To eat
Buy the Veruca Salt cupcake (adorned with a Chicago flag) for $3.75 during the month of June at Bleeding Heart Bakery (1955 W. Belmont Ave.), and the shop will donate $1 to Girls Rock! Chicago.
To draw
Have an idea that demands a mascot? For $300, the illustrators at fast characters.com will create a character based on your criteria.
To listen
Listen to storytellers, who happen to be biking 175 miles for Bike MS: Tour de Farms, share tales about their bikes. Doors open at 7 p.m. Thursday at The Spot (4437 N. Broadway). $15 at the door.
Musical madness
Belt out a tune at “Sing for Your Tickets” at noon Thursday at Macy’s (111 N. State St.), judged by members of the Jersey Boys cast. Winners advance to the finals in New York to compete for a weekend trip to New York, tickets to the Tony Awards and a $1,000 Macy’s shopping spree.
