What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

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.

 

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

 

• The first Friday of the month is pay what you can day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Info is at amoca.org.

 

• Pianist Hao Huang and violinist Rachel Huang perform a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• 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.
  

 

• Ontario Senior Center, 225 E. B St., hosts a free 2 to 4 p.m. Women’s History Month event.

 

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

 

• Pomona College students perform a free 4 p.m. recital at Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $8-$10 at cityofrc.us/events for the City of Rancho Cucamonga’s 5:30 p.m. IncredABLES Saint Patrick’s Day-themed dance for kids 8 and up at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd.

 

• The City of Claremont invites the special needs community to a free 6 to 9 p.m. Saint Patrick’s Day dance at Youth Activity Center, 1717 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Register at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation.

 

• Tickets are $35 at fairplex.com for a 21-and-over paint ‘n’ sip event running from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fairplex’s Millard Sheets Art Center, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.

 

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

 

• 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

• Information is at hmc.edu for Harvey Mudd College Society of Women Engineers’ Women Engineers and Scientists of Tomorrow Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont.

 

• 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 in 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.

 

• 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.
  

 

• 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 are $51-$92 at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com for “Mary Poppins” at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. Shows are at 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.
  

 

• Tickets are $50 at claremontmealsonwheels.org/events for Claremont Meals on Wheels’ 6 p.m. “souper supper” party parade event at 1911 Lockhaven Way.
  

 

• Tickets are $15 at givebutter.com/c/csscomedy2026 for a 6:30 p.m. comedy fundraiser at Solid Ground Church, 9974 19th St., Rancho Cucamonga.
  

 

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

 

 

Sunday, March 8

• 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.

 

• RSVP at calbg.org for California Botanic Garden’s 10 a.m. silent reading club at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, free with garden admission.

 

• Tickets are $30 at chaffeymuseum.org/events for a 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. cyanotype printing and toning lab at Chaffey Community Museum of Art, 217 S. Lemon Ave., Ontario.

 

• Pacific Jazz Quartet performs 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.

 

• John Aranda, Stephen Klein and guests perform “Music for Brass and Organ,” a free and open to the public 3 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

 

Monday, March 9

• 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.

 

• Today is the final $10 session of 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.

 

• Claremont Meals on Wheels’ 2026 party parade continues with a 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. dine out fundraiser (with a break between 3 and 4 p.m.) at Union on Yale, 232 N. Yale Ave.

 

• Historian Daniel Scroop continues Claremont McKenna College’s free and open to the public Athenaeum lecture series at 12:45 p.m. with, “The Limits of Liberalism: William E. Leuchtenburg and American History in the Public Realm,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley’s free and public 1:45 p.m. meeting includes a discussion led by Charmaine Cordero, “The Bard in the Borderlands – Southwest Adaptations of Shakespeare,” at Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Ave. Call (909) 728-2178 for more info.

 

• Scripps College President Amy Marcus-Newhall will present plans for the Centennial Plaza Project during a free and public 2 p.m. event at Clark Humanities Museum, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• Small Business Marketing Collective hosts a free 5 p.m. workshop, “Your Logo Isn’t Your Brand,” at Holistic Healers Community, 820 N. Mountain Ave., Upland. RSVP at chambermaster.sandimaschamber.org/events.

 

• Tickets are $10-$15 at amoca.org/events for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s 5:30 p.m. mahjong madness event at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. 

 

• Author and historian Don Romesburg delivers a free 6:45 p.m. lecture, “Contested Curriculum: Fighting for Queer History in K-12 Schools,” at the Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• La Verne Historical Society hosts Paul Spitzzeri, director of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, for “Cascades of Controversy: The Strange Story of Orloff Orlow & Puddingstone,” a free and public 7 p.m. presentation at Hillcrest Meeting House, 2705 Mountain View Dr., La Verne.

 

 

Tuesday, March 10

• 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.

 

• Tickets are $25-$45 at business.claremontchamber.org for the Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s 8 a.m. business over breakfast at DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd.

 

• Vanderbilt University history professor Ruth Rogaski, the featured speaker of Pomona College’s 2026 Ena H. Thompson Distinguished Lecture series, delivers “Finding Dragons in the Land: Approaches to Environmental History in Northeast Asia,” a free and public 11 a.m. program at Smith Campus Center, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont. The series continues at 11 a.m. March 12 with “American QI: Addiction and Acupuncture in Music City, USA.”

 

• Author Kerry Hannon leads a free 11 a.m. virtual workshop on retirement planning. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• University Club of Claremont’s 1 p.m. lecture at DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., features “A Conversation with Claremont Mayor Jennifer Stark.” A $25 fee includes lunch at noon. Info is at universityclubofclaremont.org.

