What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, January 2

• The first Friday of the month is pay what you can day at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info is at amoca.org/events/first-fridays.

• Veterans Memorial Park and Community Center, 1259 E. D St., Ontario, hosts a free and open to the public elote corn night from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Info is at ontarioca.gov/events.

• People 50 and up can call Ontario Senior Center at (909) 395-2021 to register for the 6 to 9 p.m. Friday night dance at 225 E. B St., Ontario. Tickets are $4.

Saturday, January 3

• The City of Upland’s farmers’ market takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. along Second Avenue.

• Tickets are $25 for the 10 a.m. lemon curd workshop and $85.50-$95 for Joe Oakes’s 10:30 a.m. landscape art session at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for the Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga. Register at malooffoundation.org. 

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

Sunday, January 4

• Shop locally made crafts, organic food, clothing, and jewelry from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Claremont Farmers and Artisans Market. Visit claremontforum.org for more info.

• California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, hosts an 8 a.m. bird walk, free with garden admission. RSVP at calbg.org.

• 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.

• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church continues its free and open to the public adventures in music concert series with “Art and Elegance,” a 5 p.m. concert featuring flautist Syrina Robinson and pianist Edward David Zeliff at 1700 N. Towne Ave., Claremont.

Monday, January 5

• Claremont city offices reopen today.
  

• Montclair walkers, a free walking group at Montclair Place, 5060 E. Montclair Ln., gathers at 10 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a walk around the mall. New members must submit a waiver, available at montclairplace.com/events.

• Adults can create and print a three-dimensional heart photo frame at Ovitt Family Community Library’s 6 to 8 p.m. workshop at 215 E. C St., Ontario. Ticketing opens at 5:30.

Tuesday, January 6

• Register for a free 5 p.m. online meditation workshop led by Doug Frankel at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

• Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave., hosts a free 4 p.m. video game club.
  

• Fill in bingo squares with your 2026 goals and use it to play bingo from 6 to 7 p.m. at Lewis Family Branch Library, 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario. Info is at ontarioca.gov/events.

• First-time and veteran crocheters are invited to San Dimas Library’s free 6:30 p.m. yarn ‘n’ stitch hour at 145 N. Walnut Ave.

Wednesday, January 7

• San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave., hosts a free 10:30 a.m. book club. This month’s read is “Cannery Row” by John Steinbeck.

• Leslie A.M. Smith, founder of McCormick L.A. Public Relations speaks at Rotary Club of San Dimas’ free noon virtual talk, “The No-nonsense Basics of Marketing and PR.” Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

• Students in grades three through six can compete with friends in a reading showdown, word warriors, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

• Help shape the City of Claremont’ 2026-2028 city council priorities during a 6 p.m. forum at the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont. Additional forums include a virtual 6 p.m. session on January 14, linked at claremontca.gov, and a 9 a.m. January 31 in-person forum at council chambers, 225 W. Second St.

Thursday, January 8

• Today is the final chance to submit online feedback for Claremont’s 2026-2028 City Council priorities survey, linked at surveymonkey.com/r/claremontpriorities, and claremontca.gov, search “council priorities.” View other feedback opportunities in the Wednesday, January 7 entry.

• The Rembrandt Club of Claremont hosts Rody Lopez, executive director of Craft Contemporary, for a free and public 1:30 p.m. talk at Pomona College’s Studio Art Building, 370 Columbia Ave., Claremont. More info is at therembrandtclub.org. 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library hosts a free 10:15 a.m. smarty pants story time event for children 2 to 5 at 208 N. Harvard Ave. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

• 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.

• Adults can speak with a career specialist from the San Bernardino County Workforce Development Department during a free 4 to 5 p.m. workshop at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

• Young people 14 and up can RSVP at ontariomuseum.org/events for a free 5 p.m. screening of “Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts” at Ontario Museum of History and Art, 225 Euclid Ave., Ontario.

• Paul A. Biane Library, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, hosts a free and public 6 p.m. mystery book club. Register by email to rachel.ingram@cityofrc.us.

Friday, January 9

• Tickets are $25 at uplandchamber.org for Upland Chamber of Commerce’s 7 a.m. networking breakfast at Landecena Community Building, 1325 San Bernardino Rd., Upland.

• Claremont Senior Program’s monthly war and existentialism book club meets at 10:30 a.m. at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave. This month’s read is “The Flies“ by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Saturday, January 10

• Tickets and info for Rembrandt Club of Claremont’s 8:15 a.m. bus trip for brunch and a tour of Los Angeles Craft Contemporary are $50-$60 at therembrandtclub.org. Register by Monday, January 5. The bus seats 45 and will pick up attendees at First Street and Columbia Avenue in Claremont.

• The Pomona Valley certified farmers’ market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday at Pearl Street and Garey Avenue in Pomona.

• Fairplex hosts the reptile super show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. January 11 in exposition hall 4, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Tickets, $12-$18, are at reptilesupershow.com/los-angeles and at the door.

• Story time for babies up to 18 months runs from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

• Adults can make air-dried pottery at Ovitt Family Community Library’s free 1 p.m. program at 215 E. C St., Ontario. Ticketing begins at 12:30 on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Docents offer 3 p.m. guided tours of current exhibitions the second Saturday of each month at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.