Fresh Artists Salon on the Schuylkill
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 6-9 p.m.
World Cafe Live
$15 (tickets here)
Large-format digital reproductions of artwork donated by inner-city schoolchildren from Philadelphia and Norristown will be exhibited. Jazz music, hors d'oeuvres, and a photo booth make this fund-raiser as fun as it is vital in empowering children as philanthropists. This year's salon will put artwork in the Philadelphia Veteran's Comfort House and the Covenant House, and proceeds will help build out and equip a new Print Studio.

Moving People, Practically Speaking
Thursday, Feb. 2, 6:30 p.m.
National Constitution Center (525 Arch St., Philadelphia)
Free admission (RSVP here)
Some people like trains, others love bicycles, and many will never part with their automobile. With strapped budgets and political gridlock, how do we establish a sound transportation policy for the future? David Thornburgh, executive director of Penn's Fels Institute of Government, leads a powerful panel through the first program of this series.

Vegan Wing Bowl
Saturday, Feb. 4, 3-5 p.m.
The Abbaye (3rd and Fairmount, Philadelphia)
Free admission; $20 registration for competitors
No chicken, no cheerleaders, no bones. This second annual event features the Philly Roller Girls and competitive eaters, who will eat as many seitan-based wings as they can during the length of a roller derby jam (two minutes). The three top performers win prizes. Call the Abbaye at 215-627-6711 to register (registration deadline is 2 p.m. on Saturday).