What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

 

Friday, November 14

• People can help a child in need this holiday season via the giving tree at Montclair Place, 5060 E. Montclair Plaza Ln. Visit center court, take a tag, then return it by December 23 with a new, unwrapped gift. More info is at montclairplace.com/events.

 

• Tickets are $25 for Upland Chamber of Commerce’s 7 a.m. networking breakfast at Landecena Community Building, 1325 San Bernardino Rd., Upland, at uplandchamber.org.

 

• Pianist Nic Gerpe plays a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• Henry Olsen speaks on “Kings, Queens, and Jokers: American Political Trends for 2026 and Beyond,” a free and public 12:45 p.m. Claremont McKenna College Athenaeum speaker series lecture at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.
  

 

• Pomona College’s Studio Art Hall, at 370 Columbia Ave., Claremont, hosts a free and public 4 p.m. opening reception for “Chance Encounter,” with works by Thomas Aguilar, Josh Allard, Yadira Barrales Lopez, Becca Choe, Charlie Coleman, Leon Moreno, Mariela Tamez-Elizonda, Nora Wu, and Daisy Dong. The exhibit is on view through December 5 from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

 

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

 

• Ontario hosts a free 5 to 8 p.m. happy harvest and scarecrow contest at Anthony Munoz Community Center, 1240 W. Fourth St. Register at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• Pomona College Choir performs at free and public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. A matinee encore is set for 3 p.m. November 16.

 

• Ontario hosts a free dusk screening of “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” at Ontario Motor Speedway Park, 915 N. Center Ave.

 

 

Saturday, November 15

• La Verne Historical Society hosts a free 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. senior craft fair at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St.

 

• Tickets are $5 at cityofrc.us/events for Rancho Cucamonga’s 9 a.m. soccer skills clinic and fair for kids 3 to 5 at Milliken Park, 7699 Milliken Ave.

 

• Claremont High School class of 2025 hosts a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. holiday market at Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $45-$50 at calbg.org for California Botanic Garden’s 10 a.m. watercolor class at 1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont.

 

• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, 1798 N. Garey Ave., hosts a free 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. drive-thru flu shot clinic for children 6 months and up. Visit pvhmc.org for more information.
  

 

• Tickets are $10 at amoca.org for an 11:30 a.m. art and reading activity in connection with American Museum of Ceramic Art’s “Making in Between: Indigenous Americans” exhibit, at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. hosts a free 2 p.m. sewing with felt class. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Leilani Dacus performs a free and public 2 p.m. recital at Boone Recital Hall, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont.

 

• Montclair Place, 5060 N. Montclair Plaza Ln., celebrates Santa Claus coming to town with a free and public 1 to 3 p.m. bash with live music and arts stations.
  

 

• Dani California Hat Bar + Boutique, 206 W. Bonita Ave, Claremont, hosts a free 4 to 7 p.m. event including line dancing lessons and hat and boot branding stations in honor of one year in business. RSVP at eventbrite.com, search “Dani California.”

 

• The free and open to the public 6 to 9 p.m. Ontario Art Walk takes place at 225 Euclid Ave.

 

 

Sunday, November 16

• 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.

 

• Free 3 p.m. games of pétanque take place Sundays at Larkin Park, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, weather permitting. Email afme@nljones.com for more info.

 

• Tickets are $28-$45 at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com for Italian guitarist Luca Stricagnoli and Meg Pfeiffer’s 4 p.m. show at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

 

Monday, November 17

• The Kiwanis Club of Claremont’s annual pop-up See’s Candies store returns at 191 S. Indian Hill Blvd., open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through December 24, closed Thanksgiving, and at the Claremont Farmer’s and Artisans Market from 8 a.m. to noon on Sundays. Info is at claremontkiwanis.org.

 

• Pomona residents 55 and up are invited to a free 5 to 7:30 p.m. dance at Washington Park, 865 E. Grand Ave., Pomona. Non-residents are $4. Call (909) 620-2324 for info. 

 

• The free and open to the public 7 to 8:30 p.m. Inland Valley storytellers story swap meeting, an open mic event, takes place at Ginger Elliot Conference Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Yale University professor Paul North speaks with Scripps College students about his contributions to the latest English translation of “Capital” by Karl Marx (Princeton University Press, 2024) during a 6 p.m. program at Clark Humanities Museum, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• Sharon Sliwinski, director of The Museum of Dreams, delivers “Dreaming in Dark Times: How to See the World with Eyes Closed,” a free and public 6:45 p.m. Claremont McKenna College Athenaeum speaker series lecture at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Tuesday, November 18

• Register for California Botanic Garden’s 9 a.m. family story time at calbg.org, free with regular admission.

 

• Gibson Senior Center, 250 N. Third Ave., Upland, hosts Upland Geology Club’s free and public 10:30 a.m. meeting.

 

• Author Charles Duhigg speaks in a free 11 a.m. virtual talk. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Children 5 to 12 can read and discuss “Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story” by Kevin Noble Maillard at Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s 4 to 5 p.m. book club at 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval, City Manager Anita Scott, and Police Chief Michael Ellis will be on hand at “brewing a better Pomona” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at The Union, 350 N. Garey Ave.

 

• Staff at Lewis Family Branch Library, 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario, lead “get Wicked at the Library,” a free and public 5:30 p.m. simulation of Shiz University, the top college in the Land of Oz. Info is at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• Claremont Unified School District’s annual transition information night, an evening for eighth to 12th grade students who receive special education services or have 504 plans to learn about resources available after high school, runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at Claremont High School gymnasium, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd.

 

• Claremont McKenna College hosts Yoshiko M. Herrera, a professor of political science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a free and open to the public 6:45 p.m. Athenaeum speaker series lecture, “Identity and War: What the Russian War on Ukraine Teaches Us about the Causes of War,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont, hosts comedian Fortune Feimster for a 7 p.m. show. Free tickets are at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

 

Wednesday, November 19

• La Verne Chamber of Commerce hosts coffee with a cop from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Bagelry and Brew, 2095 Foothill Blvd., La Verne.
  

 

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

 

• Writer and consultant Prashant Anilkumar speaks at Rotary Club of San Dimas’ free noon virtual talk, “Thinking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

 

• Youth ages 12 to 17 can register for a free 3 p.m. budgeting class at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Economics professor Alan Auerbach delivers “Will You Collect Social Security?” a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture as part of Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Thursday, November 20

• Tickets for Rancho Cucamonga’s IncredABLES 10 a.m. to noon etiquette course for kids over 12 at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd., are $6 at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Organizers of Zomics: A Festival of Zines and Comics lead a free and public 3 p.m. information session for the 2026 event at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga.
  

 

• La Verne Library hosts a free 4 to 5 p.m. budgeting course for kids 13 to 17 at 3640 D. St., La Verne. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• AgingNext hosts a free and public 5 p.m. ribbon cutting for its new enrichment center at 109 Spring St., Claremont.

 

• Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. at 170 W. San Jose Ave., Claremont. Agendas are linked at cusd-claremont.community.highbond.com.

 

• The Srivani Jade Ensemble perform “Music from the Indian Subcontinent,” a free and public 6:45 p.m. concert as part of Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum series at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Tickets are $40 at chstheatre2129.ludus.com for Claremont High School Theatre’s 7 p.m. fundraiser screening of “Wicked: For Good” at Laemmle Claremont 5, 450 W. Second St.
  

 

• Claremont City Council member and chair of the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board of Directors Ed Reece, Gold Line Chief Communications and Strategic Development Officer Lisa Levy Buch, and Foothill Transit representatives speak about the Pomona to Montclair segment at a free and public 7 p.m. Active Claremont presentation at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd. Claremont. Learn more at activeclaremont.org.

 

• Scripps College Music Department students deliver a free 7:30 p.m. concert at Boone Recital Hall, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont.

 

 

Friday, November 21

• Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce hosts a free 10 a.m. mixer at Brio Italian Grille, 12370 S. Mainstreet, Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., hosts a free and public 12:15 p.m. concert with the Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble.

 

• Veterans Memorial Park and Community Center, 1259 E. D St., Ontario, hosts a 6 to 8 p.m. activity night for families of veterans. Info is at ontarioca.gov/events.

 

• Tickets are $20-$35 at opheliasjump.org for “New Ways to Dream: the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” at 8 p.m. tonight and November 22, and 4 p.m. November 23 at Ophelia’s Jump Productions, 2009 Porterfield Way, Unit I, Upland.

 

 

Saturday, November 22

• The free and open to the public cruisin La Verne holiday car show runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Third and D streets.

 

• The public is invited to a free 10 a.m. hike of Higginbotham Park, 625 N. Mt. Carmel Dr., with Mayor Corey Calaycay and Claremont park rangers. Learn more at claremontca.gov.

 

• Fairplex hosts a free 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fall In The Farm event with livestock showcases, gardening demonstrations, children’s activities and a resource fair at 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Parking is $6 at fairplex.com/fall-in-the-farm, $10 at the gate.

 

• Tickets are $15-$26 at socalfiberfair.com for the Southern California Fiber Fair, running 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. November 22-23 at Fairplex exposition hall 9,1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.

 

• A free and public 11 a.m. mental health workshop takes place at Anthony Munoz Community Center, 1240 W. Fourth St., Ontario.

 

• Novemberfest, a free and public day of events at Montclair Place, 5060 E. Montclair Plaza Ln., runs from 1 to 5 p.m. and includes a 1 p.m. performance of “The Nutcracker” by Inland Pacific Ballet, photos with “hunky Santa,” and more. Info is at montclairplace.com.
  

 

• Tickets are $25-$55 for the 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Claremont Village Wine Walk at eventbrite.com, search “Claremont wine walk.”

 

• Tickets are $20 for “Tellabration,” a night of storytelling beginning at 7 p.m. at Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Ave., Claremont.

 

• Ghanaian singer-songwriter and traditional GaDangme musician Okaidja Afroso performs a free and open to the public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.