­What’s happening Claremont? 

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

 

Friday, September 27

• “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” (2009) is this week’s 12:30 p.m. movie matinee at Blaisdell Senior Center, 440 S. College Ave., Claremont. Free popcorn is available. Call (909) 399-5367 for more info.

 

• Yarn in the Yuccas, a fiber arts group free with garden admission, gathers from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Register at calbg.org.

 

• Journalist and author Stephanie Saldaña speaks during a free and open to the public 2 p.m. author talk at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• The community is invited to “Sip and Socialize” with the Claremont Courier staff during a free 5 to 7 p.m. event at the Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Highlights include a ribbon cutting ceremony, a book signing of the Courier’s new coffee table book of photography, “Timeless Claremont,” raffles, and an open house at the new Courier offices. RSVP by emailing anna@claremont-courier.com.

 

• Claremont’s 6 to 9 p.m. free live music showcase, Friday Nights Live wraps up the season  tonight with Moonshine and Daydreams at Village Plaza, Jasmine at the chamber of commerce, and The Harmony Sisters at Shelton Park. More info is at claremontchamber.org.

 

 

Saturday, September 28

• San Dimas’ 2024 Runnin’ Scared 5K, one mile, and toddler trot takes place today. Signups are at sandimasca.gov/calendar.php, select “2024 Runnin’ Scared” and click the registration link. Races at 245 E. Bonita Ave. begin at 7:30 a.m. with the 5K, followed by the one mile at 9 and toddler trot for children ages 2 to 6 at 9:30. Race-day admission is $35 for the 5K, $25 for the one mile, and $12 for the toddler trot. Registration and check-in open at 6:30 a.m.

 

• Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, hosts the Off-Road Expo in exposition hall 4 starting at 9 a.m. today and Sunday, September 29. Admission is $20 for 13 and over, $15 for active-duty military with ID, $10 for children 6 to 12, and free for 5 and under. Tickets and info are at offroadexpo.com.

 

• Drop off e-waste during Montclair Chamber of Commerce’s collection event at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benito St., from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Sunday, September 29.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga’s free and open to public hiring fair runs from 9 a.m. to noon at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd.

 

• Ontario’s free 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. fall community resource fair offers all a chance to connect with city departments and local partner agencies at John Galvin Park, 1072 N. Grove Ave.

 

• Claremont authors Constance Cassinelli, Parker Emerson, Eileen Flaxman, Olivia Michel Gallardo, Abigail Haughton, Naomi Howland, Char Miller, Susan Perry, and Deborah Vinall speak during a free and open to the public 10 a.m. talk at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. A meet and mingle follows at 11.

 

• Los Angeles County Library and California Botanic Garden officials host a free and open to the public 11 a.m. virtual talk on growing native plants in containers. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Poets Scott Noon Creley and Tiffany K. Elliott are this month’s guests at the Friends of the Claremont Library’s free 2 p.m. fourth Saturdays poetry event at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• A free and open to the public closing reception for Dana Mano-Flank’s solo exhibit, “Our Fragile Earth,” runs from 2 to 4 p.m. at Sasse Museum of Art, 300 S. Thomas St., Pomona.

 

• Grim Readers, Upland Public Library’s true crime book club, meets the last Saturday of every month at 3 p.m. at 450 N. Euclid Ave. This month’s read is “A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown’s Most Shocking Crime,” by Casey Sherman. Email carissa.barrera@uplandlibrary.org for more information.

 

 

Sunday, September 29

• A free and public 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. bike rodeo takes place at Dorothy A. Quesada Community Center, 1010 S. Bon View Ave., Ontario.

 

• Doris and Me, a Doris Day tribute act performs at 1 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets, $34-$39, are at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.

 

• Joel Paat Jazz Project plays from 2 to 5 p.m. at this week’s free and open to the public Jazz at College Center concert at 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at jazzatcollegecenter.com.

 

• Organist William Peterson, Pomona College emeritus professor of music, performs “The Organ Music of J.S. Bach” in a free and public 3 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

• Scripps College Department of Music hosts the Sheela Bringi Quintet performing “Raga Roots and Harp Strings” as part of the free and open to the public Bessie Bartlett Frankel Chamber Music Concert, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont.

Monday, September 30

• A veterans service officer provides free assistance to veterans and families every Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St. Visit cityoflaverne.org for info.

 

• Chess for fun, a Monday chess group for beginners through experienced players, meets from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont.

 

• Tri-City Mental Health Services invites folks 55 and over to a free 2 p.m. showing of “Uncle Buck” (1989) at its Wellness Center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Ganesha Rasiah, chief strategy officer at HP Inc., and Ryan Patel, a senior fellow at Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker School of Management, continue Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 free and public Athenaeum speaker series with their 6:45 p.m. lecture, “Navigating the AI-Driven Future: Innovation, Product Evolution, and the Future of Work,” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum/athenaeum-schedule-fall-2024.

 

 

Tuesday, October 1

• Overeaters Anonymous’ free weekly 11 a.m. Tuesday support group continues at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont.

 

• Adam Eckerd, associate professor at Old Dominion University’s School of Public Service, delivers “Policy Formulation for Wicked Problems: Mental Model Convergence and Policy Windows,” a free noon Zoom lecture part of Claremont Graduate University’s Tuesday Talks series. Learn more or sign up at cgu.edu/event/tuesday-talks.

 

• Claremont Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. at council chambers, 225 W. Second St. Agendas are posted online and at city hall the Thursday before the meeting. Visit ci.claremont.ca.us for info.

