What’s happening Claremont? 

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

 

Friday, February 14

• Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

• Claremont Graduate University encourages attendees to RSVP early to its March 1 spring centennial celebration at admissions.cgu.edu/register/springcentennial. The deadline to RSVP is Friday, February 28.

 

• RSVP for free 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. tours of Keck Graduate Institute, 535 Watson Dr., Claremont, at kgi.edu/calendar.

 

• The Pomona Valley Brass Quintet plays a free and open to the public 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 N. Columbia Ave.

 

• “The First Wives Club” is this week’s 12:30 p.m. movie matinee at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. Free popcorn is available. Call (909) 399-5488 for more info.

 

• The second of three free 3:45 p.m. quilting workshops for children ages 10 to 17 takes place at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., with instructions on how to submit your quilt to the Los Angeles County Fair. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• People with disabilities are invited to a 5 p.m. dance at La Verne Community Center, 3680 “D” St. Admission is $10.

 

• “Rent,” by Citrus College’s Musical Theatre Workshop, continues at 7 p.m. February 14-15, and 2 p.m. Sunday, February 16 at 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora. Tickets, $20-$34, are at tickets.haughpac.com/overview/rent.

 

• Performances of “Menopause The Musical 2” at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, are set for 7:30 p.m. today; noon and 4 p.m. Saturday, February 15; and 2 p.m. Sunday, February 16. Tickets, $60-$65, are at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com/events.

 

 

Saturday, February 15

• Ontario’s free and open to the public puppy love dog pawty at James R. Bryant Dog Park, 648 W. D St., runs from 9 a.m. to noon.

 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts a free and open to the public 10 a.m. panel discussion, “The Effects of Cults on Children and Families,” featuring social worker Marie Carr, criminologist Christopher Smith, and author Michelle Dowd, who was born into a religious cult.

 

• La Verne Library hosts a discussion of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a labor union that represented Black railroad workers in the United States, at noon at 3640 D St. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Children 13 to 17 can register for San Dimas Library’s free 3 p.m. student financial aid workshop at 145 N. Walnut Ave. at https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/12849455.

 

• The Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts a 4 p.m. artist talk with Julia Jacquette and Mark Johnson and a 5 p.m. opening reception for “Parallel Play: Contemporary Art and Art Writing,” and “One Last Thing Again.” RSVP at pomona.edu/museum/events.

 

• The 6 to 9 p.m. Ontario Art Walk features exhibitions, pop-up galleries, artist talks, live music, and art events along Euclid Avenue. Visit ontarioartwalk.org for a map.

 

• Ophelia’s Jump Productions hosts musicians Janette Combs, David Hostetler and Ed Hume Santos for a 7:30 p.m. performance at 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite H, Upland. Admission is $22 at opheliasjump.org, click “buy tickets.”

 

 

Sunday, February 16

• California Botanic Garden and Pomona Valley Audubon Society’s family bird festival, featuring educational activities, live birds, crafts, games, food trucks and booths from birding groups, runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Admission for non-member adults is $15, seniors and students $11, children ages 3 to 12 $5, and free for CalBG members and non-members under age 3. Tickets and info are at calbg.org.

 

• Pilgrim Memorial Library host a free 12:30 p.m. presentation featuring local author Constance Cassinelli who will speak about her book, “Caro Nicola: Promise Kept,” at 600 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Copies will be available for purchase.

 

• Polyhedra plays from 2 to 5 p.m. for this week’s Jazz at College Center concert at 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at jazzatcollegecenter.com.

 

• Foothill Philharmonic Committee hosts Pomona College Emeritus Professor of Music Jon Bailey for “Leonard Bernstein Musician for all Seasons,” a free and open to the public 2 p.m. concert at Granite Creek Community Church, 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Queen tribute band Bohemian Queen performs from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. as part of the free and open to the public Scripps Presents series at Bowling Green Lawn, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont. Food trucks will be on site at 6 p.m. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

 

Monday, February 17

• City and Claremont Unified School District offices will be closed in observance of President’s Day. Trash will also be delayed one day.

