by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, October 31

• Happy Halloween from the Courier! 
• Alex Delapena leads a free and open to the public 10:30 a.m. camera obscura photography workshop at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga. Info is at edu.
• Tickets are $15 at com and jurassicquest.com for Jurassic Quest and Brick Fest Live in exposition hall four at 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.
• 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.
• Yarn in the Yuccas, a fiber arts group free with admission, meets at 1:30 p.m. at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Register 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 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, hosts a free screening of “Hotel Transylvania” at 6 p.m.
• 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 through November 9. The production is recommended for mature audiences.

Saturday, November 1

• The Claremont Unified School District office, 170 W. San Jose Ave., opens as a polling site for the 2025 November special election from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Monday, November 3. Granite Creek Community Church, 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., is currently open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. through November 3. Ballot drop boxes are at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., and the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd.
• Tickets are $35-$45 at org for a 9 a.m. landscape design workshop led by Nathan Peterson at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.
• Laemmle Claremont 5, 450 W. Second St., screens “ Warren’s Profession” at 10 a.m. November 1-2, and 7 p.m. November 3. Tickets are at laemmle.com.
• The Benton Museum of Art and Curious Publishing’s free and open to the public 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.
• Tickets are $85 at org for Sandy Garcia’s 11 a.m. peace pole workshop at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts,5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga.
• A free and open to the public Dia de los Muertos festival will take place from noon to 10 p.m. in 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 at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. More info is at edu/events.
• Ontario’s free Dia de los Muertos event, begins at 3 p.m. at Jack Mercer Community Bandstand, East C. Street and Euclid Avenue, with a procession ceremony at 6. Info is at gov/events.
• Information about the Claremont Art Walk, the monthly 6 to 9 p.m. free and public Village art exhibition, is on page 4.
• Citrus College’s Citrus Singers perform their annual spooktacular concert at 7 p.m. at 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.

Sunday, November 2

• Claremont Lewis Museum of Art’s FestivArts runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Padua Hills Theatre, 4467 Padua Ave., Claremont. Tickets are $10 at org/festivarts2025. Claremont Lewis Museum of Art members, students, and children under 18 are free.

• Admission is waived at Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, 200 W. First St., on the first Sunday of each month from noon to 4 p.m., with children’s activities led by Project ARTstART students.
• Families can create alebrije art at a free 2 p.m. program at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.
• Adventures in Music, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church’s first Sunday concert series, continues with a free and public 5 p.m. performance featuring pianist Jenny Soonjin Kim and accompanist Han Na Park at 1700 N. Towne Ave., Claremont.

Monday, November 3

• Upland Public Library, 450 N. Euclid Ave., hosts rhythm and reads for children at 10 a.m.
• Ovitt Family Community Library invites families to its free 5 p.m. “DiNovember” kickoff event which includes story time and sensory-friendly activities at 215 E. C St., Ontario. Visit gov/events for events throughout the month.
• Author and Columbia University anthropology professor Hannah Chazin presents “Got Milk? The Past, Present, and Future of Human-Animal Relations,” a free and public 6:45 p.m. Claremont McKenna College Athenaeum speaker series lecture at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at edu/athenaeum.

Tuesday, November 4

• In-person polling sites at Claremont Unified School District office, 170 W. San Jose Ave., and Granite Creek Community Church, 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the 2025 California special election. Find additional polling places at lavote.gov/locations.
• Register for LA County Department of Economic Opportunity’s free 3 p.m. virtual workshop, “cottage food operations,” at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• California Botanic Garden hosts a 4 p.m. run group at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, free with garden admission. RSVP at org.
• Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave., hosts a free 4 p.m. video game club.
• Claremont McKenna College hosts religious studies professor Gastón Enrique Espinosa for a free and open to the public 6:45 p.m. Athenaeum speaker series lecture, “Hip Hop, Spiritual Outlaws & the Contested Social Visions of Tupac, Ice Cube, Kanye West, Lauryn Hill & Kendrick Lamar,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at edu/athenaeum.
• Scripps College Music Department students perform a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. recital at Boone Recital Hall, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont.

Wednesday, November 5

• Sowing Seeds for Life’s free food pantry runs from 8 to 11 a.m. at Charisma Life Church, 305 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona, while supplies last. Visit org for details.
• Seniors interested in attending a free 10:30 a.m. financial planning seminar at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St. can RSVP by calling(909) 596-8776.

