Rehearsals are beginning for the annual Songs of Peace, Hope and Light winter concert.

In an off-season treat for Islanders, the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society offers its annual Thanksgiving concert on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Edgartown’s Old Whaling Church.

The 23rd Annual CROP Walk is Sunday, Oct. 27 with walkers meeting at 1:25 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Church on Franklin street in Vineyard Haven. The walk route is to Oak Bluffs and back again.

Pledges benefit local organizations working to alleviate hunger on the Island. Last year walkers and supporters raised $23,447, which brought the 22-year total raised to $359,085. A group of generous Islanders are pledging 20 cents for every dollar raised this year.

For information or for forms for sponsoring walkers, call the Rev. Alden Besse at 508-693-3930.

It’s the time of year when dressing up in your alter ego superman character is embraced, when candy corn makes an appearance and ghosts come out to play. And on the Vineyard, Halloween is a weeklong event, just as it should be.

Celebrations begin Friday night at Alex’s Place with a middle school dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Costume contests, prizes, black lights and a full light show are in order.

On Saturday, Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Edgartown businesses say yes to trick-or-treating.

It was turning toward deadline at the Gazette, the time of the week when the tap of computer keys becomes the only conversation, save a bit of singing from one corner, the slurp of coffee from several other corners and the noisy clamoring of the press man downstairs wondering where his pages are loitering.

A procrastinator spoke up, breaking the silence. “I wish I could have met Imhoff. When did he die, anyway?”

A special event that wraps up the Fall for the Arts monthlong celebration, the Artist Ball, begins at 7 p.m. at Dreamland in Oak Bluffs on Sunday, Oct. 27. The night celebrates Vineyard artists and all those who help make the Island an artistic mecca. Costumes are optional but keep in mind there will be prizes awarded.

Marla Blakely introduces the Frank Wilkins Band and presides over the festivities. Also planned for the evening is the installation of Whatever the Outcome, which features the work of Walker Roman.