Next Thursday is the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving parade in New York city. For the majority of us this mean a little couch time watching the floats roll by and the participants perform. But for Alley Ellis, an eighth grader at the Edgartown School, it means kicking it, literally, on national television.

Years ago, Lani Carney, known by young artists far and wide as Miss Lani, took a trip with her daughter to Puerto Rico. While strolling down the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan, a balmy wind coming in off the ocean, they came upon a kite festival. It was magical. “It felt like we were borrowing a taste of the wind,” Miss Lani said.

After months of hard work, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has unveiled its latest production. Chess: The Musical runs through Sunday, Nov. 20.

Twilight is upon us.

The latest movie in the wildly popular vampire series, Breaking Dawn: Part 1, makes its much-awaited debut tonight. Eager fans have camped out throughout the country in anticipation of its release. Now, the Oak Bluffs library is getting in on the action too.

Cup Talk

There are no bookmakers for this game whose storied rivalry goes back for more than six decades, and while we’ve got plenty of swagger in our walk this week, we can be big about it and admit that the odds are stacked against us.

The Vineyard team (Our Team) is four and six going into the Big Game while Nantucket (you know, that other island?) team is nine and one.

Vineyard stargazers, prepare to stay up late. The annual Leonid meteor shower is scheduled to reach its peak tonight, Thursday, Nov. 17, according to astronomers.

Like the better-known August Perseid meteor shower, the Leonid meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through a trail of debris from the comet Tempel-Tuttle. Many of the particle clouds burn up in the atmosphere, creating fleeting shooting stars of meteors.

Beginning Thursday, Nov. 17, the Bourne Bridge will be reduced to one-lane traffic for ongoing steel repairs.

Traffic delays will be likely during the morning and afternoon peak travel periods each day, according to the Corps of Engineers. Traffic control will be in place for the duration of the repairs.

The Bourne Bridge will be fully open to two lanes of traffic in each direction during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, from Wednesday, Nov. 23 at noon through Monday, Nov. 28 at 9 a.m.

The Lagoon Pond drawbridge will be closed to traffic Tuesday evening while the Massachusetts Department of Transportation conducts a series of tests. Drivers are being asked to seek alternative routes between the hours of 9 p.m Tuesday, Nov. 15 and 5 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Signs indicated detour routes will be posted near the entrances to the bridge.

Did you miss the Veterans Day all-Island flu clinic? Here’s your second chance.

The YMCA is hosting a flu clinic on Monday, Nov. 14 from noon to 2 p.m. The cost is $24.99. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted. More details are available by calling 508-696-7171.

Buffalo, teriyaki or sweet and sour—bring your appetite and take your pick.

Though chicken wings are usually reserved for Sunday afternoon football, all bets are off on Saturday as town departments and organizations from across the Island compete for the best wing recipe at the third annual Wingfest at Sharky’s Cantina in Edgartown. The $25 price of admission entitles you to all you can eat, plus a say in which participating organization’s recipe will be crowned the winner.