What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, February 27

• Register by today at cmc.edu/athenaeum for Claremont McKenna College’s 10-year anniversary of its Civility, Access, Resources, and Expression Center — taking place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. March 4 at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St.

 

• Harvey Mudd College’s free and open to the public conference, “Driving the Impact of Data Science Conference: From Data to Doing,” runs from noon to 5:45 p.m. today and 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. February 28 at Shanahan Center, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Registration is at hmc.edu/calendar/events.

 

• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center’s orthopedic nursing team hosts a free 11 a.m. to noon joint health workshop at Palomares Park Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona.

 

• The Cornucopia Baroque Ensemble plays a free and public 12:15 p.m. concert at Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• Panelists Blake Chalson, Hilary A. Haskell, Robert Owlett, and Philip Trapp, speak at the free and open to the public 12:45 p.m. talk “Watt’s Next? A Roadmap for Energy Evolution” at Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• 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.
• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a free 3 p.m. makers space.

 

• Tri-City Mental Health Services hosts a free 6 p.m. screening of “The Secret Life of Pets” at 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Pomona Concert Band’s annual free and open to the public winter concert gets underway at 7:30 p.m. at Palomares Park Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona.

 

• Pomona College Orchestra performs a free and open to the public 8 to 9:30 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont, with a repeat performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1.

 

 

Saturday, February 28

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

 

• Helping hands are needed at Root 66 Garden’s 9 a.m. to noon volunteer day at 12151 Foothill Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga.
  

 

• The Inland Empire chapter of the California Writers Club gathers at 10 a.m. at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 East C St., Ontario, for its free and public monthly meeting.

 

• 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.

 

• Lewis Family Branch Library hosts a free and public 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. fruit bouquet workshop at 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.

 

• Tickets are $110-$125 at calbg.org for 1 to 5 p.m. owl pillow workshops today and March 7 at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N College Ave., Claremont.

 

• Friends of the Upland Library host musician Sean Kellz for “Canvas and Culture: A Shared Art Experience,” a free 1 to 3 p.m. program at 450 N. Euclid Ave.
  

 

• RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for a free 1 p.m. online discussion of “Red Clay“ by Charles B. Fancher.
  

 

• Poets Elline Lipkin and Prageeta Sharma are this month’s guests for the Friends of the Claremont Library’s free 2 p.m. fourth Saturdays poetry event at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Register at pomona.edu/museum/events for the free and public 2 p.m. opening reception for “John Sparagana: Interference Patterns” at Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont.

 

• Claremont Heritage invites the public to a free 6 to 8 p.m. closing reception for “John Edward Svenson” at 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.

 

 

Sunday, March 1

• The Pomona swap meet and classic car show at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, runs from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $15, children under are 12 free. Parking is $20. Call (714) 538-7091 or visit fairplex.com for more info.

 

• Shop locally made crafts, organic food, clothing, and jewelry during the 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 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.

 

• Tickets are $12 for a noon to 5 p.m. quinceañera expo at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Search “quinceañera expo” at eventbrite.com.

 

• The Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga, hosts its free first Sunday program with arts and crafts activities and book reading from noon to 4 p.m.

 

• Artist Rebecca Ustrell leads a 12:30 p.m. course on the cyanotype printing process at Chaffey Community Museum of Art, 217 S. Lemon Ave., Ontario. Tickets are $30 at chaffeymuseum.org/events.

 

• Read from 1:30 to 2:30 at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, for Read Across America Day.

 

• Homero Chavez and Una Noche perform from 2 to 5 p.m. at Jazz at College Center, 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Seniors gather at Larkin Park, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, for 3 p.m. games of pétanque, weather permitting.

 

• The Musicians’ Club of Pomona Valley performs a free and open to the public 3 p.m. “Four-Hand Piano Concert” at Trinity United Methodist Church, 696 N. Gibbs St., Pomona.

 

• Tickets are $35-$55 at tickets.haughpac.com/drumline for DRUMLine Live’s 3 p.m. performance at Citrus College’s Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.

 

• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church hosts pianist Sonia Lee and flautist Shahid Osuna for “Lenten Meditations,” a free and public 5 p.m. concert at 1700 N. Towne Ave., Claremont, as part of its monthly adventures in music series.
  

 

• “French Music for Piano Quartet,” a free concert with Rachel Huang, Cindy Fogg, Tom Flaherty and Stephan Moss, takes place at 7 p.m. at Drinkward Recital Hall, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

 

Monday, March 2

• Children 3 to 12 can enter the City of La Verne’s spring coloring contest through 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 23. Entry forms are at the city’s Parks and Recreation Office, 3660 D St.

 

• 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 the Service Center for Independent Life, 107 S. Spring St., Claremont. RSVP at stowellcenter.com/ronnie-gardiner-method.

 

• Pomona Public Library hosts Lego club, a free noon to 1 p.m. building program for children Mondays and Thursdays at 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• Jeff Sebo, author and director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy at New York University, delivers a free 6:45 p.m. lecture, “The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why,” at the CMC Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Tuesday, March 3

• Seniors with Get Walking Claremont gather at 8 a.m. at Shelton Park, at the corner of Harvard and Bonita avenues in the Village for a walk around town. Register at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation.

 

• RSVP at calbg.org for California Botanic Garden’s 5 p.m. monthly run group at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, free with garden admission.

 

• San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave., hosts yarn ‘n’ stitch, a free 6:30 p.m. program for teens and adults.

