What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, March 20

• Today is the first day of spring!

 

• AgingNext, 133 S. Spring St., Claremont, hosts a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. community resource day at its Ellen and Wing Tam Enrichment Center.

 

• Musician Ashley Mills leads a free 11 a.m. music program for newborns up to age 5 at La Verne Library, 3640 D St.

 

• Create plushies at Ovitt Family Community Library’s free 3 to 5 p.m. cut-and-sew workshop at 215 E. C St., Ontario. More info is at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• Kids 12-17 can customize flowerpots at De Anza Park Community and Teen Center’s free 5 to 7 p.m. spring sprout social at 1405 S. Fern Ave., Ontario.

 

• Tri-City Wellness Center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona host sa free and open to the public 6 p.m. screening of “Shrek.”

 

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

 

 

Saturday, March 21

• Volunteers are needed to help with Special Olympics training from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturdays at Claremont High School, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Special needs athletes are also welcome. The Special Olympics Southern California Summer Games take place June 5-7 at Cal State Long Beach. Call or text (909) 518-1496 for more info.
  

 

• Claremont Lincoln University, 150 W. First St., hosts the free and open to the public 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Toastmasters International District 12 open house and speech contests.

 

• Tickets are $40-$50 at calbg.org for a 9 a.m. characteristics of soil class at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra play a free 11 a.m. concert, “Peter and the Wolf,” at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

• Take home or drop off a plant at Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s free 1 to 3 p.m. adopt-a-plant event at 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• La Verne Library hosts a free and public 1 to 2 p.m. Women History Month and puzzling event at 3640 D St.

 

• Children’s author and director of publishing for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Georgeanne Irvine discusses “Inspiring a Passion for Nature through Books,” a free and open to the public 2 p.m. lecture at Alexandrer Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $15-$25 at claremontchorale.org for Claremont Chorale and singer Leah Shoshana’s 4 p.m. performance of “Annelies” at Claremont United Methodist Church, 211 W. Foothill Blvd.

 

• Tickets are $35-$65 at tickets.lamasterchorale.org/events for Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 4 p.m. performance of “This Shining Night” at La Verne Church of the Brethren, 2425 E St.

 

• Tickets are $75 at claremontmealsonwheels.org/events for “backyard southern delights,” a 5 p.m. Claremont Meals on Wheels party parade event at 337 Andover Dr., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $59-$222 at ontfield.com/events for a 5:30 p.m. concert with Grammy-nominated The Avett Brothers, Grammy-winner Dwight Yoakam, and New Orleans faves The Iguanas at ONT Field, 9375 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.

 

• Autographs are $10 to $550 for former Major Leaguers Pedro Martinez, Ramon Martinez, and Orel Hershiser, who will be signing from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Legends’ Attic, 619 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at legendsattic.com.

 

• Tickets are $25-$70 at eventbrite.com, search “Glendora Wine Walk,” for the 6 to 9 p.m. Glendora Wine Walk.

 

• The City of Pomona hosts a free 7 p.m. teen glow egg hunt at John F. Kennedy Park, 1150 Fairplex Dr.

 

• Tickets are $25 at the store or the door for Yukiko Matsuyama’s 7:30 p.m. concert at the Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Ave., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $75-$125 at pomona.edu/events for Trombone Shorty’s 7:30 p.m. show at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont.

 

 

Sunday, March 22

• 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 free for a 10 a.m. special needs friendly experience with the Easter Bunny at Montclair Place, 5060 N. Montclair Plaza Ln.

 

• Azim Khamisa, founder of the Tariq Khamisa Foundation, delivers a free 12:30 p.m. lecture, “The Power of Life,” at Unity Church of Truth of Pomona Valley, 509 S. College Ave., Claremont. A workshop, “The Bullet Proof Spirit,” follows at 2:30.

 

• Zzaj performs from 2 to 5 p.m. at Jazz at College Center, 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Grammy-winning pianist Nadia Shpachenko is the featured soloist at Claremont Symphony Orchestra’s free and open to the public 3:30 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St.

 

• Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Ave., hosts a 3:30 p.m. screening of “Schindler Space Architect” followed by a lecture from the director Valentina Gavena. A $10 donation is suggested.

 

• The public is invited to Claremont United Methodist Church’s 4 p.m. “messy church” service, taking place at 211 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

 

Monday, March 23

• Fees are $70-$100 per month for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church’s 50 and up 9 a.m. Monday and Wednesday fitness classes at 830 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont. First timers are free. Call (310) 269-9853 for more info.
  

 

• Claremont Meals on Wheels’ 2026 party parade continues with an 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. dine out fundraiser at La Popular Restaurant, 235 N. Yale Ave.
  

 

• Glendora Chamber of Commerce’s 11 a.m. women in business networking event at Livi’s Party Design, 151 E Arrow Hwy., San Dimas, is free for members, $20 for non-members at business.glendora-chamber.org.

 

• Juliana Spahr reads excerpts from her book, “Ars Poeticas,” during a free and open to the public 4:15 p.m. event at Crookshank Hall, 140 W. Sixth St., Claremont.

 

• Brown University professor of history Michael Vorenberg delivers his free 6:45 p.m. lecture, “Are We at War? The History and Meaning of Wartime in the United States,” at Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Tuesday, March 24

• Register at chambermaster.sandimaschamber.org for Women In Business Connections’ 8:30 to 10 a.m. networking mixer at 180 Via Verde, San Dimas.

 

• Learn strategies for navigating toxic work environments during a free 11 a.m. online workshop at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Journalist Shoshana Walter speaks about her book “Rehab: An American Scandal” with author Barbara Kingsolver during a free 11 a.m. virtual talk. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Claremont Meals on Wheels’ 2026 party parade continues with an 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. dine out fundraiser at Bardot, 206 W. Bonita Ave.

