What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, January 30

• Today’s the deadline for students who live or attend school in Claremont to submit entries for the annual Making Change contest at claremontca.gov/making-change. Call (909) 399-5490 or email specialevents@claremontca.gov for more info.

 

• Yard sale weekend in Ontario runs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. through February 1.
  

 

• Tickets are $12-$125 at rodshows.com/grand-national for the 76th Grand National Roadster Show, running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. January 30-February 1 at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.

 

• Pianist Gayle Blankenburg and violinist Mark Menzies perform a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• Yarn in the Yuccas, a fiber arts group free with garden admission, meets at 1:30 p.m. at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Register at calbg.org.
  

 

• Claremont’s teen committee caps wellness week with a free 2:30 to 5 p.m. comfort with cats session for Youth Activity Center students at 1717 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Sign up at claremontca.gov, search “Youth Activity Center.”

 

• Tickets are $75 for a 5:30 p.m. make a garden gnome from clay class at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 301 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Minors must be accompanied by a paying adult. Register at amoca.org.

 

• Claremont’s Special Needs and Inclusion Program hosts a free 6 p.m. screening of “Toy Story” for the special needs community at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd. Register at claremontca.gov, search “special needs movie night.”

 

• Violinists Eva Chen and Aria Wang and pianist and Pomona College professor Genevieve Feiwen Lee perform Beethoven’s “Spring” and “Kreutzer” at a free 7:30 p.m. concert at Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

Saturday, January 31

• Help shape the City of Claremont’s 2026-2028 City Council priorities during a 9 a.m. forum at council chambers, 225 W. Second St. This hybrid meeting is also available over Zoom at zoom.us/j/256208090, or listen by phone at (213) 338-8477.

 

• A 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. farmers’ market takes place along Second Avenue in downtown Upland.

 

• Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra’s annual free and open to the public “Concert for Young People,” featuring winners of its concerto competition, begins at 3:30 p.m. at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St.

 

• Claremont Heritage, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., invites the public to a free 6 to 9 p.m. closing reception for “Karl Benjamin — His Studentsʼ Work 1953–1960s.”

 

Sunday, February 1

• Today marks the beginning of Black History Month.

 

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

 

• 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.
  

 

• 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.

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts free English and Spanish literacy games from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
  

 

• Jazzardous Material perform from 2 to 5 p.m. at Jazz at College Center, 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Meet the artists featured in Pomona College Studio Art Hall’s current exhibit, “Sweet Massy,” during a free 3 to 5 p.m. reception at 370 Columbia Ave., Claremont. The exhibit is open 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday through February 27.

 

• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church hosts pianist and Claremont High School senior Nina Wu for “Heart and Soul,” a free and open to the public 5 p.m. concert at 1700 N. Towne Ave., Claremont.

 

Monday, February 2

• Sessions are $10 each for the Stowell Learning Center’s six-week, 10 a.m. trainings on how music can improve memory, balance, and coordination at Service Center Independent Living, 107 S. Spring St., Claremont. RSVP at stowellcenter.com/ronnie-gardiner-method.

 

• Stephen Newby, the Lev H. Prichard III Endowed Chair in the Study of Black Worship at Baylor University, opens Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum spring speaker series with his 12:45 p.m. lecture, “The Musical Community of Andraé Crouch: A Gospel Music Legacy and Legend,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum. 

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library hosts a free 6 p.m. scrunchie: cut and sew hour at 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Claremont McKenna College hosts Diane White-Clayton and The BYTHAX Ensemble for “Gospel and Spirituals that Fueled the Civil Rights Movement,” at 6:45 p.m. as part of the free and public Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

Tuesday, February 3

• Los Angeles County Library hosts a free noon virtual talk about preparing for job interviews. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Scripps College alumna Gaby Ochoa, now a student of Keck Graduate Institute, will speak at Garrison Theater, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, during a free noon lunch program. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

• RSVP at calbg.org for California Botanic Garden’s 4 p.m. monthly run group at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, free with garden admission.

 

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

 

• Author and university professor Michael Patrick MacDonald continues Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series with his 6:45 p.m. lecture, “The Rest of the Story: Transforming Trauma to Voice, Agency, and Leadership,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum. 

 

Wednesday, February 4

• “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride is the selection for San Dimas Senior Center’s monthly book club meeting, 10:30 a.m. at 201 E. Bonita Ave.

 

• Register at business.lavernechamber.org/events for La Verne Chamber of Commerce’s free 11:30 a.m. lunch and talk on work-life balance at University of La Verne’s Quay Davis Executive Board Room, 1950 Third St.

 

• Author and radio host Manny Pacheco speaks at Rotary Club of San Dimas’ free noon virtual talk, “Step Inside Hollywood’s Forgotten Stories.” Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for a Zoom link.

