IN THE ARTS The Provincetown Fringe Festival in Asbury Park and The Black Box of Asbury Park present "Christmas with Capote" Sunday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. The performance is a reading of two stories: "One Christmas" and "A Christmas Memory," directed by Marjorie Conn. Readers include Anne Berkowitz, Cheryl Fitzmaurice, Christine Emmert, Diane Jackson, Lesley Castellini, and Marjorie Conn. Capote was born in New Orleans in 1924 and until he was 10 years old, lived with a family of distant and elderly cousins in a small town in rural Alabama. Both stories are autobiographic about those years, and especially of his relationship with one of the cousins, Miss Sook Faulk. The reading will take place at the Stephen Crane House, 508 Fourth Ave. in Asbury Park. Seating is limited, and reservations are strongly recommended, by calling (732) 807-4052. Admission is $5 and includes complimentary refreshments and a Christmas and Hanukkah party, plus door prizes. The Provincetown Fringe Festival was located in Provincetown, Mass., from 1994 to 2006. It has relocated to Asbury Park. Brookdale Public Radio, 90.5 The NIGHT, will continue a long-standing Thanksgiving tradition by airing Arlo Guthrie's 1969 classic "Alice's Restaurant" in its entirety, commercialfree, this Thanksgiving at noon. Adding to the traditional holiday buffet, Brookdale Public Radio will also air "Lumpy Gravy," Frank Zappa's sonic symphony, at 6 p.m. Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer with J.B. Kline & Steve Guyger will perform in "Captured Live!" Friday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. Returning to the Basie after a sold-out show and hot off the Crossroads Festival stage, Winter is joined by rock 'n' roll great Rick Derringer. Special guests J.B. Kline and Steve Guyger round out the lineup. Tickets are $60-$30, available at (732) 842- 9000, the box office at 99 Monmouth St., or www.countbasietheatre.org. The Rockit for Kids Fall Concert will be presented Sunday, Nov. 25, at 6 p.m. at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. The concert is the finale of a six-week program offered by the Count Basie Theatre Cool School and Rockit for Kids, directed by Bruce Gallipani. Tickets are $10 and $8, available at (732) 842-9000, the box office at 99 Monmouth St., or www.countbasietheatre.org. Whoopi Goldberg, winner of the Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony awards, will bring her unique brand of humor to the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank for an intimate and raucous night of comedy on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $175-$58, available at (732) 842-1900, the box office at 99 Monmouth St., or www.countbasietheatre.org. Contemporary composer and classically trained pianist Julia Muench will perform her original compositions at the Middletown Main Library on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Presenting original pieces for piano and synthesizer, Muench will discuss her work during this unique concert. Muench is on the faculty of the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, which is presenting the free concert series at the library, located at 55 New Monmouth Road in Middletown. For more information, visit mptl.org or call (732) 671-3700, ext. 320. Monmouth Players present a Not Necessarily the Players presentation of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 7 and 8 at 8:15 p.m. and Dec. 2 and 9 at 2 p.m. at the Navesink Library Theater, Sears and Monmouth avenues in the Navesink section of Middletown. Tickets are $12. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Lori at (732) 291 - 9211 or on the Web site at www.monmouthplayers.org. Compiled by Gloria Stravelli