 

• Tickets are $25 at universityclubofclaremont.org for University Club of Claremont’s noon lunch and 1 p.m. lecture “Ada Gates, The First Female Thoroughbred Farrier” at DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd.

 

• Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for a 1 to 2 p.m. tea blending workshop at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Today’s Claremont City Council meeting at 225 W. Second St. opens to the public 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. Call (213) 338-8477 to listen in via phone.

 

• Claremont McKenna College welcomes New York Times columnist and author David Brooks to the Atheneum, 385 E. Eighth Street, for a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture, “An Evening with David Brooks.” Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Author and criminal justice reform advocate Amanda Knox shares her story of fighting Italy’s legal system during a free 7 p.m. conversation at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

 

Wednesday, March 25

• Tri-City Mental Health Services hosts a free 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. mental health first aid training for adults at 2001 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Register by March 23 at tinyurl.com/3dhnzr7a to attend.

 

• 14-year-old author Abigail Haughton will be on hand for a free and open to the public 1:15 p.m. signing of her latest book, “Treacherous Waters: The Rough Voyage — April 13-16, 1912,” at El Roble Intermediate School, 665 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont.” The Courier’s  2024 profile “12-year-old author Abigail Haughton releases debut novel” is viewable by search at claremont-courier.com.

 

• 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.

 

• Sir Malcolm Evans, principal of Regents Park College at Oxford University, speaks at 12:45 p.m. on “Tackling Torture with the United Nations” as part of Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont.

 

• Pomona Valley Transportation Authority representatives lead a free and open to the public 1 to 2 p.m. presentation on transportation resources at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont.

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a free 5 to 6 p.m. reading hour for families.

 

• Young adults looking to become more politically informed can register for a free 6 to 7 p.m. online workshop at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Gazan poet Yahya Ashour leads a free and open to the public 6:30 p.m. reading, “Never Mind Gaza,” at Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont.

 

• Author Ken Liu delivers a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture, “The Future Is Implausible: Why Science Fiction Always Gets the Future Wrong (And Why That’s a Good Thing),” as part of Claremont McKenna College’s Atheneum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Thursday, March 26

• First-time and veteran crocheters are invited to Pomona Public Library’s free 4 p.m. crochet lab at 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• Children 9 to 12 can make crafts during a 5 to 6 p.m. workshop, through the artist’s lens, at Lewis Family Branch Library, 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.
  

 

• Artist Kendall Johnson leads a free 6 p.m. talk on his Claremont Heritage exhibition, “Johnson’s Pasture: Returning to Listen,” at the Ginger Elliott Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Pitzer College Professor Emeritus of Environmental Analysis Paul Faulstich delivers “A Walk of the Wild Side: Animals in our Foothills,” a free and open to the public 7 p.m. lecture at Claremont McKenna College’s Robert Day Sciences Center, at Ninth Street and Claremont Boulevard. The talk is sponsored by The Friends of the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park.

 

 

Friday, March 27

• 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.

 

• Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts a gallery talk from 2 to 2:30 p.m.

 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts a free 3:30 p.m. Perler bead crafting workshop for young people 12 to 17. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Tickets are $40 at claremontmealsonwheels.org/events for Claremont Meals on Wheels’ 6:30 p.m. bunco night event at Claremont Place, 120 W. San Jose Ave.

 

• Tickets are $30 at the store of the door for Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Peter Case’s 7:30 p.m. concert at the Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Ave., Claremont.

 

• Artifex Consort performs a free and public 8 p.m. concert of 17th-century works by Benjamin Hely, Johannes Schenck, Christopher Simpson, and Johann Michael Nicolai at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

 

Saturday, March 28

• La Verne Parks and Recreation Department’s free 9 a.m. to noon eggcellent adventure at Heritage Park, 5001 Via De Mansion, features live music, egg hunts, vendors and photos with the Easter Bunny. Info is at laverneca.gov.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga’s free and open to the public egg shellebration runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Epicenter Sports Complex, 8404 Rochester Ave. Wristbands, $10, are required for egg hunts. Visit cityofrc.us/news for more info.

 

• Register at bit.ly/chalkwalk2026 for Judging by the Cover Bookstore’s free and public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. San Dimas chalk walk at 142 W. Bonita Ave.

 

• Admission is waived today at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, in observance of the 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. native plant festival. RSVP at calbg.org.
  

 

• Kids 11 and under can hunt for Easter eggs during Pomona’s free 10 a.m. hunts at Ganesha Park, 1575 N. White Ave.; Palomares Park, 499 E. Arrow Hwy.; Philadelphia Park, 700 Philadelphia St.; or Ralph Welch Park, 1000 Buena Vista Ave.

 

• Register at ontariomuseum.org/events for the 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ontario art book fair, a showcase of artists’ books, monographs, prints, and zines at Ontario Museum of History and Art, 225 Euclid Ave.

 

• Poets Jessica Laser and Jeremy Ra are featured guests for 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 visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for La Verne Library’s 3:30 p.m. drones for teens workshop at 3640 D St.

 

• Individual tickets are $55-$65 and season tickets $162 at ivrt.org for Inland Valley Repertory Theatre’s “The Secret Garden” at 7:30 p.m. March 28 and April 4, and 2 p.m. March 29 at University of La Verne’s Morgan Auditorium, 1950 Third St.

 

• Tickets are $15 at uplandca.gov for the 8 p.m. 21 and over egg-streme hunt at Greenbelt Park, 1500 W. 15th St., Upland.