What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

 

Friday, January 16

• The James L. Brulte Senior Center, 11200 Base Line Rd., Rancho Cucamonga, hosts a free 10 a.m. senior book club. This month’s theme is an ugly book cover.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga’s IncredABLES host a 5:30 p.m. craft and create course for caregivers and kids over 8 at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd. Tickets are $8 to $10 at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Tri-City Mental Health Services’ wellness center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, hosts a free 6 p.m. screening of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”

 

• Tickets are $5-$10 for Sean Harrison’s 7 p.m. performance at Claremont Forum Bookshop, 586 W. First St. Proceeds benefit the Prison Library Project.

 

• Students from Claremont High School’s Interact Club, choir and theatre department perform a 7 p.m. benefit concert for Inland Valley Hope Partners at the Don. F. Fruechte Theater, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. Tickets are $10 or free with the donation of two non-perishable food items.

 

 

Saturday, January 17

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

 

• Tickets are $5 for the Porky Show, Claremont Police Department Explorer Post 411’s 44th annual badge and patch collectibles event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. Kids 15 and under are free. For more information visit theporkyshow.com.

 

• Friends of the Claremont Library’s On the Same Page Committee will host a free 10 a.m. community discussion of “West with Giraffes” by Lynda Rutledge, the group’s 2025 – 2026 community read, at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 Harvard Ave.

 

• Tickets are $55-$60 at calbg.org for Aleta Jacobson’s 10 a.m. painting workshop at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• Fairplex, 1101 W McKinley Ave., Pomona, hosts four events — Anime Impulse, Asian American Expo, Collectors Expo, and K-play Fest — from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. January 17-18. Visit fairplex.com for ticket info.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga and California Culture Festival’s free and open to the public Lunar New Year festival begins at 11 a.m. January 17-18 at 8303 Rochester Ave., Rancho Cucamonga. More info is at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Read aloud to your patient or energetic pup from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Register at ontariomuseum.org/programs for Ontario Museum of History and Art’s free noon studio Saturday workshop at 225 S. Euclid Ave., where students will create a world collage.

 

• The Caramel Connections Foundation and the City Of Ontario’s Community Life and Culture Department present the 4th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Celebration from noon to 4 p.m. at Anthony Munoz Community Center, 1240 W. Fourth St. Events include free wellness checks, children’s activities, and a keynote address from San Bernardino County Department of Public Health Chief of Community and Family Health Monique Amis.

 

• Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s free 2 p.m. tea blend workshop at 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, hosts 4 p.m. opening receptions for “Artists in Residence 2026: Compulsion,” and “The Store of Sturtevant’s The Store of Claes Oldenburg.” Admission is free with advance registration. RSVP or learn more at amoca.org.

 

• Tickets are $20-$36 at tickets.haughpac.com/chipper for Chipper Lowell’s, “Step Right Up: A Ridiculous Trunk Full of True Tales and Fake Magic,” at 7 p.m. at Citrus College’s Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.

 

 

Sunday, January 18

• The Pomona swap meet and classic car show at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, runs from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $15, children 12 and under are free. Parking is $20. Call (714) 538-7091 or visit fairplex.com for more info.

 

• Tickets are $35-$40 at calbg.org for California Botanic Garden botany program graduate students Ava Joseph and Marife Auccapoma’s 9 a.m. botany workshop for youth at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.
  

 

• Ted Manuel performs from 2 to 5 p.m. at Jazz at College Center, 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Hear remarks from author and activist Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. and the presentation of the Youth Social Justice Student and the Zennie Cummings Community Support awards at the 44th annual free and open to the public Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration from 3:30 to 9 p.m. at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 600 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. RSVP at eventbrite.com, search “Martin Luther King celebration.” Visit pivmlkproject.org/2026-event for more information.

 

 

Monday, January 19

• City facilities and Claremont Unified School District schools and offices are closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Reports of downed trees and water leaks should be directed to the Claremont Police Department at (909) 399-5411. Residential refuse collection will be delayed by one day.

 

• Admission is free to California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Visit calbg.org for entry info.

 

 

Tuesday, January 20

• The Claremont Colleges’ spring term begins today.

 

• A 9 a.m. family story time at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, is free with admission.

 

• American Association of Retired Persons hosts a two-day driving course at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. January 20-21. Fees are $20 for AARP members, $25 for non-members at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation, search “AARP.”

 

• Upland Geology Club’s free and public 10:30 a.m. meeting takes place at Gibson Senior Center, 250 N. Third Ave.

 

• Register for a free 11 a.m. online talk with author and journalist Julia Hotz at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• San Dimas Library, 145 N. Walnut Ave., hosts a free 4 p.m. goals setting workshop for young people ages 13 to 18.

 

 

Wednesday, January 21

• La Verne Chamber of Commerce’s 8:30 a.m. sunrise social takes place at French Press, 3836 Emerald Ave. Register at business.lavernechamber.org/events.