 

• Todd McGowan, director of film and television studies at University of Vermont, leads “The Threat of the Superego: Violence as Conformity,” a free and public 4:30 p.m. lecture at Crookshank Hall, 140 W. Sixth St., Claremont.

 

• Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont, welcomes the Pomona College Jazz Ensemble for a free 4:30 p.m. concert.

 

• Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave., hosts a free 5 p.m. gardening class.

 

• 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 Steve Grove, CEO and publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune, to the Atheneum, 385 E. Eighth Street, for a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture, “Leading through Crisis: The Power of Going Local to Make Change.” Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Wednesday, March 11

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

 

• The Woman’s Club of Claremont’s monthly 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. luncheon at 343 W. 12th St. will feature a discussion on Mt. San Antonio College’s basic needs resource program. Lunch is $25 for club members, $30 for guests. Register by March 6 at womansclubofclaremont.com/luncheons.

 

• 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.

 

• Learn about female aviators at Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s free 3 p.m. Women’s History Month event at 208 N. Harvard Ave. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Exiled Gazan poet and award-winning author Yahya Ashour will give a free and public 4:30 p.m. reading at Pomona College’s Crookshank Hall, 140 W. Sixth St., Claremont.

 

• European Union Center of California’s free 5 p.m. program, “How to Start a Pogrom: The Lepers’ Plot of 1321 in France and Aragon,” at Clark Humanities Museum, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, features Elise Wang of California State University, Fullerton. Register at scrippscollege.formstack.com/forms/elise_wang.

 

• Claremont McKenna College hosts a free and public 6:45 p.m. screening of “The Migrant Child Farmworkers – Now High-Profile Professionals” at the Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., followed by a panel discussion. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Thursday, March 12

• The City of Claremont’s Arbor Day celebration begins at 11 a.m. at Blaisdell Park, 440 S. College Ave.

 

• Claremont Meals on Wheels’ 2026 party parade continues with a 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. dine out fundraiser at El Ranchero Mexican Food and Margaritas, 984 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for a free 4 p.m. virtual author talk featuring Kate Quinn.

 

• Folks 21 and over who donate six cans of food to Satellite Rotary’s 5 to 7 p.m. food drive at Highpoint Brewing Company, 402 W. Arrow Hwy., Suite 12, San Dimas, will get a free beer.

 

• A free and public poetry reading featuring Isabel Neal gets underway at 5:30 p.m. at Broad Center, 1060 N. Mills Ave., Claremont.

 

• Duluth, Minnesota non-traditional bluegrass stars Trampled by Turtles and husband-and-wife duo Wild Horses perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont. Tickets are $59-$74 at pomona.edu/administration/bridges-auditorium.

 

• Naamyam master Bruce Wing To and his ensemble perform works from Hong Kong during a free 7:30 p.m. concert at Boone Recital Hall, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont.

 

 

Friday, March 13

• Claremont High School Choirs’ annual sing-a-thon fundraiser begins at 4 p.m. at 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Single songs are $1, unlimited wristbands $5.

 

• Folks can learn the basics of clay molding during 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. $75 introductory classes at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 301 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Minors must be accompanied by a paying adult. Register at amoca.org.

 

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

 

• Tickets are $5-$10 for Claremont Forum Bookshop’s 7 p.m. bookshop jazz session at 586 W. First St.

 

• Tickets, $17-$34, are at tickets.haughpac.com/blueorchestra.

 

• Tickets are $17-$34 at tickets.haughpac.com/blueorchestra for Citrus College and Azusa Pacific University music departments’ “The Blue Note Orchestra in Concert: An Evening of Music from Film,” 7 p.m. at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd. Glendora.

 

 

Saturday, March 14

• Today is the final chance to view “Hostile Terrain 94,” by the Undocumented Migration Project at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, free from noon to 4 p.m.
  

 

• Tickets are $55-$60 for Aleta Jacobson’s 10 a.m. watercolor course at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. More info is at calbg.org.

 

• Tickets are $150 at amoca.org/events for a 10 a.m. artist workshop with Kristy Moreno at American Museum of Ceramic Art’s studio, 301 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Ontario’s free and open to the public live and good vibes event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave.

 

• Docents offer 3 p.m. guided tours of current exhibitions the second Saturday of each month at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Pomona Art Walk runs from 5 to 10 p.m. at Pomona Arts Colony, 191 W. Fourth St.

 

• Tickets are $34-$68 at tickets.haughpac.com/pinkmartini for Pink Martini and Storm Large’s 7 p.m. concert at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.