­What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, October 11

• The Rev. Gene Boutilier leads an informational session on the November 5 general election at 11:30 a.m. during the Democratic Club of Claremont’s Gar Byrum Memorial Lunch at Eddie’s Italian Eatery, 1065 W. Foothill Blvd, Claremont.

 

• The National Alliance on Mental Illness hosts In Our Own Voice, a free 1 p.m. Zoom webinar about mental health conditions. Registration is required at tinyurl.com/3x864wa7, or visit tricitymhs.org to learn more.

 

• Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts a free and open to the public gallery talk at 2 p.m. Info is at pomona.edu/museum.

 

• The City of Upland opens its monster mash-up event at 5 p.m. at Magnolia Park, 651 W. 15th St. Families can play games, get treats, and participate in the 6 p.m. children’s costume parade, ahead of a 7 p.m. screening of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993). Call (909) 931-4280 to learn more.

 

• The public is invited to the sixth annual Healed Women Heal Gala, a fundraiser for the Pomona nonprofit which helps victims of domestic violence, at 6 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 3101 W. Temple Ave., Pomona. Tickets, $150, and info are at healedwomenheal.org/events.

 

• The City of Ontario hosts a 6 p.m. movie night at Celebration Park South, 2910 E. Merill Ave., Ontario. “Frankenweenie“ (2012) begins at dusk. Call (909) 395-2020 for more info.

 

 

Saturday, October 12

• A free Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Harvard Avenue in the Claremont Village. Learn more at claremontheritage.org/dia.html.

 

• California Botanic Garden hosts its annual Grow Native Nursery Fall Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. CalBG members get early access today at 8. For more info visit calbg.org/grow-native-nursery/gnn.

 

• La Verne Heritage Foundation’s fifth annual free and open to the public 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendor Faire brings about 40 unique vendors to the west side of Heritage Park, 5001 Via de Mansion. A pumpkin patch is hosted on the east side of the park. More info is at laverneheritage.org/events.

 

• The City of Rancho Cucamonga’s public safety open house runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fire Station 178, 10595 Town Center Dr., with service members from the RC Fire District, Police Department, and Public Works on hand to answer questions.

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a free black cat pillow making event at 10:30 a.m.

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a free Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at 11 a.m., with decoration making and the dance group Herencia Mexicana.

 

• On the second Saturday of each month, American Museum of Ceramic Art docents offer a guided tour of a current exhibition at 2 p.m. at 399 N Garey Ave., Pomona, with museum admission. Learn more or RSVP at amoca.org.

 

• Pomona Valley Genealogical Society welcomes genealogist Eleanor Brinsko of Carlon Genealogical Services, LLC, who will present “Roaming the Stacks: looking to the library to help fill holes,” a 2 p.m. Zoom presentation. Email raulncal@aol.com to request meeting access.

 

• Meet judicial and other political candidates endorsed by local organizations at the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Hall, 705 W. Arrow Hwy., Claremont, during a free and open to the public 3 to 5 p.m. mixer.

 

• Children 12 and under are invited to the City of La Verne’s fourth annual 5 to 8 p.m. Trunk-or-Treat at the community center, 3680 D St. Dogs are prohibited.

 

• The Pomona Arts Colony, 191 W. Fourth St., is home to the 5 to 9 p.m. Pomona Art Walk, which includes a community market in the Shaun Diamond Plaza, 197 E. Second St.

 

• “Second Death of a Mad Wife” opens at 8 p.m. tonight at Ophelia’s Jump Productions, 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite I, Upland. The play runs Thursdays through Sundays through Sunday, November 3. Showtimes vary. General admission is $35, $25 for college students and children under 10. Thursdays are “pay what you can/pay it forward” with a $20 minimum. Tickets and info are at opheliasjump.org.

 

 

Sunday, October 13

• The Pomona swap meet and classic car show at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, runs from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $15. Children under 12 are free. Parking is $18. Call (714) 538-7091 or visit fairplex.com for details.

 

• Residents are invited to a free, 10 a.m. half-mile hike along the Thompson Creek Trail with Claremont Mayor Sal Medina and the city’s park ranger team, which begins at Higginbotham Park, 625 N. Mount Carmel Dr. RSVP at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation, search “hike.”

 

• Claremont Heritage‘s 42nd annual Home Tour, featuring seven historic residences, runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Day-of-event tickets are $50 for Heritage members, $55 for non-members. All must check-in at Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., before venturing to the homes. Check-in opens at 9:30. Questions? Email info@claremontheritage.org.

 

• Zzaj 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.

 

• Comedy and soul food are the main pairing at Living Life Through Love‘s 4 to 7 p.m. laughs and grills fundraiser at Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theatre, on the lower level of the Smith Campus Center at 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont. Advance tickets are $30 at hgivebutter.com/lpbydr, $35 at the door.

 

 

Monday, October 14

• 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.

 

• Seniors are invited to a free 12:30 p.m. screening of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife“ (2021) at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St. Call (909) 596-8776 for more info.

 

• The Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley opens its latest meeting season with a 2 p.m. presentation by Ophelia’s Jump Productions founding artistic director Beatrice Casagrán on “Producing the Midsummer Shakespeare Festival”at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. For more information, call (909) 728-2178.

 

 

Tuesday, October 15

• Associate professor at University of Alberta School of Business Jack Stecher delivers “The Use of Disclosure Volume to Affect Shareholder Voting,” a free noon Zoom lecture as part of Claremont Graduate University’s Tuesday Talks series. Learn more or sign up at cgu.edu/event/tuesday-talks.

