Friday, November 7

• Yard sale weekend in Montclair and Ontario run from sunrise to sunset November 7-9.

• The 77th annual Pilgrim Place 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.

 

• “ March” by Virginia Feito is this month’s pick for Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s 10:30 a.m. book club at 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• 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 kids 12 to 16 at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Tickets are $6 at us/events for Rancho Cucamonga’s 5:30 p.m. 8 and over IncredABLES chalk art activity at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd.
• 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 also $15-$25 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.
• 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.

 

• Pomona College Orchestra presents a free 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont, repeating at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 9.

 

Saturday, November 8

 

• Claremont cars and coffee runs from 8 to 10 a.m. at Granite Creek Community Church, 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Register ahead of the 9 a.m. Tour de Foothills bike ride at com/tour-de-foothills, beginning outside the Cooper Regional History Museum, 217 E. A St., Upland.

 

• Sherwood Florist, 404 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, hosts a 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. artisan market.

 

• Bowser bash, a free and open to the public dog-friendly event, runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Horsethief Canyon Park, 301 Horsethief Canyon Rd., San Dimas.

 

• 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.

 

• Create an autumn flower arraignment at a free 1 p.m. event at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Pomona College Band plays a free and open to the public 3 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont, repeating at 8 p.m. Monday, November 10.

 

• American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, hosts free 3 p.m. docent-led tours of current exhibitions the second Saturday of the month. RSVP at org.

 

• Pomona College hosts a free and open to the public John A. Payton ’73 Distinguished Lectureship with author Kwame Anthony Appiah in conversation with philosophy professor Ellie Anderson at 4 p.m. at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont. RSVP at edu/events.
• 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, as 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 kids 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. More info is at com/events.

 

Sunday, November 9

 

• California Botanic Garden hosts silent reading club from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, free with garden admission. RSVP at org.
• Tickets are $75 at org/celebrate2025 for Claremont After-School Programs’ 20th anniversary celebration and salute to its longtime volunteers at 2 p.m. at Claremont Graduate University President’s House, 709 Harvard Ave. Email nancyeambrose@gmail.com for more info.

 

• Zzaj play from 2 to 5 p.m. at Jazz at College Center, 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $28-$66 at com for “Piano Women” at 2 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Nobuntu, the Zimbabwean, all-female a cappella group, performs a free 3 p.m. concert at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont, for the Bessie Bartlett Frankel Chamber Music Festival.

 

• Tickets are $10 for author Mimi Slawoff’s 4 p.m. talk and book signing at Garner House’s Ginger Elliott Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $15 to a 4 p.m. senior dinner and dance at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St.

 

• Guitarist Bernie Pearl leads a free and public 4:30 p.m. book talk and Q&A at Folk Music Center, 220 N. Yale Ave., Claremont.

 

• Eclipse Quartet and guitarist William Kanengiser combine for a free and public 7 p.m. concert at Drinkward Recital Hall, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

Monday, November 10

• La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St., hosts a free 12:30 p.m. senior movie matinee. Call(909) 596-8776 for more info. 
• Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley’s free and public 2 p.m. meeting, “It Is Not Enough to Speak, but to Speak True,” at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, will be led by Brian Elerding, artistic director of Ensemble Shakespeare Theater. Call (909) 728-2178 for more info.

 

• Tickets are $60 for a 5 p.m. benefit dinner at Life Pacific University, 1100 Covina Blvd., San Dimas, in observance of the United States Marine Corps 250th anniversary. Email feedingmilitaryfamilies@gmail.com or call (909) 667-2721 for more info.
• Local veterans gather for a 6 to 8 p.m. panel discussion at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Author and former editor-in-chief of The New York Times Book Review Sam Tanenhaus presents “Buckley: The Life and Revolution that Changed America—A Case Study in the Art, Science, and Challenges of Biography,” 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 11

 

• Claremont city offices facilities are closed and refuse collection will be delayed one day in observance of Veterans Day.

 

• A 10:50 a.m. Veterans Day observance will be held at Central Park Freedom Courtyard, 11200 Base Line Rd., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• The City of Claremont and American Legion Keith Powell Post 78’s annual Veterans Day ceremony starts at 11 a.m. at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. The keynote speaker is Captain Manuel Alvarado.

 

• La Verne honors veterans at an 11 a.m. ceremony at Veterans Hall, 1550 Bonita Ave.

 

• Upland Veterans Plaza, 460 N. Euclid Ave., hosts an 11 a.m. ceremony.

 

• Tickets are $25 for the University Club of Claremont’s 11:30 a.m. event featuring Pomona College theater professor Carolyn Ratteray at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at org.

 

• Award-winning National Public Radio journalist and senior editor Arezou Rezvani gives a free and open to the public 4:15 p.m. talk and Q&A session at Pomona College’s Smith Campus Center, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont.
• Claremont McKenna College hosts retired U.S. Army Colonel Keith Nightingale for a free and open to the public 6:45 p.m. Athenaeum speaker series lecture, “A Vietnam Experience and Commitment to Normandy,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at edu/athenaeum.
• Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, hosts a free 4:30 p.m. screening of “The Next Dream,” a documentary about temporary protected status families in the U.S.

