Also this week

Join Bike Baton Rouge for the Bike-Friendly Awards Banquet, celebrating people and businesses making the Capital City’s streets safer and more bike-friendly. The free event starts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Capitol Park Welcome Center (702 N. River Rd.). Get more information on the efforts to go bike-friendly from Benjamin Leger’s latest blog post.

Hollywood Casino (1717 N. River Rd.) hosts A Taste of Downtown Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The culinary event celebrates downtown and Mid City restaurants and serves as a benefit for Triumph Kitchen. Tickets are $50.

Quarters (4530 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd.) hosts a Health and Wellness Expo 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The free event will include free laser tag and arcades, food and beverages and appearances from the St. Louis Cardinals’ Ryan Theriot, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ryan Clark and LSU track star Rebecca Alexander.

Spay Baton Rouge presents Raise the Woof—Comedy for a Cause at Manship Theatre Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25. Read about the event on Adrian Hirsch’s latest blog post.