 

• The Independence Day Committee meets at 7 p.m. at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.

 

• Spectrum News political anchor Alex Cohen moderates a free 7 to 8 p.m. Scripps Presents conversation with New York Times Chief Political Analyst Nate Cohn and Michael Barbaro, host of The Times’ podcast “The Daily,” at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

 

Wednesday, October 2

• The public can chat with a Pomona Police Department officer during a free 8 to 10 a.m. coffee with a cop event at Tierra Mia Coffee Company, 660 Indian Hill Blvd., Pomona.

 

• Artist J Stoner Blackwell delivers a free and open to the public 4 p.m. talk at Pomona College’s Studio Art Hall, 370 Columbia Ave., Claremont. Learn more at pomona.edu/events.

 

• The National Hot Rod Association hosts twilight cruise nights, a free and open to the public car show, on the first Wednesday of the month from 4 to 7 p.m. at the NHRA Motorsports Museum, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Info is at fairplex.com.

 

• Laura Craft, global head of sustainable investment strategies at Heitman, joins Ryan Patel, a senior fellow at Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker School of Management, at Claremont McKenna College’s free and open to the public Athenaeum speaker series with their joint 6:45 p.m. lecture, “Power Plays: Energizing the Future of Data Centers, Real Estate Investment Trends, and Middle-Income Housing,” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum/athenaeum-schedule-fall-2024.

 

• Claremont’s community and human services commission hosts a 7 p.m. meeting at council chambers, 225 W. Second St. Info is posted at ci.claremont.ca.us.

 

 

Thursday, October 3

• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health leads a 5 p.m. informational session on the dangers of fentanyl during a community meetingat Bonita Center for the Arts, 822 W. Covina Blvd., San Dimas. RSVP via email to mcdonald@bonita.k12.ca.us.

 

• Patrons can create a mini altar honoring a deceased person during Ontario Museum of History and Art’s 5 to 8 p.m. first Thursday art event at 225 S. Euclid Ave. Sign up at ontariomuseum.org/programs.

 

• Artists Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade host “Moon Mine,” a visual and musical performance at Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont. Programs run from 6 to 7 p.m. today and Friday, October 4. RSVP at pomona.edu/museum.

 

• Pomona College’s Seaver Theater, 300 E. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts Philip Dawkins’ “Failure: A Love Story” at 7:30 p.m. October 3-5, and 2 p.m. October 5-6. Tickets are $12, or $6 for seniors, students, faculty and staff at the box office or pomona.edu/events.

 

 

Friday, October 4

• The free and open to the public symposium on Middle Eastern, North African and Central Asian Dances, Music and Performing Arts kicks off at 9 a.m. today at Pomona College Studio Art Hall, 370 Columbia Ave., Claremont, with programming through Sunday, October 6. RSVP for virtual presentations or learn more at menaca2024.com/registration.

 

• The free war and existentialism book club meets at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. the first Friday of each month. October’s book is “On the Road ” by Jack Kerouac.

 

• Adults are invited to a 4 to 6 p.m. architectural pottery “meet cute” discussion and tour of “Architectural Pottery: Ceramics for a Modern Landscape” led by American Museum of Ceramic Art Exhibition Manager Pam Aliaga at 399 N Garey Ave., Pomona. Admission is $20. A gathering at Homage Brewing, 281 S. Thomas St., Pomona, will follow. RSVP at amoca.org/events.

 

• Our Lady of the Assumption’s annual free and open to the public Fiesta runs today from 5 to 10 p.m., October 5 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and October 6 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 435 Berkeley Ave., Claremont. It features live entertainment, games and carnival rides. Call (909) 626-3596 for information or ride tickets.

 

• Oktoberfest takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays October 4-26 Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Admission is $18 on Friday, $23 on Saturday. Parking is $25 at gate 17, 1801 McKinley Ave. Tickets and discount info are at fairplex.com/oktoberfest.

 

• Lights Out runs from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Fridays through Sundays from October 4-27 at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Admission is $40. Parking is $25 at gate 17, 1801 McKinley Ave. Discount tickets and more info is at fairplex.com/lightsout.

 

• Pomona College Orchestra performs a free and open to the public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

• Stevie Wonder tribute band Natural Wonder performs at 8 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr. Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets, $45-$71, are at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.

 

 

Saturday, October 5

• Ontario Fire Department hosts a free 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. open house at station nine, 2661 E. Grand Park St. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ontario Police Department hosts its open house at 2500 S. Archibald Ave. Info is at ontarioca.gov/calendar.

 

• The public is invited to Ontario’s free 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. science palooza with interactive exhibits and science demonstrations at Westwind Community Center, 2455 E. Riverside Dr.

 

• The League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles will walk voters through the pros and cons of the various state ballot measures during an 11 a.m. virtual LA County Library program. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org.

 

• The eighth annual San Dimas Beer and Wine Walk in downtown San Dimas, near 246 E. Bonita Ave., runs from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $60, or $45 for designated drivers. Visit chambermaster.sandimaschamber.org/events for tickets and more info.

 

• Browse artwork around the City of Trees during the free and open to the public 6 to 9 p.m. Claremont Art Walk.

 

• Ophelia’s Jump Productions’ Espiritu Flamenco kicks off at 6 p.m. at the Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Tickets, $125 for OJP members, $150 general admission at opheliasjump.org, include a three course dinner and live entertainment.

 

• Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery hosts a free and public 7 to 9 p.m. opening reception for its latest exhibit, “Decompositions: Photography by Nancy Macko,” at 251 E. 11th St., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.