by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, October 24

• Tri-City Mental Health Services hosts a free and public job fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its wellness center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Learn more at org.
• Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts a free and open to the public 2 p.m. gallery talk.
• Families are invited to Ontario’s free 4:30 to 8 p.m. trunk or treat event at Westwind Park, 2455 E. Riverside Dr. Info is at gov/events.
• Tickets are $10 for “Halloween Hop,” a 5 p.m. dance for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St.
• Claremont’s 6 to 9 p.m. live music showcase Friday Nights Live wraps with The Cougar Estrada Band (Great American song book) at Village Plaza, Claremont Riffraff (spooky fun music) at the chamber of commerce, and The Dogs (deep rock covers) at Shelton Park. See claremontchamber.org for more info.
• A free 6 p.m. screening of “The Book of Life” takes place at Tri-City Mental Health Services’ wellness center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.
• Pomona’s annual haunted house at Palomares Park, 499 E. Arrow Hwy., runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. October 24–25, free for Pomona residents, $10 for others.
• Tickets are $15-$25 at haughpac.com for “Frankenstein” at Citrus College’s Little Theatre, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, with shows at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays October 24 through November 9. The production is recommended for mature audiences.

Saturday, October 25

• Ontario’s Dia de los Muertos altar and procession event takes place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. along Euclid Avenue. Altars are up through Sunday, November 2. More info is at gov/events.
• Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s 43rd Village Venture Arts and Crafts Festival runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Village, with vendors, a costume parade, food, and adult beverages. Learn more at claremontchamber.org.
• Laemmle Claremont 5, 450 W. Second St., screens “Rebel with a Clause” at 10 a.m. October 25-26, and 7 p.m. October 27. Tickets are at com.
• Cal Poly Pomona’s 32nd pumpkin festival enters its final weekend at 4102 S. University Dr., Pomona. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are at edu/pumpkinfestival. Children under 2 are free with a paid adult.
• Families can trick or treat in downtown San Dimas from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Tickets are $65 at org for Sumi Foley’s 11 a.m. origami workshop at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts,5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga.
• Ontario Museum of History and Art hosts a free noon Saturday workshop and bilingual story time at 225 S. Euclid Ave. RSVP at org/events.
• Los Angeles County Library Black Resource Center holds a virtual 1 p.m. meeting to discuss “I Almost Forgot About You” by Terry McMillan. Register at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• Poets Nicelle Davis and Chiwan Choi are this month’s featured guests at the Friends of the Claremont Library’s free fourth Saturdays poetry event at 2 p.m. at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.
• Rancho Cucamonga’s 3 to 6 p.m. spooktacular takes place at the city’s sports center, 8303 Rochester Ave.
• The public is invited to a free 4 p.m. opening reception for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s latest exhibition, “Fired in Revolution: Ceramics from the People’s Republic of China,” ceramics created during the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976, held at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. RSVP at org/events.
• The City of Upland’s free 4 to 8 p.m. Halloween attraction, scary-a-faire, will be held throughout Historic Downtown Upland.
• Granite Creek Community Church’s annual 5 to 8 p.m. fall festival features costume contests, free game booths, bounce houses and candy at 1580 N. Claremont Blvd. Learn more at org.
• Montclair’s free and open to the public 6 to 9 p.m. Halloween spooktacular features trick-or-treating, inflatable games, and a costume contest at Montclair Place, 5060 E. Montclair Plaza Ln.
• Tickets are $28-$55 at haughpac.com for “The Greatest Love of All: A Tribute to Whitney Houston” at Citrus College’s Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.
• Pomona College faculty, colleagues and friends honor the 70th birthday of American composer Lori Laitman with a free and public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. Visit edu/events for more info.

Sunday, October 26

• A Halloween parade for children gets underway at 11 a.m. where Harvard Avenue and Second Street meet. Line up begins at 10:30.
• Noon is the deadline to bid on items included in Claremont Heritage’s annual home tour auction. Visit org to learn more.
• The KSPC 88.7 FM music and art mart fundraiser runs from noon to 4 p.m. at Edmunds Ballroom in Smith Campus Center, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont.
• Ted Manuel plays from 2 to 5 p.m. at Jazz at College Center, 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.
• Pieces by Schumann, Reinecke, and Boulanger will be performed during a free and open to the public chamber music recital at Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Ave.
• The Claremont Concert Choir, Claremont Treble Singers, and High Notes of the Pasadena Chorale gather for a free and open to the public 3 p.m. concert at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont.
• Mountainside Master Chorale’s Dia de los Muertos concert begins at 3 p.m. at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 600 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Tickets are $25 at the door. Youth under 18 are free.
• Southern California poet Martha Ronk delivers a 3 p.m. reading at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, that’s free with regular admission at org/events.
• The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir performs “Clarinet Fiesta,” a free and open to the public 7 p.m. concert of original works and arrangements from Latin America, at Drinkward Recital Hall, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

Monday, October 27

• Author Cleyvis Natera and Myriam Chancy, the Scripps College Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities, speak at a free Scripps Presents @Noon event at the Hampton Room, 1030 Columbia Ave. RSVP at edu/events/calendar.
• Pomona Public Library hosts Lego club, a free 4:30 p.m. building program for children at 625 S. Garey Ave.
• Author and historian Scott Ellsworth delivers “Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America,” a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture part as CMC’s Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at edu/athenaeum.