 

• Author, journalist and Scripps alumna Nora Zelevansky speaks about her career and her latest novel, “Pick-Up,” during the free and open to the public Scripps Presents @Noon program at Scripps College’s Hampton Room, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt speaks on “Across Frontlines, War Zones, and Boardrooms: The Real Demands of Responsible Leadership,” at 6:45 p.m. as part of Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Tuesday, February 18

• Los Angeles Times editorial writer and author Karin Klein will talk about retirement during a free 11 a.m. virtual workshop. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Author Lee Hawkins speaks about his family memoir, “I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free,” at a free 11 a.m. virtual talk. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Jacek Kugler, Claremont Graduate University’s Elisabeth Helm Rosecrans Professor of International Relations, speaks at noon over Zoom on “Generalized Power Transition,” as part of CGU’s Tuesday Talks series. Learn more or sign up at research.cgu.edu, click “Division of Politics & Economics,” then “Tuesday Talks.”

 

• Free flu and updated COVID-19 shots are available while supplies last at Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s 1 to 3 p.m. vaccine clinic at 208 N. Harvard Ave. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events. Walk-ins are welcome. Health insurance is not required but information will be requested.

 

• Christine Emba, a staff writer at The Atlantic, and Elizabeth Nolan Brown, a senior editor at Reason, continue Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series with a 6 p.m. program, “The Sexual Revolution on College Campuses: Are We Really Liberated?” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Su Yeong Kim, a professor of human development and family sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, talks about ways “language brokering affects adolescent development using survey, behavioral and daily diary study designs” at a free and public 6 p.m. Scripps Presents program at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

 

Wednesday, February 19

• Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s noon lunch and learn features Matt Zertuche, owner of Paymintz Processing and Payroll, at 205 Yale Ave., Claremont. Admission is free for chamber members, $15 for non-members, at business.claremontchamber.org/events.

 

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

 

• At noon, Heidi King from College Inside Track will lead a free Zoom talk on understanding the college admission process for high school students and families. Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

 

• Learn to start a small business at a free 3 p.m. Zoom info session hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Kindergarten through second grade students can strengthen their spelling, writing and storytelling skills at literacy builders, a free 4 to 5 p.m. educational session at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• The Claremont Center for Mathematical Sciences screens “Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways” at a free and public 4:15 p.m. event at Rose Hills Theater at Smith Campus Center, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont. Meet the director George Csicsery at a 3:30 reception. A panel discussion follows at 5:30.

 

• A fundraiser to support the choirs of Claremont High School takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pizza N’ Such, 202 Yale Ave., Claremont. Kyle Ward, the new choral director of El Roble Intermediate and Claremont High schools, will be on hand from 6 to 8 p.m.

 

• Waste Management, Inc.and the City of La Verne will teach business owners about state-mandated recycling and organics requirements at a free and public 5 p.m. hybrid workshop over Zoom and at La Verne Council Chambers, 3660 D. St. Info is at cityoflaverne.org/645/organics-recycling.

 

• Pianist Gina Hyunmin Lee and soprano vocalist Elise Noyes lead a 6:45 p.m. lecture-recital, “Athenaeum Concert Series: Control and Composition,” as part of Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Claremont will conduct its portion of the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count beginning at 7 p.m. at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont. Volunteers must register prior to February 19 at count.lahsa.org. Email mcastillo@claremontca.gov for more info.

 

 

Thursday, February 20

• Bernie Jaworski, the Peter F. Drucker Chair in Management and the Liberal Arts at the Drucker School of Management, will discuss his book, “The Organic Growth Playbook: Activate High-Yield Behaviors to Achieve Extraordinary Results,” at a 10 a.m. Zoom session. RSVP for this free event at cgu.edu/events.

 

• Elise Noyes, soprano and an instructor at Seattle Voice Lab, delivers “A Soprano’s Mission: Gender Affirming Voice Training,” her 12:45 p.m. program part of Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Learn the impacts of teenagers in the Civil Rights Movement and create a coaster at La Verne Library’s 4 p.m. workshop for kids ages 13 to 17 at 3640 D. St. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Los Angeles County Library staff will talk about Black female authors and recommend titles at a 4 to 5 p.m. virtual session. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Artists from Piñata Design Studio will teach a 21+ workshop on how to make heart-shaped pinatas from 6 to 9 p.m. at Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, 200 W. First St. Tickets are $35, $30 for CLMA members, at eventbrite.com, search “Claremont Lewis Museum of Art.”

 

• Active Claremont hosts Nona Tirre who will share ways the Rotary Club of Claremont supports the community at a free and open to the public 7 p.m. meeting at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.