 

• Award-winning author and producer Abdi Nazemian leads a virtual 6 to 7 p.m. book talk. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Claremont Unified School District families and students are invited to “The Power of Women in Leadership,” a free 6:30 p.m. panel discussion with seven notable women, at the Don F. Fruechte Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. To RSVP, visit cusd.claremont.edu or search “empowering CUSD students” at eventbrite.com.

 

• Retired tennis player and 2003 U.S. Open singles champion Andy Roddick speaks with Erica Jasper, director of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics, during this week’s 7 p.m. Scripps Presents in Conversation event at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

• 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.

 

 

Wednesday, October 16

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts a free and public noon to 4 p.m. Naloxone (Narcan) clinic. Learn more at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Life coach Marie Russo delivers “Leading with Strengths,” a free noon Zoom presentation, hosted by the Rotary Club of San Dimas. Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

 

• Seniors can participate in free games of bridge at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, from 1 to 4 p.m. Call (909) 399-5488 for more info.

 

• The 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Taste of La Verne at Western Converting Specialties, 2886 Metropolitan Place, Pomona, is $60 per attendees 21 or over. RSVP at business.lavernechamber.org/events.

 

• Award-winning author Michelle Dowd continues Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 free and public Athenaeum speaker series with her 6:45 p.m. lecture, “What I Learned From Foraging (And Surviving A Family Cult),” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Thursday, October 17

• Today’s the deadline for interested residents to submit applications for the city’s committee on aging and committee on human relations. Visit ci.claremont.ca.us, hover over the “government” tab and select the commission and committee appointments option to find the application.

 

• Author Guy Kawasaki will be interviewed via Zoom at 10 a.m. for the Drucker School Global Family Business Institute’s Authors at Drucker series. RSVP at cgu.edu.

 

• The San Gabriel Valley Association of Chamber Executives invites the public to a free noon to 1 p.m. webinar via Zoom. Learn more at business.claremontchamber.org.

 

• Pomona College Department of Mathematics and Statistics hosts Tim Chartier, the Jospeh R. Morton Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Davidson College, who will deliver a free and public 4:15 p.m. talk, “Math: The Real Matrix,” at Estella Laboratory, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont. A book signing will follow.

 

• Wendy Slatkin, a lecturer at Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design, continues Claremont Lewis Museum of Art‘s October lecture series, Revolutions & Revelations: Avant-Garde Art of the 20th Century, with “1960s’: West-Coast Hard Edge, Assemblage, Fluxus, Minimalism, Eccentric Abstraction, Benjamin, Louis, Warhol, Kienholz, Hesse, Saint Phalle” at 6 p.m. at 200 W. First St., Claremont. More information is at clmoa.org.

 

• Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen continues Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 free and public Athenaeum speaker series with his 6:45 p.m. lecture, “Politics of the Past and Politics of the Future,” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Friday, October 18

• La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St., is the site of a free 9:30 a.m. seminar for seniors on Proposition 19. RSVP by calling (909) 596-8776.

 

• Pianists Jennie Jung and Kyungmi Kim perform a free and open to the public 12:15 p.m. concert at Thatcher Music Building’s Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Blvd., Claremont. Program info is at pomona.edu.

 

• California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, hosts Things That Go Bump in the Night, a 5:30 to 9 p.m. nighttime adventure today and tomorrow. Adult admission is $20; $15 for students, seniors, children ages 3 to 12 and CalBG adults; and $10 for CalBG students, seniors, children at calbg.org.

 

• Inland Valley Repertory Theatre mounts Disney’s rendition of “The Little Mermaid” at the Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $39-$85, and info on other dates are at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.

 

• Richard Savino and his chamber ensemble El Mundo, joined by Pomona College faculty soprano Melissa Givens, perform a free and open to the public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

 

Saturday, October 19

• Potential applicants to Claremont Graduate University are invited to RSVP for the college’s free 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. fall open house at cgu.edu/event. Tours begin at Mudd Quadrangle, 170 E. 10th St., Claremont, plus a networking breakfast, opportunities to hear from CGU faculty and students and learn about degree programs, financial aid options and more.

 

• Prospective students can learn about Keck Graduate University, 535 Watson Dr., Claremont, at college’s free 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in-person visit day. RSVP by Wednesday, October 16 at kgi.edu.

 

• From 9 a.m. to noon, the City of Ontario hosts its free and open to the public howl-o-ween costume dog pawty at Whispering Lakes Dog Park, 2525 E. Riverside Dr. Info is at ontarioca.gov/specialevents.

 

• The free and open to the public Ontario Arts Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Downtown Ontario Arts District along Euclid Avenue. Learn more at ontariomuseum.org/ontario_arts_festival.

 

• The City of Claremont’s annual free and open to the public Halloween Spooktacular runs from 2 to 5 p.m. with carnival-style games, dog and children’s costume contests, a spooky stories corner, a special needs sensory zone, and more at Lewis Park, 881 Syracuse Dr.

 

• The Pomona Police Department host a free 3 to 6 p.m. spooktacular celebration at 490 W. Mission Blvd., Pomona.

 

• Families are invited to the City of Rancho Cucamonga’s free 3 to 6 p.m. trunk-or-treat event at the Rancho Cucamonga Sports Center, 8303 Rochester Ave.

 

• The free and open to the public San Dimas Halloween spooktacular runs from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at San Dimas City Hall, 245 E. Bonita Ave.

 

• The Claremont Concert Orchestra performs works by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky during a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. concert today and  Sunday, October 20 at 2 p.m. at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont.