What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, May 23

• Applications for Claremont’s 2025-26 Teen Committee  are due by 5 p.m. Meetings are held at 3:45 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month from September 2025 through May 2026. For more information, visit claremontca.gov/teen-committee.

 

• Friday Nights Live continues with 6 to 9 p.m. performances by Craic Haus at Village Plaza, Mechanical Melody at the chamber of commerce, and Generic Clapton at Shelton Park. More info is at business.claremontchamber.org.

 

• Ontario Senior Center, 225 E. B St., Ontario, hosts a 6 to 9 p.m. dance for people over 50. Tickets are $4. Info is at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• Citrus College’s Citrus Singers, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Treble Chorus, Concert Choir and Tenor-Bass Ensemble come together for a 7 p.m. spring choral concert at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora. Tickets, $13-$20, are at tickets.haughpac.com/springchoral.

 

• “Broadway’s Next Hit Musical” begins at 7 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets, $34-$45, are at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com. A 9:30 p.m. performance is not family-friendly. Tickets, $34-$45, are also at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.

 

 

Saturday, May 24

• Volunteers are needed to help with Special Olympics training at Claremont High School, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m., ahead of the June 6-8 Special Olympics Southern California Summer Games at Cal State Long Beach. Special needs athletes are also welcome. Call or text (909) 518-1496 for more info.

 

• Upland’s farmers’ market runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. along Second Avenue in downtown Upland.

 

• Drop off e-waste from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Sunday, May 25 at a free and open to the public collection event at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benito St., Montclair.

 

• San Dimas hosts a free 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. recreation center open house at 990 W. Covina Blvd. Call (909) 394-6283 for more info.

 

• Montclair’s free and open to the public summer season kick-off event runs from noon to 3 p.m. at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benito St. It features a splash pad, jumpers, crafts and information about Montclair’s summer events and volunteer opportunities.

 

• Upland Public Library’s third annual free and open to the public “Star Wars” Day begins at 1 p.m. at 450 N. Euclid Ave.

 

• Lewis Family Branch Library, 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario hosts a free 1 p.m. information session on hiking in the Inland Empire.

 

• Poets CD Eskilson and William Archila are this month’s featured guests at the Friends of the Claremont Library’s free fourth Saturdays poetry event at 2 p.m. at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• In observance of the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, La Verne Library, 3640 D. St., hosts a free 2 p.m. workshop on Sadako Sasaki, who was 2 years old when the bomb fell on Hiroshima, leaving her severely irradiated. She went on to create thousands of origami cranes before her death at age 12. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Winners of the John Child Walker Music Competition will be on hand at Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harvard Ave., for a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. concert.

 

 

Sunday, May 25

• Shop locally made crafts, organic food, clothing, and jewelry from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Claremont Farmers and Artisans Market in the Village. Visit claremontforum.org for more info.

 

• The Jazz Doctors play from 2 to 5 p.m. at Jazz at College Center, 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at jazzatcollegecenter.com.

 

• Free games of pétanque for seniors begin at 3 p.m. each Sunday at Larkin Park, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, weather permitting. Email afme@nljones.com for info.

 

• Admission is $2 for the Folk Music Center’s 6 to 9:30 p.m. open mic at 220 Yale Ave., Claremont. Info is atfolkmusiccenter.com/events or call (909) 624-2928.

 

 

Monday, May 26

• City and Claremont Unified School District offices are closed in observance of Memorial Day.

 

• Freedom Courtyard at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd., hosts Rancho Cucamonga’s free and open to the public Memorial Day ceremony.

 

• Upland’s free and public 10 a.m. Memorial Day service will be held at Civic Center Courtyard, 460 N. Euclid Ave.

 

• Claremont’s Memorial Day ceremony by the city, American Legion Keith Powell Post 78, and Friends of Oak Park Cemetery, takes place at 11 a.m. at Oak Park Cemetery, 420 S. Sycamore Ave., Claremont.

 

• La Verne’s Memorial Day service gets underway at 11 a.m. at Veterans Hall, 1550 Bonita Ave.

 

• The Los Angeles County Fair is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. today before closing for the season. Tickets are at lacountyfair.com, or $32 at the gate, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.

 

• A free and public 6 p.m. Memorial Day ceremony hosted by the City of Montclair takes place at Memorial Garden, 5111 Benito St., Montclair.

 

 

Tuesday, May 27

• Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce offers free Orange County Inland Empire Small Business Development Center counseling from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 9500 Cleveland Ave., Suite 110. RSVP at business.ranchochamber.org.

 

• University Club of Claremont hosts Susan McWilliams Barndt, professor of politics at Pomona College, for “The Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education,” an 11:30 a.m. talk at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Admission is $25. More info is at universityclubofclaremont.org.

 

• 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.

 

 

Wednesday, May 28

• The San Bernardino County Workforce Development Board hosts a free and public 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. job and expungement fair at Ontario International Airport Terminal 1, 1940 Moore Way. RSVP at eventbrite.com, search “San Bernardino County.”

 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts a free and public Naloxone (Narcan) clinic fromnoon to 4 p.m. Learn more at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Juice and paint, free 2 and 4 p.m. art workshops for children ages 6 and up, takes place outside Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• Learn about PressReader and Freegal, Los Angeles County Library sponsored news and music applications, at a free 4 p.m. webinar. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

 

Thursday, May 29

• Solid Rock Church hosts a free 5 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony at 411 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont. RSVP at business.claremontchamber.org.

 

• Twenty percent of purchases from 5 to 8 p.m. at Main Event at Montclair Place, 5201 Montclair Plaza Ln., including activities, video games, food, gift cards, and non-alcoholic beverages, will benefit OPARC. Email sulopez@oparc.org for more info.

 

• Tickets for Benton Museum of Art’s 5:30 p.m. botanical watercolor workshop with artist Katie Dinh at 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, are $20 at pomona.edu/museum, select the “events” tab.

 

• Claremont Unified School District’s Equity Advisory Council hosts a public meeting at 6 p.m. in room 310 at 170 W. San Jose Ave., Claremont.

 

• Upland Recreation and Community Services hosts free virtual bingo at 6:30 p.m. RSVP links are at uplandca.gov/calendar.

 

 

Friday, May 30

• 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.

 

• Learn about cherry blossoms during a free and open to the public 3:30 p.m. event at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Day one of a two-day clay seed pod workshop begins at 4 p.m. with tours and research efforts at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Day two, Saturday, May 31, features a noon to 3 p.m. art workshop at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Tickets, $55-$95, are at amoca.org/events.

 

• Volunteers 14 to 17 are reminded that applications for Claremont Helen Renwick Library summer activities are due by 6 p.m. at 208 N. Harvard Ave. Volunteers must be able to work one weekly shift between June 2 and August 10. More info is at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Families with special needs children or adults can register for Claremont’s free 6 to 8 p.m. ice cream and bingo social at Youth Activity Center, 1717 N. Indian Hill Blvd., at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation, search “ice cream and bingo.” Parents and/or guardians must attend.

 

• Claremont’s Friday Nights Live continues with The Sallys at Village Plaza, Stacey and Steve at the chamber of commerce, and Claremont Voodoo Society at Shelton Park from 6 to 9 p.m. More info is at business.claremontchamber.org.

 

• Claremont High School Theatre Department presents “Mean Girls” at 7 p.m.; 1 and 7 p.m. May 31; and 1 p.m. June 1 at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont. Tickets. $15-$20, are at chstheatre.cusd.claremont.edu.

 

• Ophelia’s Jump Production’s “The Slow Drag” begins at 8 p.m. at 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite H, Upland, running through June 29. Tickets, $46-$57, are at opheliasjump.org/mainstage.

 

 

Saturday, May 31

 

• Granite Creek Community Church’s 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. swap meet takes place at 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., Claremont. More is at granitecreek.org.

 

• McKinley Children’s Center and Raging Waters host the 8 a.m. Run the Rapids 5K, a fundraiser for McKinley’s family outings program at 111 Raging Waters Dr., San Dimas. Single runner registration — which includes Raging Waters admission for the day — is $65 at mckinleycc.org/events.

 

• Herbalist William Broen leads a 9 to 11 a.m. herb walk at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Tickets are $30, $25 for CalBG members, at calbg.org.

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a free 10:30 a.m. to noon maker space for adults. Info is at ontarioca.gov.

 

• Citrus College Theatre Arts Department mounts “Citrus TheatreWorks” at 2 p.m. May 31-June 1 at Little Theatre, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora. Tickets are $10 at tickets.haughpac.com/theatreworks2025.

 

• Grim Readers, a true crime book club, meets at 3 p.m. at Stout House Brewery, 1294 W. Ninth St., Upland, to discuss “Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel” by Amy Price. Email carissa.barrera@uplandlibrary.org for more information.

 

• American Museum of Ceramic Art hosts a 4 to 6 p.m. opening reception for “Making in Between: Indigenous Americans,” featuring works by Mercedes Dorame, Anita Fields, Courtney Leonard, and Cannupa Hanska Luger, at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Free with advance registration at amoca.org/events.

 

• Doors open at 7 p.m. for I See Hawks in L.A., Rick Shea and Tony Gilkyson at the Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Ave., Claremont. Tickets are $20 at the store or the door. More info is at folkmusiccenter.com/events.

 

• Linda Ronstadt tribute band Ronstadt Revival performs at 7:30 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets, $50-$61, are at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.