Free Cupcake with Shoe Purchase at Runner's Soul

Have your cake: Some people run for the exercise. Others run just so they can eat more food. (Here’s to that!) The Runner’s Soul is catering to the latter crowd with a promotion that runs through Aug. 15. By a pair of Brooks Ghost 6 or Glycerin 11 running shoes and you’ll get a certificate for a free cupcake from Isn’t That Sweet bakery, 21A S. La Grange Road in La Grange. 

Wooden wonders: Wood from fallen trees at the Morton Arboretum gets a second life thanks to Western Springs artist Richard Dlugo. The woodworker crafts ornaments, birds, saltshakers, vases and more, which he sells through the arboretum’s gift shop. Dlugo will be demonstrating his process from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Arboretum Store. For more information visit mortonarb.org or Dlugo’s website, exqwood.com.

Dino-mite: There’s still time to see Dinosaurs Alive! at the Brookfield Zoo, which opened this spring and runs through Oct. 27. Among the 24 life-size animatronic dinosaurs in the exhibit is a group of feathered dinos that show the beasts’ evolution from delicate bird to reptile-like giant.