KELSEY McKINNEY: "God Spare the Girls"
VIDEO Released Tuesday on DVD/Blu-ray and some streaming services: "NOBODY:" A good Samaritan (Bob Odenkirk) who helps a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a drug lord. R "THE PAPER TIGERS:" Three middle-aged, washed-up Kung Fu prodigies leap (carefully) into finding who murdered their former master, while they juggle their day jobs and old grudges. PG-13 "THE UNHOLY:" A hearing-impaired girl is visited by the Virgin Mary and is healed, and can heal others. But was it really a saint who helped her? PG-13 TV SERIES: "Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One," "Umbrella Academy: Season One" |