Popovers Upon Rising

By CYNTHIA COWAN

The Friday night after Thanksgiving is the busiest night of the year for restaurants. Even though there is a fridge full of leftovers, many opt out of the kitchen in favor of reservations. When guests tend to stick around until Sunday, there is plenty of time for leftovers anyway. Except at breakfast. A turkey wing with the morning coffee just won’t fly.

Explore some of the old roads and ancient ways of Edgartown on horseback, with an informal (noncompetitive) trail ride on Sunday, Nov. 25.

Riders are invited to gather their horses for a 10 a.m. start at the deer weighing station off Barnes Road near the state forest headquarters. There’s plenty of room to park trailers, and trail wardens from the Edgartown byways committee will be available to stop traffic for anyone riding over from the state forest west of Barnes Road.

The third annual International Feast for Compassion Benefiting People Facing Devastation: Darfur is set for Saturday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Centre street in Vineyard Haven.

All are welcome to come enjoy delicious international foods and music while helping the most challenged people on the planet. The musicians will be David Stanwood, as well as the trio of Greta Bro, Ricardo Frota and John Hicks.

After that Thanksgiving dinner settles, get outdoors and relax with family and friends at Felix Neck’s Fall Festival, set for Friday, Nov. 23, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the wildlife sanctuary on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.

A basic computer skills class will be offered at Oak Bluffs Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 10:45 a.m. to noon.

Learn the different parts of a computer, general tips for using Windows operating systems, how to use the keyboard and mouse, and strategies to help you learn more.

There will also be time to ask specific computer questions that you may have.

No prior computer experience is necessary, this course is for absolute beginners.