 

• Claremont High School Choir performs “Mamma Mia!” at 7 p.m. today and Friday at the Don F. Fruechte Theater for the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Tickets, $10, are at claremonthschoir.ludus.com.

 

• Pitzer College’sStudy Abroad and International programs begin their International Film Showcase tonight with a 7 p.m. screening of “Emicida: AmarElo – It’s All for Yesterday” at Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont. Additional screenings at West Hall Room 116, 1150 Pitzer Service Rd., include “Dat Rung Phuong Nam” (“Song of the South”) at 7 p.m. February 21; “Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka,” (“The Boy and the Heron”) at 4 p.m. February 22; and “La grande bellezza,” (“The Great Beauty”) at 4 p.m. February 23. Info is at pitzer.edu/events.

 

• Scripps’ Vice President of External Relations and Institutional Advancement Binti Harvey speaks with mental health advocate, author, and journalist Sophie Grégoire Trudeau at a free and open to the public 7 p.m. Scripps Presents program at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

• Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof discusses “the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, student activism, the 2024 presidential election, and the future of the American left” at a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. event at Rose Hills Theatre inside Smith Campus Center, 170 S. Sixth St., Claremont.

 

• Azusa Pacific University’s Department of Theater Arts continues “Pride and Prejudice” at 7:30 p.m. at Warehouse Theater, 4 Mary Hill Ln., Azusa. Shows run through February 22 at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees. Tickets, $20-$22, are at aputickets.universitytickets.com.

 

 

Friday, February 21

• Alfred Cramer and Phillip Young perform works by Brahms and Viardot at a free and open to the public 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 N. Columbia Ave.

 

• The great junk hunt flea market returns to Fairplex expo hall 4, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, at 4 p.m. today and 10 a.m. Saturday, February 22. Tickets, $10-$20, are at thegreatjunkhunt.com.

 

• “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is this week’s free 6 p.m. family movie night at Tri-City Mental Health Services Wellness Center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• People 50 and over are invited to a 6 p.m. Love Boat themed dance at James L. Brulte Senior Center, 11200 Base Line Rd., Rancho Cucamonga. Admission is $15 at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Journalist Katie Drummond, global editorial director ofWired, shares how artificial intelligence can help organizations during a free and open to the public 7 to 8 p.m. Scripps Presents program at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

 

Saturday, February 22

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Pomona Valley Branch host its sixth annual Freedom Fund Program, an 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. speaker session and lunch, at DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Tickets are $70 through February 20 at eventbrite.com, search “NAACP Pomona Valley.”

 

• A free 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. volunteer income tax assistance clinic takes place every Saturday through March 29 at Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave. It is open to those with a gross income of less than $60,000. Visit pomonaca.gov for more info.

 

• Cindy Macias leads free community block printing workshops— noon in Spanish, 2 p.m. in English — at Ontario Museum of History and Art, 225 S. Euclid Ave. Sign up at ontariomuseum.org/programs.

 

• Poets Brian Harman and Kathy Silvey are this month’s featured guests at the Friends of the Claremont Library’s free 2 p.m. fourth Saturdays poetry event at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Tickets are $40 for Claremont Heritage’s 2:30 p.m. art tour of Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Ave. RSVP at claremontheritage.bigcartel.com. The tour is limited to 30 people.

 

• Frank Garcia, Tan Jazz Mont, and Jose Lozano, featured artists and collectors from current exhibits at Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, and special guest Maria Esther Fernandez, artistic director of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture, speak about the intersection of art and community in the Latinx community at a free and public 5:30 p.m. program at 200 W. First St., Claremont. RSVP or learn more at eventbrite.com, search “Claremont Lewis Museum of Art.”

 

• Andrew McIntosh, Malachai Komanoff Bandy, Maxine Eilander and Ian Pritchard play “15 Rosary Sonatas” by Heinrich Biber, a free and open to the public 7 p.m. performance at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

• “Turtle Island/Abya Yala: Indigenous Lands” takes place at 7 p.m. at Scripps College’s Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont. The free and open to the public performance includes Scripps Department Music Chair Hao Huang, spiritual leader of the Gabrielino Shoshone Tribal Council Javier Ramirez, dancer Destiny Rivera-Gomez, musicians Micah Yan-jie Huang, Jonah Yan-han Huang, and Emma Gies, and more. Info is at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.