 

• Keck Graduate Institute President Mohamed Abousalem moderates KGI’s annual noon President’s Leadership Panel, featuring Marisa Co, Marc Doble and Stephen McCormack at Sheldon M. Schuster Campus Center, 517 Watson Dr., Claremont.

 

• The second of three free 3:45 p.m. quilting workshops for kids 10 to 17 takes place at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. Participants will create a quilt for viewing at the 2026 Los Angeles County Fair. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Ontario Senior Center, 225 E. B St., host free winter dodgeball for folks 50 and up from 2 to 4 p.m.

 

• Tickets are $60 at cityofrc.us/events for a 6 to 10 p.m. heartsaver CPR and automated external defibrillator certification course at All-Risk Training Center, 11285 Jersey Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Claremont McKenna College hosts CMC Sexton Professor of Philosophy Paul Hurley for “Are We Living Our Lives in a Funhouse Mirror,” a free and open to the public 6:45 p.m. lecture at 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont, as part of its Athenaeum speaker series. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

Thursday, February 5

• The Rembrandt Club of Claremont hosts Gary Geraths and Joyce Hesselgrave for “Travel Sketching — Scribbling Our Way Around the World,” a free and open to the public 1:30 p.m. lecture at Pomona College’s Studio Art Hall, 370 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• James Díaz, composer-in-residence for the 2026 Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electroacoustic Music, delivers a free and open to the public 2:30 p.m. lecture and preview of his work at Thatcher Music Building, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• Learn about lumen printing, a cameraless photographic process, at a 3 p.m. workshop led by Andrew Thompson at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• People 15 and up can learn about the historic Buffalo Soldiers during a 4 p.m. discussion at Ontario Museum of History and Art, 225 Euclid Ave. RSVP at ontariomuseum.org/events.

 

• Vanessa Riley delivers a free 4 p.m. virtual author talk at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events. 

 

• Magnús Bernhardsson, the Brown Professor of History at Williams College, leads a free 4:15 p.m. lecture, “Apart and A Part: The Challenge of Settling Middle Eastern Refugees in Iceland,” at Hahn Hall, 420 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont.

 

• Claremont McKenna College professors Hilary Appel, Jean-Pierre Murray and Hicham Bou Nassif combine for a free and open to the public 6:45 p.m. panel discussion, “U.S. Foreign Policy in an Era of Great Power Politics,” at CMC’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum. 

 

• Tickets are $10-$15 at chstheatre2129.ludus.com for Claremont High School Theatre Department’s performances of “SIX The Musical: Teen Edition” at the Don F. Fruechte Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. Shows begin at 7 p.m. today through February 7, with a 1 p.m. matinee February 7.

 

Friday, February 6

• Yard sale weekend in Montclair runs from sunrise to sunset through February 8.

 

• 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.

 

• Claremont Senior Program’s war and existentialism book club meets at 10:30 a.m. at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave. This month’s read is “At the Existentialist Cafe” by Sarah Bakewell.

 

• Claremont McKenna College alumni José Chiquito and Riley Green return to the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., for a free and public 12:45 p.m. presentation, “Careers in Human Rights: The 2024 Winners of the Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowship.” More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum. 

 

• Tickets to Citrus College Haugh Performing Arts Center’s “Cabaret,” at 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, are $20-$35 at tickets.haughpac.com/cabaret. Shows begin at 7 p.m. February 6, 7 and 14, with 2 p.m. matinees February 8 and 15.

 

• Free and open to the public concerts as part of the Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electroacoustic Music begin at 8 p.m. February 6–7 at Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

Saturday, February 7

• Registration for the Citrus College Athletics Department Super 5K at Citrus College Stadium, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, is $20 for the 8 a.m. children’s 1K and $35 for the 5K at 8:30 at runsignup.com, search “Citrus College.”

 

• Tickets are $85 at malooffoundation.org/demos-and-workshops for Cesar Garcia’s 10:30 a.m. linocut card printing workshop at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• A free 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. volunteer income tax assistance clinic open to those with a gross income of less than $67,000 takes place every Saturday through April 11 at Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave. Visit pomonaca.gov for more info.

 

• Tickets for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s 11:30 a.m. heart frame workshop at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, are $10-$15 at amoca.org.

 

• Ontario Museum of History and Art’s free studio Saturdays event at 225 Euclid Ave. takes place from noon to 4 p.m. RSVP at ontariomuseum.org/events.

 

• Tickets are $68 for Sherwood Florist’s 1:30 p.m. Valentine’s Day heart wreath workshop at 404 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Call (909) 625-3309 to register.
  

 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts a 2 to 4 p.m. kantha quilt coasters workshop that’s free with registration at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• The Claremont Art Walk runs from 6 to 9 p.m. throughout the Village.