 

• Children 9 to 17 can learn about technology and fashion from the 2000s at Lewis Family Branch Library’s free “millennial museum,” from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. at 3850 E. Riverside Dr. Ontario.

 

• A free and open to the public Martin Luther King Jr. celebration begins at 5 p.m. at Westwind Community Center, 2455 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.

 

• Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for a free 6 p.m. budgeting basics workshop.

 

• Claremont will begin gathering data for the 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count tonight. Volunteers should gather at 7:15 p.m. at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd. Register to volunteer at count.lahsa.org/pages/volunteer-registration, search “Claremont.”

 

 

Thursday, January 22

• RSVPs are due today at unapomonavalley26@gmail.com for the United Nations Association of Pomona Valley’s program, “Promoting peace, justice, and strong institutions,” at Pilgrim Place’s Napier Center, 650 Avery Rd., Claremont, at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, January 25. Tickets are $30.

 

• Musician and guitar instructor David Hostetler hosts the free weekly 10 a.m. Joslyn Jammers session for seniors at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. Register to attend at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation, search “jammers.”

 

• Rebecca Ustrell leads a free and open to the public 3 to 4:30 p.m. bookbinding workshop at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Children 7 to 12 can make music, art and other creations at De Anza Park Community and Teen Center’s free 3:30 p.m. dream big party at 1405 S. Fern Ave., Ontario.

 

• Lewis Family Branch Library hosts Lewis lounge, a free 4:15 p.m. activity hour for young people 13 to 18 at 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario

 

• Parents and caregivers of children with autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are invited to a free 5:30 p.m. lecture led by Meraki founder Elisabeth Armijo at University of La Verne’s Randall Lewis Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact, 320 E. D St., Ontario. Register at business.claremontchamber.org.

 

• Tickets are $50-$60 at eventbrite.com (search “art night out”) for a 21-and-over 6 to 9 p.m. mini book binding workshop by writer Genevieve Kaplan at Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, 200 W. First St.

 

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

 

• Local nonprofit event production company Dirty Opera hosts a 40th anniversary screening of the 1986 film “River’s Edge” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 22 at the Claremont Laemmle 5 theater, 450 W. Second St., followed by a Q&A with director Tim Hunter and cast members Daniel Roebuck and Josh Richman. The event will be moderated by author and Pomona College Roy Edward Disney ’51 Professor of Creative Writing and Professor of English, Jonathan Lethem. Tickets are $17.50 at laemmle.com/film/rivers-edge. More info is at dirtyopera.com.

 

 

Friday, January 23

• Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce hosts a free and public 10 a.m. meet and greet at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga. RSVP at business.ranchochamber.org.

 

• “The Princess Bride” is this week’s feature for the free 12:30 p.m. movie matinee at Blaisdell Community Center, 440 S. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• Children 12 to 17 are invited to a free 5 to 7 p.m. movie night at Westwind Community Center, 2455 East Riverside Dr., Ontario.

 

• Tickets are $100 at uplandchamber.org for the 6 to 10 p.m. Taste of the Inland Empire at DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

 

Saturday, January 24

• Sycamore Elementary School, 225 W. Eighth St, Claremont, invites the community to its 8 a.m. to noon. secondhand swap sale. Proceeds benefit the sixth-grade class’s trip to an outdoor science school.

 

• Tickets are $20 at claremontheritage.bigcartel.com for Claremont Heritage’s 9:30 a.m. guided walking tour of the Claremont Colleges. Meet at Seaver House, 305 N. College Ave.

 

• Inland Empire chapter of the California Writers Club gathers at 10 a.m. at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 East C St., Ontario, for its free and public monthly meeting.

 

• Tickets are $5 for a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. snow day at Westwind Community Center, 2455 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario. Register at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• Poets Patricia L. Scruggs and Eric DeVaughn are the featured guests for the Friends of the Claremont Library’s free 2 p.m. fourth Saturdays poetry event at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Tickets are $17-$34 at tickets.haughpac.com/canine26 for the 2 p.m. stunt performance featuring rescue dogs from The Canine Stars at Citrus College’s Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.

 

• Tickets are $10-$15 at amoca.org/events for American Museum of Ceramic Art Exhibition Manager Pam Aliaga’s 3 p.m. tour of “Fired in Revolution: Ceramics from the People’s Republic of China” at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga, hosts a free and public 3 to 5 p.m. opening reception for “Solomonica: A Series of Cabinets” by Beston Barnett. The exhibit is up through May 23 and viewable from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

 

• Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra plays a free and open to the public 3:30 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St.

 

• Tickets are $28-$66 at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com/events for the D. Ben-Jamin Big Band Orchestra’s “Cocktail Hour: The Songs of The Rat Pack” at 7:30 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, repeating at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 25.