Rick Alviti Red Bank-based Phoenix Productions will host "A Tribute to Elvis" starring Rick Alviti and the Rick Alviti Showband at the Strand Theatre in Lakewood on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. Alviti, who is one of the country's foremost

Elvis Tribute artists. Tick-ets are $35, $40 and $100. The $100 ticket incl-udes a cocktail party with Alviti before the show.

For tickets, call (732) 747-0014.

Two familiar faces are behind JFK's LSD UFO, which will headline at the Second-Annual Counter Culture Arts Festival and Funky Flea Market in Point Pleasant Beach Aug. 26 from 7 p.m. to midnight. Cheri Joisne and Andre Cholmondeley, formerly of Second Nature in Red Bank, make up the experimental rock/jazz band, which will entertain at the eclectic festival, which will showcase a mix of low brow art, entertainment, film and collectibles, including belly dancing, Brazilian Capoeira, a Funky Flea Market and the Hundred-Dollar Art Show. Admission to the festival is $5. For more information, visit www.ombabyyoga.com or call (732) 899-YOGA (9642).

"Hair"

"Natalie Verba - Oils, Pastels and Mixed Media" is on exhibit through Sept. 9 at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, 128 Ocean Ave. An opening reception will be held Sunday, Aug. 27, 3 - 5 p.m. For information, call the center at ( 732) 229-4527 or e-mail to Natalie.Verba@comcast.net.

Cabaret for Life will hold auditions for actors, singers and dancers age 16 or older for the musical "Elegies ... for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens" Aug. 26, 10 a.m. to noon, Aug. 30, 7-9 p.m., at the Jersey Shore Arts Center, Main Street, Ocean Grove. For information, contact producer Andrew De Prisco at 877-235-8587.

Soar Productions will hold auditions for "The Princess and the Pea," for boys and girls ages 8 and up on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 4 - 7 p.m., and Thursday, Sept. 7, 6 - 9 p.m. at the Union Beach Firehouse, 1110 Union Ave., Union Beach. Call Mary or Moe for more information at (732) 471-8268 or visit www.soarproductions.org.

Violinist Eric Wyrick will perform Aug. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center, 100 Grant Ave., Deal. Concertmaster of the New Jersey Symphony, Wyrick is also a solo and chamber musician. He currently holds a newly elected position of artistic coordinator of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Tickets are $20 for seniors and students, $25 for all others, and can be reserved by calling (732) 531-9100.

LUCINDADOWELL Members of the NJDTE company.

The Shrewsbury Players will hold open auditions for "The Diary of Anne Frank" on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 6 and 7, at 7 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church House, 352 Sycamore Ave., Shrewsbury. Performances will be at the church house for three weekends Nov. 3-29. Director Steve Boyd will be casting roles for five men and four women, ages late teens and up. For information, call (732) 224-8882 or (732) 389-5648.

Rebecca's Reel Quilters of Poricy Park will meet Thursday, Sept. 7, at 7 p.m. at Poricy Park Nature Center in Middletown. Guest speaker Annette Ehly's topic will be "Dyeing Can Be Fun." Fee for members is $3, and for nonmembers

it's $5.

Woodfish, Red Bank-based five-piece groove rock band, is taking off. The band consisting of Justin Newport, vocals, Steve Kalorin, bass guitar, Dominic Kalorin, drums, Steve Cumberland, guitar, and Don "The Guy" Honeycut, on sax, will perform Saturday, Sept. 9, at Monmouth University in West Long Branch.Two

Phoenix Productions, Red Bank-based community theater group, will present the rock musical "Hair" Sept. 9-17 at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St. Performances are at 8 p.m. Sept. 15 and 17 and 3 p.m. Sept. 10 and 17.

"Hair" brings rock music and the culture of the Vietnam-era to the stage; musical numbers include "Aquarius" and "Good Morning Starshine."

Ticket prices are $22-$26. For information or reservations, call the box office at (732) 747-0014 or e-mail tix@phoenixredbank.com.

New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble will hold company auditions on Sept. 10 and 17 in the dance studios at the Simon Forum & Athletic Center at Drew University, 26 Madison Ave., Madison. Auditions for dancers ages 9-12 will be held 10-11:30 a.m.; auditions for dancers ages 13-18 will be held 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; $25 audition fee. NJDTE is a nonprofit preprofessional company that offers training in classical ballet and modern dance with a world-renowned faculty. For more information and audition appointments, e-mail to: kengel@-njdte.org or call (908) 232-0114.