 

• Award-winning author, wildlife photographer, and conservationist Kirsten Hines leads two free and open to the public 6:30 p.m. presentations, “Confessions of an Accidental Birder” on March 3 and “Nature Reflections” on March 4 at Pilgrim Place’s Decker Hall, 665 Avery Rd., Claremont.

 

• Braden Crockett, founder and CEO of Alpha Real Estate Advisors, moderates a free 6:45 p.m. discussion between Dave Mgrublian and William Lenehan, “Real Estate Finance Conference, 2026,” at the CMC Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Wednesday, March 4

• “The Women” by Kristin Hannah is this month’s selection for San Dimas Senior Center’s 10:30 a.m. book club at 201 E Bonita Ave., San Dimas.

 

• Author and humorist Michael Perry leads a free 11 a.m. virtual talk at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for a free 11 a.m. Microsoft PowerPoint webinar.

 

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

 

• Visit scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar to register for Scripps College’s free noon lecture with author and university professor Adam Novy at the Hampton Room, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• Dave Friedman speaks at Rotary Club of San Dimas’ free noon virtual talk, “Energy Leadership Index.” Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for a Zoom link.

 

• Students in grades three through six can challenge their friends to reading competitions at word warriors, a free 4 p.m. program at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario

 

• James Stocker, associate professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University, delivers “What State for Lebanon? Revolutionaries, the State, and Foreign Powers in Lebanon’s Contemporary History,” a free and public 6:45 p.m. program at the Parents Dining Room of Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Thursday, March 5

• Claremont Meals on Wheels’ 2026 party parade kicks off today with “dine out” fundraisers from noon to 9 p.m. at Bert and Rocky’s Cream Co., 242 Yale Ave., and from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. at Patra’s Thai Dining, 160 E. C St., Upland. Information about upcoming party parade events is at claremontmealsonwheels.org/events.

 

• The Rembrandt Club of Claremont hosts Yvonne Cervantes Coleman and Sandy Garcia for “Fabric Art & Creative Sewing,” a free and open to the public 1:30 p.m. lecture at Pomona College’s Studio Art Hall, 370 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• Learn and create with ebru, a style of water marbling during a free 3 p.m. workshop at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Register at ontariomuseum.org/events for Ontario Museum of History and Art’s free 5 p.m. workshop at 225 Euclid Ave.

 

• Claremont McKenna College hosts Harvard University professor of neuroscience Sandeep Robert Datta for “The Ministry is Interfering at Hogwarts: The Promise, Perils and Politics of Modern Neuroscience,” a free 6:45 p.m. program at the Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Claremont High School Theatre Department hosts its 2026 Festival of One Acts March 5-7 at Don F. Fruechte Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Shows begin at 7 p.m. March 5-6, and 3 p.m. March 7. Tickets are $10 for March 5-6 shows and $5-$20 for March 7 shows at chstheatre.cusd.claremont.edu.

 

• Nathan B. Oman, the Rita Anne Rollins Professor of Law at The College of William & Mary, delivers “Angelic Law in the Age of Railways: Law and the Latter-day Saint Tradition,” a free and open to the public 7 p.m. lecture at Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave., Claremont.

 

 

Friday, March 6

• Claremont Senior Program’s monthly war and existentialism book club meets at 10:30 a.m. at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave. This month’s read is “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafron.

 

• “Perestroika in Paris” by Jane Smiley is the selection for Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s 10:30 a.m. book club at 208 Harvard Ave.

 

• Author, speaker, and leadership strategist Marilou Ryder speaks at the free and open to the public 12:45 talk “Best Self to Bold Breakthrough: How Women Build Confidence, Visibility, and Influence” at Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• The Easter Bunny arrives at Montclair Place, 5060 N. Montclair Plaza Ln., to take photos with families from 3 to 6:45 p.m. today. Register at whereisbunny.com/mall/0689 for photos through April 4.

 

• Tickets are $27 for the 8 p.m. opening night performance of Ophelia’s Jump’s “In the Green” at 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite H, Upland, running through March 29. Regular tickets are $40-$53 with discounts on Fridays.

 

 

Saturday, March 7

• A free 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. drive-thru household hazardous and electronic waste collection event for Los Angeles County residents takes place along the 1300 block of Bridge Gate Drive, Diamond Bar.
  

 

• Children 2 to 6 can participate in track and field events on a small obstacle course during Tot Olympics from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Celebration Park North, 4980 S. Celebration Ave., Ontario. Registration for residents is $10, non-residents $12, at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• Ontario Museum of History and Art’s free studio Saturdays event at 225 Euclid Ave. takes place from noon to 2 p.m. RSVP at ontariomuseum.org/events.

 

• Tickets for “Mary Poppins” at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, are $51-$92 at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com. Shows are 1 p.m. March 7-8, 14-15, and at 7 p.m. March 7 and 13-14.

 

• Call (909) 625-3309 to register for Sherwood Florist’s 1:30 p.m. $73 spring floral workshop.

 

• Tickets are $31 at tickets.haughpac.com/met2seussical2026 for “Seussical the Musical: Theatre for Young Audiences,” at 2 p.m. at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.

 

• The public is invited to a free discussion, “Should DEI D-I-E? Session 2” at the 31st Circle of Chairs Interracial and Intergenerational Dialogue on Race gathering from 3 to 5 p.m. at Pitzer College’s Gold Student Health and Wellness Center, 1102 Pitzer Service Rd., Claremont. For more information visit pitzer.edu/events.

 

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

 

• The Claremont Concert Orchestra plays a free and open to the public show at 7:30 p.m. at Garrison Theater, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont, repeating at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8.