Tuesday, October 28

• Women in Business Connections, a free monthly networking seminar for women, meets at 8 a.m. at 180 Via Verde, San Dimas. RSVP at chambermaster.com/events.
• Rancho Cucamonga Seniors V.I.P. Club hosts a free 9 a.m. masquerade Halloween party at the James L. Brulte Senior Center, 11200 Base Line Rd., Rancho Cucamonga. RSVP at us/events.
• Adults can better their Microsoft Word skills during a free 11 a.m. virtual workshop at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• Maxwell Henderson, artist in residence at American Museum of Ceramic Art, speaks at a free noon virtual talk. Register at org/events.
• Learn about playwright Sam Simon and how he’s turned a 2022 Alzheimer’s diagnosis into a positive during his one-man show, “Dementia Man,” held at 2 p.m. at Mt. San Antonio Gardens, 900 Harrison Ave., Pomona. Tickets, $10, are at org.
• House of Ruth hosts Survivor Voices: Healing in Action, a free 6 p.m. panel discussion with domestic violence survivors at University of La Verne’s Ludwick Center Sacred Space, 1928 Bonita Ave.
• Today’s Claremont City Council meeting at 225 W. Second St. opens to the public at 6:30 p.m. Agendas are posted at gov and city hall the Thursday prior to the meeting. To attend virtually, visit zoom.us/j/256208090, or call (213) 338-8477 to listen in via phone.
• Claremont McKenna College hosts retired four-star U.S. Army General Vincent K. Brooks for a free and open to the public 6:45 p.m. Athenaeum speaker series lecture, “Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region and Beyond,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at edu/athenaeum.
• The Claremont High School Choirs mounts “As Seen on T.V.” at 7 p.m. October 28-29 at the Don F. Fruechte Theater for the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Tickets are $5-$10 at org/choral-season.

Wednesday, October 29

• Trick or treat at Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave., from 3 to 5 p.m.
• Register for Philippa Gregory’s free 11 a.m. author talk at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s free and public Naloxone (Narcan) clinic runs from noon to 4 p.m. at 208 N. Harvard Ave. Learn more at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• Children ages 5-12 can make a monster drawing with friends from 4 to 5 p.m. at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.
• Adults ages 50+ can register for James L. Brulte Senior Center’s free 4 p.m. dance at 11200 Base Line Rd., Rancho Cucamonga at us/events.
• Claremont McKenna College’s free and open to the public Athenaeum speaker series continues with “Ghanaian Music and Identity: When Tradition Becomes Personal,” a 6:45 p.m. lecture by musician, dancer, and cultural historian Victor Nani Agbeli at 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at edu/athenaeum.

Thursday, October 30

• Sculptors and special effects enthusiasts are invited to a free and public 11:30 a.m. mold making demonstration at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga. Info is at edu.
• David Pagel and Rachel Lachowicz of Claremont Graduate University, Scripps College’s Alex Heilbron, and Dave Tourje, executive director of the Chouinard Foundation, discuss the legacy and influence of hard-edge painting at “It’s Complicated: Color and Culture in SoCal,” a free and public 6 to 7:30 p.m. program at Claremont Graduate University’s Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave.
• Ontario Senior Center, 225 E. B St., hosts Ontario’s free and public 3:30 to 6 p.m. Halloween costume parade and contest. Info is at gov.
• The Claremont and Upland chambers of commerce host a free and open to the public 5:30 p.m. Halloween mixer at Pro-Five Brewing Co., 105 E A St., Upland.
• Los Angeles County Library CEO Skye Patrick speaks with author Adam Silvera in a free 6 p.m. virtual talk. Register at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• Tickets are $10 at bigcartel.com for Barbara Bestor’s 7 p.m. talk on the restoration of the Hafif residence in Live Oak Canyon at Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

Friday, October 31

• Happy Halloween from the Courier!
• View lifelike dinosaurs or interact with Lego products at Jurassic Quest and Brick Fest Live, held in exposition hall four of the Pomona Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., from noon to 8 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, November 1, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, November 2. One-day tickets are $15 at com and jurassicquest.com.
• Violinist Rachel Huang, violist Cindy Fogg, cellist Tom Flaherty, pianist Jennie Jung combine for a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.
• Families can trick or treat in Old Town La Verne from 3 to 6 p.m.
• Register for tricks and treats, a free 3:30 p.m. candy hunt at De Anza Park, 1405 S. Fern Ave., Ontario, at gov/events.
• Tri-City Mental Health Services’ wellness center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, screens “Hotel Transylvania” at 6 p.m.

Saturday, November 1

• Tickets are $35-$45 at org for a 9 a.m. landscape design workshop led by Nathan Peterson, a landscape designer and California Botanic Garden staff member, at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.
• The Benton Museum of Art and Curious Publishing’s 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Over Here Claremont zine fest, featuring artist talks and workshops, will be held at 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont.
• A free and open to the public Dia de los Muertos festival will take place from noon to 10 p.m. in Historic Downtown Upland.
• Pomona College faculty and students present “Tribute to Karl Kohn,” a free 3 p.m. concert in remembrance of the late emeritus faculty member and composer-in-residence Karl Kohn, at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. Program info is at edu/events.
• Families are invited to Ontario’s free Dia de los Muertos event, beginning at 3 p.m. with a procession ceremony at 6 at the Jack Mercer Community Bandstand, where East C. Street meets Euclid Avenue in Ontario. Info is at gov/events.
• Browse artwork around the City of Trees from 6 to 9 p.m. during the free and open to the public Claremont Art Walk.
• Citrus College’s Citrus Singers perform their annual spooktacular concert at 7 p.m. at the college’s Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora. Tickets are $15-$25 at haughpac.com.
• Tickets are $28-$91 at com for Mariachi Continental de San Diego’s 7:30 p.m. concert at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga.