What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

 

Friday, February 21

• Legends Attic part owner Orel Hershiser hosts former Los Angeles Lakers Robert Horry and Michael Cooper for a 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. paid autograph signing event at 619 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Fees range from $10 to $90. More information is at legendsattic.com.

 

• 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 final free 3:45 p.m. quilting workshop for children 10 to 17 takes place at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• 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. Tickets are $15 at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Finance expert Kin Cheung continues Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series at 6:45 p.m. with “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Being a Trader* (*But Were Afraid to Ask!)” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Journalist Katie Drummond, global editorial director atWired, 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.

 

• Pitzer College’s Study Abroad and International programs continues its International Film Showcase tonight with a 7 p.m. screening of “Dat Rung Phuong Nam” (“Song of the South”) at West Hall Room 116, 1150 Pitzer Service Rd., Claremont. Additional 4 p.m. screenings at the location include “Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka,” (“The Boy and the Heron”) on February 22 and “La grande bellezza,” (“The Great Beauty”) February 23. Info is at pitzer.edu/events.

 

 

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 at eventbrite.com, search “NAACP Pomona Valley.”

 

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

 

• Grim Readers, Upland Public Library’s true crime book club, meets on the last Saturday of the month at 3 p.m. at 450 N. Euclid Ave. This month’s read is “Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs” by John Bloom and Jim Atkinson. Email carissa.barrera@uplandlibrary.org for more information.

 

• 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.”

 

• A free and open to the public closing reception for “Arts and Activism,” a special showcase at dA Center for the Arts, 252 S. Main St., Suite D, Pomona, opens at 5:30 p.m.

 

• 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, and musicians Micah Yan-jie Huang, Jonah Yan-han Huang, and Emma Gies. Info is at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

• Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys perform at 7:30 p.m. at Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Ave., Claremont. Tickets are $25 at the store or the door. Learn more at folkmusiccenter.com/events.

 

 

Sunday, February 23

• Sustainable Claremont hosts a free and open to the public 9 to 11 a.m. workshop on how to transform your lawn into a water capturing landscape. RSVP at sustainableclaremont.org for location info.

 

• Ted Manuel 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.

 

• “R.E.S.P.E.C.T. A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin” begins at 2 p.m. at Citrus College’s Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora. Tickets, $26-$58, are at tickets.haughpac.com/events.

 

• Free games of pétanque take place on Sundays at 3 p.m. at Larkin Park, 660 N. Mountain, Claremont. Email afme@nljones.com for info.

 

• Pomona College Music Department lecturers and special guests perform this semester’s Fête Musicale, a free and open to the public 3 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. Doors open about 2:30.

 

• Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Ave., Claremont, hosts 6:30 p.m. open mic nights the last Sunday of each month. Sign-ups open at 6, and each performer pays a $2 fee. More info is at folkmusiccenter.com/events.

 

• Harvey Mudd College welcomes award-winning pianist Vicki Ray to perform Thomas Meadowcroft’s “All Possible Combinations” and “Nox” by Taylor Brook at a free and open to the public 7 p.m. concert at Drinkward Recital Hall, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Info is at arts.hmc.edu.

 

 

Monday, February 24

• A veterans service officer provides free assistance to veterans and families every Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St. Visit cityoflaverne.org for info.

 

• Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave., hosts passport photo events from 2-3 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The cost is $12. Call (909) 620-3637 to make an appointment or for more info.

 

• Kindergarten through second grade students can strengthen their word recognition and reading fluency skills at a free 4 to 5 p.m. wordplay session at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Winners of the 35th annual Making Change contest will be awarded a certificate from the City of Claremont and Claremont Unified School District as well as a $100 check during a free and public 6:30 p.m. ceremony at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.

 

• Claremont McKenna College instructor of international journalism Terril Jones speaks with author Nathan Thrall about Thrall’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy” at 6:45 p.m.as part of CMC’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Damian Kevitt, executive director of Streets Are for Everyone, and Ross Pringle, a Pomona College professor and communications director of Claremont Streets for People, talk about the differences between e-bikes and electric motorcycles at a free and open to the public 7 p.m. program at Drinkward Recital Hall, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Stanford University chemistry professor Carolyn Bertozzi leads Pomona College chemistry department’s free and public 61st Robbins Lecture Series at Seaver North Auditorium, 645 N. College Ave., Claremont. It begins at 8 p.m. with “The Journey of Bioorthogonal Chemistry: From Imaging Sugars to Making Medicines.” Additional lectures are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. February 25, and 4:30 p.m. February 26. Visit pomona.edu for additional info.

 

 

Tuesday, February 25

• Women in Business Connections, a free monthly networking seminar for women, meets at 8:30 a.m. at 246 E. Bonita Ave., San Dimas. Reservations can be made at sandimaschamber.chambermaster.com/events.

 

• Paul Zak, economics professor at Claremont Graduate University, speaks at noon over Zoom on “Changing Attitudes and Behaviors for Difficult Issues” 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.”

 

• The European Union Center of California at Scripps College hosts Washington International Diplomatic AcademyExecutive Director Nicholas Kralev for a free and open to the public noon presentation, “The Future of Diplomacy: Preparing the Next Generation of Diplomats,” at Clark Humanities Museum, 981 Amherst Ave., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/events.

 

• Children 5 to 12 can write a letter to a living legend during a free 3 p.m. Black History Month event at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Learn about affordable housing tips and tenant resources at a free and open to the public 5 to 7 p.m. workshop at ParkTree Community Health Center, 1450 E. Holt Ave., Pomona. The program continues Thursday, February 27. For more information call (909) 784-3035 or email ehernandez@tricitymhs.org.

 

• Genealogist Charlotte Bocage speaks about resources and strategies helpful in researching your family history at a free 5 p.m. virtual workshop. Sign up at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• The Claremont City Council meeting at 225 W. Second St. begins at 6:30 p.m. Agendas are posted at claremontca.gov and city hall the Thursday prior to the meeting. To attend virtually visit zoom.us/j/256208090, or call (213) 338-8477 to listen in via phone.

 

• Author Peter Langland-Hassan, professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, continues Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series with his 6:45 p.m. program, “Why AI is (Probably) Creative, and Why That’s OK” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Wednesday, February 26

• 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.

 

• The American Museum of Ceramic Art hosts a noon tour of “Currently: Artists in Residence” at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Admission is free for AMOCA members, $15 for non-members, at amoca.org/events.

 

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign anthropology professor Lisa Lucero discusses her book, “Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet,” at a free and open to the public 4:15 p.m. lecture at Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont. Learn more at pitzer.edu/events.

 

• Admission is $20 for Western University of Health Sciences 5:30 p.m. screening of “Nurse Unseen,” at the college’s health education center, 701 E. Second St., Pomona. RSVP at events.westernu.edu.

 

• Citrus College’s Festival of Concert Bands, with the Citrus Sierra Wind Symphony, gets underway at 6:30 p.m. today and February 27 at Citrus College’s Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora. Tonight features the Azusa Pacific University Wind Ensemble, and Claremont, Los Altos, and Alta Loma high school musicians. Tickets are $10 at the door and at tickets.haughpac.com/events.

 

• Author, podcaster, and opinion columnist Coleman Hughes speaks with Claremont McKenna College government professor Michael Fortner in a 6:45 p.m. program, “The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,” as part of CMC’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Thursday, February 27

• Upland Chamber of Commerce hosts San Bernardino County Fourth District Supervisor Curt Hagman at its 11 a.m. luncheon at Pueblita Mexican Restaurant, 555 N. Benson Ave., Upland. Admission is $30 for members, $35 for non-members, at uplandchamber.org.

 

• Tufts University political science and international relations professor Kelly Greenhill delivers “The Weaponization of Migration and its Political and Geopolitical Implications,” her 12:45 p.m. program 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.

 

• The public is invited to a free 4:30 p.m. crochet lab led by Khaos Crafts at the Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• Los Angeles County Library CEO Skye Patrick speaks with Beverly Mahone, also known as Auntie Bev the Vocabulary Builder, at a free 6 to 7 p.m. virtual program. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• David Autor, professor of economics at MIT, speaks as “The Great Reshaping: How Chinese Trade Changed America’s Workers and Communities” 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.

 

• Jeff Wright, Joey Avery, and Wally Baram perform at a free and open to the public  stand-up comedy event from 7 to 8 p.m.at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

• Claremont Heritage hosts a free and open to the public 7 p.m. screening of “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” at the Ginger Elliott Gallery, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

 

Friday, February 28

• Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, hosts the free big spring home and garden show in expo hall four, opening at noon today and 10 a.m. March 1-2. Parking is $20.

 

• Sopranos Michaela Kelly and Anne Harley join harpist Alison Bjorkedal, clarinetist Brian Walsh, and pianistWilliam Chiang for a free and open to the public 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 N. Columbia Ave.

 

• 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.

 

• Pomona Concert Band’s free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. winter concert, “The Great USA,”will be held at the Palomares Park Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona.

 

• Ophelia’s Jump Productions opens “Helvetica” at 8 p.m. at 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite H, Upland. Tickets are $47 at opheliasjump.org.

 

• Today is the final day to RSVP for Claremont Graduate University’s free 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 1 spring centennial celebration at 150 E. 10th St. Go to  admissions.cgu.edu/register/springcentennial to RSVP.

 

 

Saturday, March 1

• Today is the first night of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month marked by daily fasting from dawn to sunset.

 

• California Botanic Garden Restoration Propagation Manager Anthony Perez and Nursery Coordinator Hugo Sopeña teach people how to cut, trim, prepare, and transplant plant cuttings for growth in a 9 a.m. to noon propagation workshop at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Tickets are $50, CalBG members $40, at calbg.org.

 

• Keck Graduate Institute hosts Laurie Fowler, Jessica Bugarin, and Sean Riley from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 517 Watson Dr., Claremont, in observance of rare disease day. RSVP at kgi.edu/calendar. Questions? Email nord@kgi.edu.

 

• The Claremont City Council, city staff, and representatives from Los Angeles County Fire Department and local utilities host a free 9 a.m. hybrid workshop on wildfire preparedness and prevention at council chambers, 225 W. Second St., Claremont, and via Zoom. The panelists will take questions after the workshop. The meeting will be recorded and posted at claremontca.gov.

 

• The American Museum of Ceramic Art celebrates the opening of “SoCal Critters” with discounted $5 admission from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Visit amoca.org/events for more info or to RSVP.

 

• Musicians Paul Rodriguez and Adrienne Selina combine with arts and crafts vendors for a free and open to the public 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. first Saturday market at the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• People 15 and over can create a linocut print during a free noon Studio Saturday session at Ontario Museum of History and Art, 225 S. Euclid Ave. RSVP at ontariomuseum.org/programs.

 

• Pick up or drop off a plant during Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s free and public 1 to 3 p.m. adopt-a-plant event at 208 N. Harvard Ave. Info is at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Tickets are $50 for Claremont Meals on Wheels’ 6:30 p.m. 2025 party parade fundraiser Mardi Gras event at 1651 Danbury Rd., Claremont. RSVP at facebook.com/claremontmealsonwheels/events.