 

Wednesday, November 12

 

• Register for a free 11 a.m. virtual Microsoft Excel workshop at lacountylibrary.org/events.
• A representative from Haynes Family of Programs is the featured guest at Woman’s Club of Claremont’s monthly 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. luncheon from at 343 W. 12th St. Register by November 7 at com/luncheons. Lunch is $25 for club members, $30 for guests.

 

• Restaurateur and TV host Alpana Singh speaks at a free Scripps Presents @Noon event at the Hampton Room, 1030 Columbia Ave. RSVP at edu/events/calendar.

 

• Tickets are $15 at org for a noon guided tour of American Museum of Ceramic Art’s “Making in Between: Indigenous Americans” at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.
• Claremont McKenna College’s free and open to the public Athenaeum speaker series continues at 12:45 p.m. with “California’s Special Election: Analysis of What Happened, Why, and the Implications” with CMC’s Ken Miller and Vernon C. Grigg III at 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at edu/athenaeum.

 

• Harvey Mudd College’s 2025 Nelson Distinguished Speaker Series begins at 6 p.m. with a presentation from Kip Thorne, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics, at Galileo Hall, 240 Platt Blvd., Claremont. RSVP at edu.

 

• Register for Los Angeles County Library’s free 5 p.m. virtual lab on how to us its free reading app, Libby, at lacountylibrary.org/events. 
• Thomas Francis performs a free and public 5 p.m. concert at Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave., Claremont.

 

• People 16 to 25 are invited to Tri-City Mental Health Services’ free 5:30 p.m. fall ball at 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Claremont City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. at 225 W. Second St. Agendas are posted at gov and city hall the Thursday prior to the meeting. To attend virtually visit zoom.us/j/256208090. Call (213) 338-8477 to listen in via phone.

 

• Mark Gitenstein and Emma Ashford debate “Should the United States Prioritize Domestic Interests Over International Leadership?” at a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture as part of Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. Aditya Pai will moderate the talk. More info is at edu/athenaeum.

 

Thursday, November 13

 

• Photos with Santa Claus begin today at Montclair Place, 5060 N. Montclair Plaza Ln. More info is at com.
• Claremont Senior Program and Los Angeles Regional Food Bank’s monthly senior food bank distributes to LA County residents 60 and older at 1 p.m. at Larkin Park, 660 N. Mountain Ave. ID is required. Call (323) 234-3030 for info.

 

• Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave., hosts a free and public 4 p.m. crochet lab.

 

• Amanda Peters delivers a free 4 to 5 p.m. virtual talk. RSVP at lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Charles Sepulveda leads a free and public 4:15 p.m. book talk at Shanahan Center, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Benton Museum of Art hosts Christiane Baumgartner for a free and public 4:30 p.m. artist lecture at 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont.

 

• Claremont Chamber of Commerce hosts a free and public 5 p.m. ribbon cutting at Tracy’s Healing Room, 985 W. Foothill Blvd., Ste. 101, Claremont.

 

• San Antonio Regional Hospital staff lead a 5 p.m. heart health workshop at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Claremont City Council and Claremont Unified School District Board of Education hold a joint meeting at 6 p.m. at 225 W. Second St. Learn more at gov.

 

• Los Angeles County Library CEO Skye Patrick speaks with author Sara Calvosa Olson in a free 6 p.m. virtual talk. Register at lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Hany Farid, co-founder and chief science officer at GetReal Security, delivers a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture, “Trust and Truth in the Age of Generative AI,” as part of Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at edu/athenaeum.

 

Friday, November 14

 

• Pianist Nic Gerpe plays a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave.,

 

• Register at gov/events for Ontario’s 5 to 8 p.m. happy harvest and scarecrow contest at Anthony Munoz Community Center, 1240 W. Fourth St.

 

• Pomona College Choir performs at free and public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. A matinee encore is set for 3 p.m. November 16.

 

• Ontario hosts a free dusk screening of “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” at Ontario Motor Speedway Park, 915 N. Center Ave.

 

Saturday, November 15

 

• La Verne Historical Society hosts a free 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. senior craft fair at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St.

 

• Tickets are $5 at us/events for Rancho Cucamonga’s 9 a.m. soccer skills clinic and fair for kids 3 to 5 at Milliken Park, 7699 Milliken Ave.

 

• Claremont High School class of 2025 hosts a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. holiday market at Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $45-$50 at org for California Botanic Garden’s 10 a.m. watercolor class at 1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont.
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, 1798 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, hosts a free drive-thru flu shot clinic for children 6 months and up from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit org for more information.

 

• The free and open to the public Faultline Music Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Epicenter Sports Complex, 8408 Rochester Ave., Rancho Cucamonga. More info is at ranchochamber.org/events.

 

• Learn how to grow a Salvia columbariae plant, or chia, at a free noon Native American food sovereignty event at La Verne Library, 3640 D St. Register at lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Leilani Dacus performs a free and public 2 p.m. recital at Boone Recital Hall, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont.

 

• The free and open to the public 6 to 9 p.m. Ontario Art Walk takes place at 225 Euclid Ave.