There will be a discussion held tomorrow from noon to 1:30 p.m. about this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection, Christina Baker Kline’s “Orphan Train.”

The story follows Vivian, a 91-year-old widow once orphaned as a child, and Molly, a troubled teen being sent around from one unstable foster home to another.

The novel depicts an era in which thousands of orphaned children were taken from crowded cities to face uncertain futures in the rural Midwest. The discussion will take place in the ground floor lecture hall of Paley Library. This event is free and open to all.     

There will be a free bus trip to Baltimore ACC Wholesale Craft Fair Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. The bus will depart from 13th and Diamond streets and will leave Baltimore at 6 p.m. to return to Philadelphia at approximately 7:30 p.m.

The trip is open to all Temple students, but Tyler students are especially encouraged. This is an excellent opportunity for any Tyler student who is thinking of selling at small galleries in the near or distant future.

Tickets are available at the front desk of Tyler School of Art. This trip is sponsored by Tyler Student Life.    

The Student and Alumni Networking Night will begin Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Science Education Research Center Lobby. Alumni will help students build their networking skills, professional connections and confidence as they prepare to set out in today’s job market.

All alumni participants will be entered into a raffle to win an iPad mini. All student participants will be entered into a drawing to win several awards, including a $500 gift certificate to Macy’s.

This event is worth 10 Leadership Diamond Points. Both students and alumni are asked to register through the Career Center website prior to attending the event.

The Tyler School of Art will be celebrating Mardi Gras in the Tyler building Tuesday at 10 a.m. Enjoy free King Cake and coffee while participating in the spirit of Mardi Gras.

Free masks and beads are offered to all attendees. At 11 a.m., there will be a Spam & Tofu carving contest, with a prize awarded to the winner.

The Mardi Gras celebration is free, but anyone looking to participate in the carving contest must email Kari Scott in advance, at miss.kari@temple.edu. This event is sponsored by Tyler Student Life and is open to all students.     

In celebration of Russell Conwell’s 172nd birthday, Temple will be hosting Temple Toast, a series of events happening all day Tuesday around Main Campus. The 24-hour birthday party will be coupled with an online campaign for donations to the university.

Parties will happen throughout many Main Campus buildings Tuesday, including the Fox School of Business, the College of Science and Technology and the Howard Gittis Student Center.     

    Brooklyn-based Brazilian artist Valeska Soares will be speaking at Temple Contemporary in the Tyler School of Art on Friday at 3 p.m.

Soares is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. Her work is predominantly in sculptural practice, but her portfolio also includes photography, film, installation and collage. Soares is represented by Galeria Fortes Vilaça in Sāo Paulo, Eleven Rivington in New York and Max Wigram Gallery in London. Her latest exhibition “Any Moment Now” ran from Oct. 12 to Nov. 23 in New York. Soares will be speaking with Tyler art history professor Adele Nelson. This event is free and open to all.

  Trio Combray will be performing a faculty and guest artist recital on Thursday evening from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Rock Hall auditorium. Trio Combray includes violinist Gregory Fulkerson, cellist Jeffrey Solow and pianist Jeffrey Swann.

     Fulkerson is a professor of violin at Oberlin College, where he graduated in 1971 before continuing his studies at the Julliard School. Solow is the current president of the Violonocello Society, Inc. of New York and former president of the American String Teachers Association. He is a professor of cello and chamber music and former chair of the Department of Instrumental Studies at Temple. Swann is also a fellow Julliard alumnus and currently serves on the piano faculty at NYU. The Trio Combray performance is free and open to all.