What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

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.
  

 

• 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.

 

• Tri-City Wellness Center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona hosts a free and open to the public 6 p.m. screening of “The Princess and the Frog.”

 

• People 50 and up are invited to a 6 to 9 p.m. ballroom style dance at Ontario Senior Center, 225 E. B St. Admission is $4.
  

 

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

 

• 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.

 

• 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

• 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.

 

• Shop artisan and vintage wares from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 28-29 at Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• 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.

 

• Volunteer from 9 a.m. to noon at The Root 66 Garden, 12151 Foothill Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• 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.

 

• Drop off e-waste from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 28-29 at a collection event at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benito St., Montclair.

 

• 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.

 

• Admission is waived today at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, for 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.

 

• A free 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. volunteer income tax assistance clinic open to those with a gross income under $67,000 takes place every Saturday through April 11 at Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave. Visit pomonaca.gov for more info.
  

 

• 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.

 

• Staff at Lewis Family Branch Library lead a free 1 p.m. genealogy workshop at 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.

 

• 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.

 

• A free and public closing reception for “Johnson’s Pasture: Listening to the Ground” runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ginger Elliott Exhibition Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $55-$65, 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.

 

 

Sunday, March 29

• 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.

 

• Tickets are $5 for Ontario residents, $7 for non-residents at ontarioca.gov/special-events for the Grand Ontario Egg Hunt from 10 a.m. to noon at Celebration Park North, 4980 S. Celebration Ave., and April 4 at Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave.

 

• Tickets are $17-$34 at tickets.haughpac.com/wizard for “Wizard of Oz on Ice” at 2 p.m. at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.

 

• Joel Paat Jazz Project performs from 2 to 5 p.m. as part of the free and open to the public  Jazz at College Center series at 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

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

 

• Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble performs “Spirit Child,” a free concert with narration from Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, at 7 p.m. at Drinkward Recital Hall, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

 

Monday, March 30

• 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.

 

• Stop by Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont for games of mahjong from 9 a.m. to noon.

 

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

 

• Journalist and author Neha Dixit’s free lecture, “Stories the State Tries to Erase,” begins at 12:45 p.m. at Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum. 

 

• Artificial intelligence researcher Robert Long’s lecture, “Could AI systems be conscious soon,” gets underway at 6:45 p.m. at Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Tuesday, March 31

• Today’s the deadline for high school artists and ceramicists to apply for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s 2026 juried exhibition. Details are at amoca.slideroom.com.

 

• 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.

 

• Register at pomona.edu/events for Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium’s 12:15 p.m. lecture, “Beyond Myths & Misperceptions: Re-examining Foreign Policy Negotiation” with foreign policy analyst and practitioner Cecily Brewer at 350 N. College Way, Claremont.

 

• Learn strategies for spotting AI generated content during a free 4 p.m. online workshop at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Author and reporter Neha Dixit’s free discussion, “Democracy from Below: Writing Women Back into Indian Politics,” begins at 4:15 p.m. at Vita Nova 100, 1030 N. Columbia Ave., Claremont. Learn more at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

• Claremont McKenna College welcomes Towson University professor of psychology Jeff Kukucka to the Atheneum, 385 E. Eighth Street, for a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture, “The Real CSI: Addressing Bias and Error in Crime Labs and Autopsies.” Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Wednesday, April 1

• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center locations are offering $50 mammograms throughout April. Hours vary at participating locations including 1910 Royalty Dr., Pomona; 1601 N. Monte Vista Ave., Claremont; 2333 Foothill Blvd., La Verne; and 2140 Grand Ave., Chino Hills.

 

• Today is the final chance to purchase $200 greens fees at chambermaster.sandimaschamber.org/events for the La Verne and San Dimas Educational Foundation’s April 10 Ed Jones Memorial Golf Tournament at San Dimas Canyon Golf Course, 2100 Terrebonne Ave.
  

 

• Music therapist Natalie Duque speaks at Rotary Club of San Dimas’ free noon virtual talk, “Unrush Yourself: Finding Your Rhythm in a Reaction-Driven World.” Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for a Zoom link.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga’s free 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Teen Summit takes place at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd., Rancho Cucamonga. Register is at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, hosts a free and public 5 p.m. screening of “In the Dark of the Valley.”

