What’s happening Claremont?

By Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, August 29

• Books and media on burgundy shelves and carts at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., are specially priced today and tomorrow for Friends of the Claremont Library’s 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. August sale.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce hosts a free 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. networking event at 9500 Cleveland Ave., suite 110, Rancho Cucamonga. RSVP at business.ranchochamber.org/events.

 

• 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 calbg.org.

 

• Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts a free and open to the public 2 p.m. gallery talk.

 

• Tickets are $13, $10 for Ontario residents, for the City of Ontario’s 5 to 8 p.m. luau at Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave.

 

• Claremont’s 6 to 9 p.m. live music showcase Friday Nights Live continues with Old Californio (country rock) at Village Plaza, Ray McNamara (steel pan music) at chamber of commerce, and Swingin’ Doors (country swing) at Shelton Park. See business.claremontchamber.org for more info.

 

• Tri-City Mental Health Services’ Wellness Center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, hosts a free 6 p.m. screening of “The Little Rascals.” Visit tricitymhs.org for info.

 

• Veterans Memorial Community Center, 1259 E. D St., Ontario, hosts a free and public screening of “The Goonies.” Concessions open at 6.

 

• A free and public 6 to 8 p.m. father-daughter dance takes place at Anthony Munz Community Center, 1240 W. Fourth St., Ontario.

 

 

Saturday, August 30

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

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a free 10:30 a.m. to noon makerspace session for adults.

 

• Tickets are $20 for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s noon workshop at 399 N. Garey Ave., where, using cardboard, tape, glue, scissors, and felt, people can make armor. More info is at amoca.org/events.

 

• Los Angeles County Library’s Black Resource Center hosts a free virtual book club from 1 to 2 p.m., with a discussion of Eric Jerome Dickey’s novel, “The Son of Mr. Suleman.” RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Grim Readers, a true crime book club at Upland Public Library, 450 N. Euclid Ave., meets at 3 p.m. This month’s read is “Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida,” by Mikita Brottman. Email carissa.barrera@uplandlibrary.org for more information.

 

• California Botanic Garden’s 6 to 9 p.m. garden groove event features music by Logan Hone and the debut of three shaved ice flavors using CalBG plants at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Tickets, $5-$25, are at calbg.org.

 

 

Sunday, August 31

• A free show with Joel Paat Jazz Project runs from 2 to 5 p.m. at Jazz at College Center, 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $35-$45 at amoca.org/events for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s 2 p.m. kurinuki workshop at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• For the low price of $2, folks can enjoy the Folk Music Center’s long-running 6 to 9:30 p.m. open mic at 220 Yale Ave., Claremont. Info is available at folkmusiccenter.com/events or by calling (909) 624-2928.

 

 

Monday, September 1

• Claremont City Hall and Claremont Unified School District offices and campuses are closed in observance of Labor Day. Trash will also be delayed by one day.

 

 

Tuesday, September 2

• Free coffee and donuts will be available from 9 to 10 a.m. at James L. Brulte Senior Center, 11200 Base Line Rd., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Chaffey College’s Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art opens it fall 2025 exhibit,“Radical Geographies:possibilities of the imaged landscape,” running through November 8 at 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga. Admission is free 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. A free and open to the public 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. reception is set for October 4. Info is at chaffey.edu/wignall.

 

• Pomona Public Library’s video game club meets from 4 to 5 p.m. at 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• Children can improve their language skills at Ovitt Family Community Library’s free 4 to 5 p.m. event, literacy builders, at 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• California Botanic Garden hosts a 6 p.m. run group at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, free with garden admission. RSVP at calbg.org.

 

 

Wednesday, September 3

• 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 sowingseedsforlife.org for details.

 

• San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave., hosts a free 10:30 a.m. book club. This session’s pick is “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” by Shelby Van Pelt.

 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts a free and public Naloxone (Narcan) clinic from noon to 4 p.m. Learn more at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Ms. Crystal leads free 3 p.m. children’s story time sessions at Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• The National Hot Rod Association hosts twilight cruise nights, a free and open to the public car show, the first Wednesday of the month from 4 to 7 p.m. at the NHRA Motorsports Museum, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Info is at fairplex.com.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga’s James L. Brulte Senior Center, at 11200 Base Line Rd., hosts a 4 to 6 p.m. 50+ dance in observance of national senior center month. Tickets, $5, are at cityofrc.us/events. Attendees must sign a waiver before they boogie.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga hosts 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. Tickets are $60 at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes take on the Fresno Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m. for bark in the ballpark, a pet-friendly game at LoanMart Field, 8408 Rochester Ave. Rancho Cucamonga Animal Center will have adoptable pets on hand. Visit cityofrc.us/events for tickets.

 

• Laemmle Claremont 5, 450 W. Second St., screens “Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait” at 7 p.m. today, and 10 a.m. September 6-7. Tickets are $13-$16 at laemmle.com/special-events.

 

 

Thursday, September 4

• Claremont Chamber of Commerce hosts an 8 a.m. network and sip at The Spot Cafe, 435 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Register at business.claremontchamber.org/events.

