by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

 Friday, February 16

• High schoolers applying for California-Nevada-Hawaii District and Kiwanis Club of Claremont scholarships need to do so by today. Applications and instructions are at claremontkiwanis.org.

• Senior artists are invited to a free 9 a.m. to noon drop-in art circle at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. Info is at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation.

• The free and open to the public Pomona home and garden show begins today and runs through Sunday, February 18, at Fairplex’s expo hall 4, 1101 McKinley Ave., Pomona. Doors open at noon February 16, and 10 a.m. February 17 and 18. Visit homeshowconsultants.com for more details.

• Flautist Rachel Rudich, and biwa instrumentalist Nobuko Fukatsu perform at 12:15 p.m. at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, for the free Friday noon concert series sponsored by the Pomona and Scripps Colleges Departments of Music. More info is at pomona.edu.

Saturday, February 17

• The City of Ontario hosts a free and open to the public 9 a.m. to noon dog party at James R. Bryant Dog Park, 648 W. D St.

• Children are invited to learn about African American culture at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., during a free and open to the public 2 p.m. program with Melanie Haymon of Mocha House Productions.

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

Sunday, February 19

• In observance of Presidents Day, Claremont’s city offices, banks, the chamber of commerce, post office, the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, and Claremont Unified School District schools and facilities will be closed.

Tuesday, February 20

• Eligible voters who miss today’s voter registration deadline will not be able to request a mail-in ballot but can still cast a vote at any polling center in Los Angeles County beginning Saturday, February 24. To check your status or to register to vote, visit lavote.gov/vrstatus.

• Seniors are invited to Aging with Love, a free four-week series about self-care and wellness from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. each Tuesday through February 27. The series is presented by House of Ruth at Blaisdell Senior Center, 440 S. College Ave., Claremont. RSVP at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation.

• New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott discusses his 2021 book, “Hell of a Book,” during Los Angeles County Library’s free 1 to 2 p.m. virtual author talk. Go to visit.lacountylibrary.org to RSVP.

• Poets Arthur Kayzakian, Beth Marquez, and Cyrus Sepahbodi read and discuss how their works blend with math during a free and open to the public 4 p.m. event at the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga.

• Pitzer College hosts a free and open to the public 4:30 p.m. screening of “The Barber of Little Rock,” an Academy Award-nominated short film, at Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont. The screening will be followed by a discussion with director John Hoffman and the film’s subject, Arlo Washington. RSVP at pitzer.edu.

• The Claremont Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. at council chambers, 225 W. Second St. Agendas are posted online and at city hall the Thursday before the meeting. Visit ci.claremont.ca.us for info.

Wednesday, February 21

• Individuals and families can get food assistance from Sowing Seeds for Life’s free 8 to 11 a.m. food pantry at Charisma Life Church, 305 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona, while supplies last. Visit sowingseedsforlife.org for details.

• Pitzer College kicks off its Founders Day celebration with a 10:30 a.m. community meal at McConnell Bistro, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont. RSVP for $20 at pitzer.edu. Check-in starts at 9.

• Jacqueline Isaac, vice president of Roads of Success, speaks to the Rotary Club of San Dimas on “Empowering Communities in the Middle East: Roads of Success and Their Humanitarian Journey,” at the club’s virtual noon meeting. Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for a Zoom link.

• Seniors and longtime homeowners can learn about Prop 19, The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act,  passed in 2020, during a free and public noon talk led by Realty One Group at Cortez Park Community and Senior Center, 2501 E. Cortez St., West Covina.

Thursday, February 22

• Community Heart, 10871 Central Ave., Ontario, hosts a 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. drive-thru food pantry every Thursday. Go to communityheartfeedtheneed.org for more info.

• Jasmine Baetz, the artist behind American Museum of Ceramic Art’s exhibit “Blood in the fire, sugar in the milk,” leads a free and public 11 a.m. virtual artist talk. Baetz is also a visiting ceramics professor at Scripps College and curator for the 79th Scripps College Ceramic Annual. Register at amoca.org.

• Los Angeles County Library Director Skye Patrick interviews Emily Hanford, host of the “Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong” podcast, during a free 6 p.m. virtual event. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org.

• The Jazz Fellowship Band plays a 7 p.m. jazz speakeasy at Evolve Distilling, 1420 N. Claremont Blvd., Suite 111-A. Admission is $10. RSVP at eventbrite.com, search “Jazz Fellowship.”

• The Claremont High School Choral Department presents “This is the Greatest Show,” music from songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, at 7 p.m. today and February 23 at Garrison Theatre, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont. Tickets, $12, are at chschoir.org.

Friday, February 23

• “Photographic Memory of the West: The Work of Hubert A. Lowman” opens for the final time at 8 a.m. at The Claremont Colleges Library, 800 N. Dartmouth Ave. The library, and the exhibits, close at 10 p.m. on Fridays. More info is at library.claremont.edu.

• Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art hosts a free and open to the public 2 p.m. gallery talk at 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont. The focused discussions led by museum staff are followed by a Q&A.

• Find overseen treasures at the great junk hunt at Fairplex expo hall 4, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, starting at 4 p.m. today and 10 a.m. Saturday, February 24. Tickets for Feb. 23 are $20, $10 on Feb. 24. More info is at thegreatjunkhunt.com/purchase-tickets.

• Pomona Concert Band presents “Meet the Band,” its annual free and open to the public  7:30 p.m. winter concert, at Palomares Park Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona.

• California Baptist University Opera Theater holds an 8 p.m. double feature of “Dido and Aeneas” and “Trial by Jury” at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, February 23-24. Tickets are $20, $10 for CBU faculty, $5 for students at performingarts.calbaptist.edu/cbu-opera-theater.

Saturday, February 24

• Granite Creek Community Church, 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., Claremont, opens as an in-person voting center for the 2024 presidential primary today and will remain open through March 4. Additional centers in Claremont will open March 2 at Condit Elementary School, 1750 N. Mountain Ave.; El Roble Intermediate School, 665 N. Mountain Ave.; and the Claremont Unified School District office, 170 W. San Jose Ave. All centers are open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Vote-by-mail ballots can be dropped off at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., and Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 Harvard Ave. For more information, call (909) 399-5460 or visit ci.claremont.ca.us.

• Poets and authors Gustavo Hernandez and James Coats 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.