 

• Tickets are $60 at cityofrc.us/events for a 6 p.m. heartsaver CPR and automated external defibrillator certification course at All-Risk Training Center, 11285 Jersey Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Louis Tay, the William C. Byham Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Purdue University, delivers a free 6:45 p.m. lecture, “Measuring the Machine: How Psychological Measurement Can Transform AI Accountability,” at the Atheneum, 385 E. Eighth St. Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Pomona College music students perform a free and public 7:30 p.m. concert at Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

 

Thursday, April 2

• Claremont Village Marketing Group host a free and open to the public 9 a.m. public forum on recent store closures and the vibrancy of the Village at council chambers, 225 W. Second St., Claremont.

 

• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Emeritus Curator Valerie Neal is the featured guest for a free 11 a.m. virtual author talk at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum hosts a free and open to the public 12:45 p.m. lecture, “A Reading and Conversation with Cristina Jimenez,” at 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont.

 

• The public is invited to play basketball with first responders from the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department and Fire District from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Rancho Cucamonga Sports Center, 8303 Rochester Ave.

 

• Register at ontariomuseum.org/events for Ontario Museum of History and Art’s free 4 p.m. first Thursday art program at 225 Euclid Ave., Ontario.

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a free 4 p.m. career readiness workshop. Learn more at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• New York Times Magazine staff writer Jonathan Mahler discusses his book, “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986–1990,” in a free 6:45 p.m. lecture at the Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. Learn more at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Claremont High School Theatre Department mounts “Curious George: The Golden Meatball” at 7 p.m. April 2-3, and 1 and 6 p.m. April 4 at Don F. Fruchte Theatre, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. Tickets, $10-$15, are at chstheatre.cusd.claremont.edu.

 

• Claremont’s Police Commission meets at 7 p.m. at council chambers, 225 W. Second St., to discuss the release of information and laws related to use-of-force incidents.
  

 

• Scripps Presents hosts former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile in conversation with journalist Alex Cohen at a 7 p.m. program at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont.

 

 

Friday, April 3

• Glendora Chamber of Commerce’s first Friday 8 a.m. networking mixer takes place at McKinley, 762 W. Cypress St., San Dimas. Chamber members are free, walk-ins $20.

 

• 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 “Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War” by Mary Roach.

 

• Joti Rockwell and Jenny Kim perform a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

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

 

• Children 11 to 14 can play board games for free from 2 to 3 p.m. at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Young people 12 to 17 can hunt for easter eggs from 6 to 8 p.m. at Anthony Munoz Community Center, 1240 W. Fourth St., Ontario. This event repeats April 4 at De Anza Park, Community and Teen Center, 1405 S. Fern Ave., Ontario.

 

• Tickets are $12-$25 at tickets.haughpac.com/finalyear for “One Final Beautiful Impossible Year,” at 7 p.m. April 3-4 and 10-11, and 2 p.m. April 4 and 12 at Citrus College Little Theatre, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.

 

 

Saturday, April 4

• Claremont’s spring egg hunt at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., begins with Kiwanis Club of Claremont’s $8 pancake breakfast at 8 a.m., followed by family-friendly activities including a petting zoo, interactive booths, puppet show, and photos with the Easter bunnies at 9. The special needs egg hunt is set for 9 a.m., followed by traditional hunts at 10:45 a.m.

 

• Adults looking to work at the 2026 Los Angeles County Fair can attend an 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. job fair at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Info is at fairplex.com.

 

• Books, furniture, clothing, art, plants, and other items are part of Pilgrim Place’s 9 to 11 a.m. first Saturday sale at 625 Mayflower Rd., Claremont. Visit pilgrimplace.org/events for more information.

 

• Montclair’s 9 to 11 a.m. Easter eggstravaganza includes a pancake breakfast and egg hunts for children 10 and under at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benit St.

 

• Glendora Recreation and Human Services Department’s annual 9 to 11 a.m. Easter event features free 9 a.m. pancake breakfasts and activities at Finkbiner Park, 160 N. Wabash Ave., and Gladstone Park, 600 E. Gladstone St. Egg hunts begin at 10 a.m.

 

• Tickets are $75-$85 at malooffoundation.org/demos-and-workshops for Cesar Garcia’s 10:30 a.m. workshop at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Call (909) 625-3309 to register for Sherwood Florist’s 1:30 p.m. $73 Easter basket workshop at 404 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.
  

 

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

 

• Admission is free for an 8 p.m. concert with Hindustani vocalist-composer Srivani Jade at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.