• Register for journalist and author Joseph Lee’s free 11 a.m. author talk at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• Register for a free 12:30 p.m. suicide awareness workshop at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• Claremont Chamber of Commerce hosts a 5:30 p.m. network and sip at Claremont Craft Ales, 1420 N. Claremont Blvd., suite 107B. Register at claremontchamber.org/events.
• Celebrate Native American heritage with free cultural activities from 5 to 7 p.m. at Westwind Community Center, 2455 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.
• The public is invited to share feedback with Alta Planning and Design to help it develop an active transportation plan at a 6 p.m. workshop at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.
• Tickets are $60 at us/events for a 6 to 10 p.m. heart saver CPR and automated external defibrillator certification course at All-Risk Training Center, 11285 Jersey Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga.
• Claremont McKenna College’s free and open to the public Athenaeum speaker series continues with “Memory Foundations,” a 6:45 p.m. lecture by architect and designer Daniel Libeskind at 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at edu/athenaeum.

Thursday, November 6

• A juried exhibition of works by Mid Valley Arts League members runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 6-9 and 13-15 at Fairplex’s Millard Sheets Art Center, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.
• Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker School of Management and alumni association host the fourth annual Universal Peace Conference, a free and public 5 p.m. conversation on education, technology, and the arts as bridges for peace at Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave.,
• Children 8 and up can learn chess from 4 to 5 p.m. at a free class at Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave.
• The Benton Museum of Art hosts a free and public 4:30 p.m. artist talk with Manuel Lopez at 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont.
• Claremont Chamber of Commerce recognizes Claremont Sunrise Rotary with a free and public 5 p.m. ribbon cutting at The Claremont Club, 1777 Monte Vista Ave.
• Residents are invited to share suggestions and ideas for Larkin Park at a 6:30 p.m. community meeting at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont.
• Artist and engineer Robert Twomey delivers “Fostering Intimacy with Intelligent Machines,” a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture part as Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at edu/athenaeum.
• Tickets are $39-$61 at com for Gavin Lee’s 7:30 p.m. solo show, “Steppin’ Out with Fred Astaire,” at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga.

Friday, November 7

• Yard sale weekend in Montclair runs from sunrise to sunset November 7-9. Visit org for more info.
• Pilgrim Place’s 77th annual Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 7-8 at 625 Mayflower Rd., Claremont. The festival — a tradition since 1948 — serves as a fundraiser for Pilgrim Place’s resident health and support program. Learn more at org/events.
• Rachel Rudich and Kaoru Kakizakai perform pieces for shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute, during a free and public 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.
• Tickets are $10 at org for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s 4:30 p.m. wheel lab for teens 12 to 16 at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.
• Tickets for Rancho Cucamonga’s IncredABLES 5:30 p.m. chalk art activity for those over age 8 at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd., are $6 at us/events.
• Tickets are $52-$78 at com for Fairplex’s 6 to 9 p.m. whiskey tasting event, Generosity on the Rocks, at 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.
• Claremont High School Theatre Department’s annual friends of our theater auction gets underway at 7 p.m. at Don F. Freuchte Theatre of the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Tickets are $15-$20 at ludus.com.
• Tickets are $15-$25 at haughpac.com for the Claremont Strings and Citrus College Wind Symphony’s 7 p.m. show, “Stories in Sound: The Evolution of Video Game Music,” at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.
• Tickets are $45 at edu/events for Emmy Award-winning television icon Bill Nye’s 8 p.m. discussion with Pomona College associate professor of chemistry Nicholas Ball at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont.

Saturday, November 8

• Tickets are $15 at 2610 Third St., La Verne, for La Verne Historical Society’s 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. home tour fundraiser.
• Artists 12 and up can take part in Ontario Museum of History and Art’s free noon studio Saturday workshop with David Kantrowitz at 225 S. Euclid Ave. RSVP at org/events.
• The Claremont Colleges free and open to the public 1 to 5 p.m. arts and crafts maker market takes place at The Hive, 130 E. Seventh St. More info is at claremont.edu/thehive.
• RSVP at edu/events for Pomona College’s free 4 p.m. John A. Payton ’73 Distinguished Lectureship with author Kwame Anthony Appiah in conversation with philosophy professor Ellie Anderson at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont.
• Filmmaker Adam Bronfman hosts a free 4 p.m. screening and discussion of his documentary, “I Have A Name,” at Pitzer College’s Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, part of the college’s Presidential Initiative on Constructive Dialogue. Register at edu/events.
• Fairplex hosts Pomona Valley Pride’s second annual free and open to the public pride festival from 1 to 6 p.m. at 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Learn more at org.
• New parents can learn about Claremont Helen Renwick Library programs and services for youth at a free 10:30 a.m. discussion at 208 N. Harvard Ave.
• Indie rockers Goldraven perform at 7:30 p.m. at Folk Music Center, 220 N. Yale Ave., Claremont. Tickets are $20 at the store or the door.