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La Del is celebrating the release of her first full-length CD, "Woulded Wings." Her new work features original lyrics and compositions. Admission to the show is free. Call 282-9660. CHRIS MCNULTY: The Siskiyou Institute will present jazz vocalist Chris McNulty and guitarist Paul Bollenback in a CD release concert for McNulty's "Whispers the Heart" at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at the Old Siskiyou Barn, Ashland. Tickets are $20. Call 488-3869 or e-mail [email protected]. AFRICAN DANCES: Denbaya Dance & Drum will present Dunia Faré in "An American's Journey to Africa" Friday, Nov. 3, at the Britt Ballroom, Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature West African-style ballet with dance, drum, song and theater. Tickets are $10 in advance at Raider Aid, SOU and Music Coop, Ashland, $12 at the door and $5 for students. Call 621-1815 or see www.denbaya.org . ROGUE VALLEY SYMPHONY: The Rogue Valley Symphony will perform Robert Schumann's Konzertstück for four horns, Beethoven's Fidelio Overture and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 in D major in its next concert series. The program begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland; 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford; and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, 830 N.E. Ninth St., Grants Pass. Tickets are $5-$37. Advertisement ANNIE MAC: Local band Annie Mac and Love Gun will play rhythm and blues dance music at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at The Mobius, 281 Fourth St., Ashland. Tickets are $7-12 sliding scale. Call 488-8894 or see www.themobius.com . REGGAE: Anthony B will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at the Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available at Music Coop and Low Down, Ashland; Larry's Music, Medford; Listen Here, Grants Pass; and Williams General Store, Williams. Call 482-2202. BEATLES MUSIC: The Nowhere Men will perform a final A Street live dance concert featuring all Beatles music at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at the A Street Market Place, Ashland. Cover charge is $10 for adults and $5 for children and students. Saturday, Nov. 4 AN EVENING IN CELEBRATION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT: Horizon Institute will present more than 60 regional performing artists in its sixth annual evening of music, poetry, theater and dance from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, 15 S. Pioneer St., Ashland. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students, $5 for children 12 and under at Paddington Station, Ashland, and at the door. A related art show will take place Nov. 3-20 at the Hanson Howard Gallery, 82 N. Main St., Ashland. Call 482-4132. PAUL CHASMAN: Guitarist, teacher, composer and humorist Paul Chasman will integrate guitar playing, social commentary, readings from "The Book of Bob" and insights from Carl Estrada and other characters at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Headwaters Environmental Center, 84 Fourth St., Ashland. Suggested donation is $5 to benefit the National Center for Conservation Science and Policy. Call 482-4459. INDIAN MUSIC: Ecstatic Kirtan, devotional Indian singing and music with singer/recording artist Jaya Lakshmi, will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Mobius, 281 Fourth St., Ashland. Tickets are $12. Call 488-8894 or see www.themobius.com . ROGUE VALLEY HARMONIZERS: The Rogue Valley Harmonizers will hold a dessert cabaret at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Sacred Heart School gymnasium, 431 S. Ivy St., Medford. Several quartets and the Southern Oregon Sound Chapter of Sweet Adelines also will sing. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students. Call 535-1352. The performance is SOLD OUT. OLD TIME FIDDLERS: The Oregon Old Time Fiddlers will hold its monthly jam at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Fruitdale Grange, 960 Rogue River Highway, Grants Pass. The public is welcome to listen and dance and acoustic musicians of all ages are welcome to sign up to play. Admission is by donation. Call 840-2156. Sunday, Nov. 5 AARON MOFFAT: This 16-year-old violinist from Ashland will present "Great Works for the Violin, Part II" at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, 15 S. Pioneer St., Ashland. Jennifer Schloming will accompany on piano. Moffat will play Dvorak's "Romance," Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen," Vaughan William's "The Lark Ascending" and Paganini's Concerto No. 4. Tickets are $4 and are available at Paddington Station, Ashland, and at the theater beginning at noon the day of performance. GUITAR CHAMBER MUSIC: The Southern Oregon University Department of Music Guitar Quartet will present a concert of guitar chamber music at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, in the Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Tickets are $8 general, $6 for seniors and free for students. Call 552-6101 or see www.sou.edu/music . BAT MAKUMBA: Brazilian Samba Funk band Bat Makumba will perform at 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Mobius, 281 Fourth St., Ashland. Tickets are $10. Call 488-8894 or see www.themobius.com . Tuesday, Nov. 7 BAND CONCERT: Patriotic and big band music highlight "Americana," a free Veterans Day program, planned Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the Medford Armory, 1701, S. Pacific Highway, Medford. The Swing Kings Big Band, led by Harry Kannasto and featuring Ashland vocalist Diane Hedges, will perform dance favorites from the '40s and '50s at 7 p.m.; the Southern Oregon Concert Band will perform concert works and patriotic music at 8 p.m. CLASSICAL GUITAR: Local artists will perform from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at Paschal Winery and Vineyard, 1122 Suncrest Road, Talent. Cost is $5. Call 535-7957. Thursday, Nov. 9 ALBINO: The Afrobeat ensemble Albino! will hold a CD release party at 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at The Mobius, 281 Fourth St., Ashland. Tickets are $10 general, $8 for students. Call 488-8894 or see www.themobius.com . Friday, Nov. 10 THE SLIP: Contemporary avant-rock trio The Slip with opening act The Lovely Feathers will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at The Mobius, 281 Fourth St., Ashland. Tickets are $12 general and $10 for students and in advance. Call 488-8894 or see www.themobius.com . HISTORY AND SONG: St. Clair Productions will present Sparky and Rhonda Rucker in an evening of history told in song and story at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at the Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 87 Fourth St., Ashland. The duo will present excerpts from two of their shows, "Blue and Grey in Black and White" and "The Buffalo, Eagle and Silver Spur." Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door, $8 for youth 12-17 and free for children under 12 with a paying adult. Tickets are available at the Music Coop, Ashland, on-line at www.stclairevents.com or by calling 535-3562. CLASSICAL: Chamber Music Concerts will present the Vertavo Quartet at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Tickets are $26/$30, $5 for students. Call 552-6154 or see www.sou.edu/cmc . BENEFIT CONCERT: Rogue Valley Pregnancy Resource Center Medford/Ashland will present "Honoring Freedom Celebrating Life," a fundraising musical gala featuring Meagan Iverson, Shelley Kristen and Amy Sprunger, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at the First Nazarene Church 1974 E, McAndrews Road, Medford. Admission is free. Call 772-1921 or see www.rvprc.org . CWERKS: Four Seasons Performing Arts Series will present the family interactive theater and mime troupe Cwerks at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Newman United Methodist Church, 132 N.E. B St., Grants Pass. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students. Call 479-5369. Saturday, Nov. 11 STEVEN KING CONCERT: National guitar champion Steven King will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Central Library, 205 S. Central Ave., Medford. His wife, Connie King, will accompany him on the flute and with vocal harmonies. Call 772-5502. JENNIFER BEREZAN: Jennifer Berezan will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 87 Fourth St., Ashland. Tickets are $22 at the door and $20 in advance at Sound Peace, Ashland. YOUTH SYMPHONY: The three ensembles of the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon — strings, orchestra and symphony — will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at Southern Oregon University's Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, and available at Paddington Station, Ashland; Larry's Music in Medford and Grants Pass; and through the Craterian Theatre box office for the Nov. 11 performance. Sunday, Nov. 12 ROBERT CRAY: Blues singer/guitarist Robert Cray will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at Rogue Theatre, 143 S.E. H St., Grants Pass. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Call 471-1316. SYMPHONIC BAND: Rogue Valley Symphonic Band will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at S. Medford High School auditorium, 815 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford. The performance will feature the band's new conductor, Martin Behnke. Tickets are $8 general admission and $5 for seniors and students. ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL: Mountain Avenue Theatre, 201 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. Tickets are available at Tree House Books and Ashland High School main office. Call 482-8771. RUMORS: OSF's Tyrone Wilson directs the comedy by Neil Simon in which four couples arrive at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. The party never begins because of all the zany events that take place. The show will play at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday evenings through Nov. 11 with one matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets are $7 in advance and $8 at the door. BARNSTORMERS THEATRE: 112 N.E. Evelyn Ave., Grants Pass. Call 479-3557. THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND AND THE ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE: Madeline DeCourcey directs "The Real Inspector Hound," Tom Stoppard's comic spoof of the whodunits popularized by Agatha Christie. A secluded English country manor house, ominous radio reports of a criminal on the loose, visitors behaving suspiciously, a relative with a shady past and an unidentified body hidden behind the sofa. Rose Wingenbach directs "The Actor's Nightmare," Christopher Durang's spoof which details the plight of George Splevin, an unlucky accountant who is suddenly thrust on stage to replace an ailing actor with no knowledge of the lines, the plot, or even what play he's supposed to be performing. The shows run at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 19. 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, is "pay what you can" night. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and children. Call 479-3557. CAMELOT THEATRE COMPANY: 101 Talent Ave., Talent. Tickets are available at the box office. Call 535-5250. FAHRENHEIT 451: Ray Bradbury's adaptation of his classic novel "Fahrenheit 451" (the temperature at which paper ignites) tells the story of Guy Montag, a book-burning fireman who must choose between continuing his nonexistent existence and risking everything for the right to think. The show plays at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 5. Tickets are $17. Reserved seats are an additional $2. GRANTS PASS HIGH SCHOOL: 830 N.E. Ninth St., Grants Pass. Call 474-5710, Ext. 263. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS: The stage version of the MGM movie is set in the 1850s Oregon wilderness where a young bride plans to marry off her six rowdy brothers-in-law backfires when they kidnap six women from a neighboring town to be their brides. The show plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-18 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday Nov. 12 and 19. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and students. OREGON CABARET THEATRE: First and Hargadine streets, Ashland. Tickets are available through the box office. See www.oregoncabaret.com or call 488-2902. RETURN TO PLANET LISA: Lisa Koch, Darcy Danielson and Jim Malachi present another irreverently funny and music-filled show. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 5. Tickets are $21-$27. Gourmet dinners available with advance reservations. Desserts, appetizers, wine, beer and beverages also available (no reservation required). SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY: 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Call 552-6348. THE WHITE PLAGUE: OSF's Michael J. Hume directs Karl Capek's story of a physician caught between the Hippocratic Oath and his commitment to save humankind from the scourge of war, told with biting humor. The play runs at 8 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, through Nov. 12, with an additional 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets are $17 regular, $13 for seniors and $5 for students. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY: OSF's Scott Kaiser directs Philip Barry's original script for the theater version of his play in which wealthy socialite Tracy Lord has three men vying for her hand, and one of them is her ex-husband. The play runs at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday Nov. 9 through 19 with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Nov. 19 in SOU's Center Stage Theatre. Tickets are $17, $14 for seniors and $5 for students. STARDUST REPERTORY THEATRE: 424 S.W. Sixth St., Grants Pass. Tickets are available through the box office. Call 472-9614. FINGER PAINTING IN A MURPHY BED: Artistic Director Robert Watt directs David Patterson's romantic comedy about a hard-working New York temp worker, her manic, reclusive brother who aspires to be a finger painter, and her first-date yuppie-wannabe. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 12. Tickets are $15 general and $12 for seniors (65 and older). Would you like to respond to this story? 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