To plan
The Chicago Dragons, a gay men’s rugby club in the city, is offering an 18-month calendar featuring its members to raise money for travel expenses. Calendars are $18 at chicagodragons.org.
To drink
Try grown-up juice boxes from threethieves.com. The Bandit/Bullets lines feature cabernet sauvignon, white zinfandel, merlot and pinot grigio in juice-box style containers. $10 for a pack of four.
To ping
Designers, sign up at layertennis.com to play a new design game. Two artists swap a file back and forth and add and embellish the work for 15-minute “volleys” before it is posted to the site.
Calling all poets
Aspiring poets, enter the Poetry Center of Chicago’s annual juried reading competition. Submissions must be postmarked by Jan. 24. Visit poetrycenter.org and click on “reading series” for a list of rules.