 

• The City of Rancho Cucamonga’s public safety recognition and celebration event at LoanMart Field, 8408 Rochester Ave., starts with a 4:30 p.m. barbecue and awards ceremony for first responders, followed by a 6:20 p.m. baseball game between the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Fresno Grizzlies. Tickets are $65, $55 for Rancho chamber members at business.ranchochamber.org.

 

• Children 8 and older can make a portrait for an ancestor with help from artist Jessica Cruz at Ontario Museum of History and Art’s 5 to 7 p.m. first Thursday workshop at 225 S. Euclid Ave. RSVP at ontariomuseum.org/events.

 

• Beekeepers Association of Southern California will discuss the importance of bees at a free 6 p.m. lecture at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

 

Friday, September 5

• Upland Chamber of Commerce’s 7 a.m. networking breakfast at Landecena Community Building, 1325 San Bernardino Rd., Upland, is $25. RSVP at uplandchamber.org/events.

 

• The war and existentialism book club meets at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. the first Friday of each month. September’s read is “Of Human Bondage,” by W. Somerset Maugham.

 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library hosts a free 10:30 a.m. book club at 208 N. Harvard Ave. This month’s book is “Young Jane Young,” by Gabrielle Zevin.

 

• Scripps College alumna Ruby Wang talks about her time in college and postgraduate plans during a free Scripps Presents @noon talk at Hampton Room, 1030 N. Columbia Ave., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

• Claremont Senior Computer Club hosts a free 1 to 4:30 p.m. technology assistance lab at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., the first and third Fridays of the month.

 

• Kids 12 to 17 can make a papier-mache pinata during the first of two 3:30 p.m. workshops at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. RSVP for both the September 5 and September 12 sessions at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Kids 12 to 16 can learn to craft pottery using a wheel throwing lab from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Tickets, $10-$35, are at amoca.org.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga’s IncredAbles Friday night fun club hosts a 5:30 p.m. karaoke event for children 8 and up at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd. RSVP for $6 at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Friday Nights Live, Claremont’s 6 to 9 p.m. live music showcase, continues with Kroqodiles (80s covers) at Village Plaza, Mechanical Melody (pop covers) at chamber of commerce, and Steel Wagon (Americana) at Shelton Park. See business.claremontchamber.org for more info.

 

• Family movie nights return to Ontario with a dusk screening of “A Minecraft Movie” at Celebration Park North, 4980 S. Celebration Ave. Pre-show activities start at 6.

 

 

Saturday, September 6

• Pilgrim Place’s final first Saturday sale of 2025 includes jewelry, collectibles, housewares, clothing, books, plants, and furniture from 9 to 11 a.m. at 625 Mayflower Rd., Claremont. Sales support Pilgrim Place’s Resident Health and Support Fund. Info is at pilgrimplace.org/firstsatsales.

 

• Rider safety is the central topic of a 9 to 11 a.m. bike rodeo at Dorothy A. Quesada Community Center, 1010 S. Bon View Ave., Ontario. RSVP at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• Laemmle Claremont 5, 450 W. Second St., screens “Lotto And Berenson: Crossed Destinies,” at 10 a.m. September 6-7 and 7 p.m. Monday, September 8. Tickets are $13-$16 at laemmle.com/special-events.

 

• Artist Sandy Garcia leads an 11 a.m. folk art workshop at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets, $85, are at malooffoundation.org/demos-and-workshops.

 

• Brimmer Invasion, a cohort of BMW enthusiasts, hosts a noon to 7 p.m. auto show at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Spectator tickets are $35. Children 12 and under are free. Fairplex parking is $20. More info is at bimmer-invasion.com.

 

• Artists 15 and up can take part in Ontario Museum of History and Art’s free noon studio Saturday workshop featuring Cayetano Talavera at 225 S. Euclid Ave. RSVP at ontariomuseum.org/events.

 

• Adults can make papier-mache “alebrijes,” fantastical Mexican creatures, at a free 2 p.m. DIY workshop at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Claremont Graduate University’s History Department hosts a free and public 3 to 5 p.m. mixer in celebration of the university’s 100th anniversary at 130 E. Ninth St., Claremont. RSVP at eventbrite.com, search “CGU History.”

 

• The City of Ontario’s 4 to 9 p.m. free and open to the public concert, “Rock Orchestra,” takes place at Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave.

 

• Elizabeth Preston, owner of Elizabeth’s Art Studio at 226 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, invites the community to commemorate 30 years of business with a free and public 5 to 9 p.m. art show and gathering at the studio.

 

• Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art hosts a free and public opening reception for its latest exhibitions from 5 to 7 p.m. at 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont. RSVP at pomona.edu/museum/events.

 

• Browse artwork around the City of Trees from 6 to 9 p.m. during the free and open to the public Claremont Art Walk.

 

• Marvin Etzioni, Grammy winner and co-founder of Lone Justice, and Willie Aaron, who has worked with Ricki Lee Jones and Victoria Williams, have teamed up to form Thee Holy Brothers, and will deliver a 7:30 p.m. performance at the Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Ave., Claremont. Tickets are $20 at the store or the door. More info is available at folkmusiccenter.com/events, or by calling (909) 624-2928.