What’s happening Claremont? 

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

 

Friday, November 15

• Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce hosts a free 8:30 a.m. Inland Empire Hispanic Business Alliance meeting at 9500 Cleveland Ave., Suite 110. RSVP at business.ranchochamber.org/events.

 

• Learn about degree and free summer programs and speak with housing and financial aid advisors at Keck Graduate Institute during a free 9 to 11:30 a.m. virtual tour. RSVP by November 15 at kgi.edu/calendar.

 

• Cellist Maggie Parkins and pianist Jennie Jung perform at this week’s Friday noon concert series at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont. The free and open to the public performance begins at 12:15 p.m. and doors open at noon.

 

• Create a tea light luminary using air-dried clay during a 5:30 p.m. class at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Admission is free for AMOCA members, $50 for non-members, at amoca.org/events.

 

• This week’s free and open to the public 6 p.m. movie at Tri-City Mental Health Services Wellness Center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, is “Vivo” (2021).

 

• Families are invited to a 6 p.m. movie night at Celebration Park South, 2910 E. Merill Ave., Ontario. “Migration” (2023) begins at dusk. More info is at ontarioca.gov/specialevents. 

 

• Trejo’s Music & Friends Benefit Show, a night of music and fun to support No More Locked Doors fifth annual toy drive, takes place at 7 p.m. at The Canyon Montclair, 5060 E. Montclair Plaza, Space #2020. Tickets are $20 at wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com.

 

• Banda de la Casita will perform during a 7 p.m. sing-along showing of “Encanto” (2021) at the Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W Foothill Blvd., Glendora. Tickets, $24-$45, are at haughpac.com.

 

• Tim Giles and Bobby Gutierrez direct “The Play that Goes Wrong” at Seaver Theatre, 300 E. Bonita Ave., Claremont, at 7:30 p.m. November 15-16 and 2 p.m. November 16-17. Tonight’s show will feature American Sign Language translation. Tickets are $12. Seniors, students, faculty, and staff are $6.

 

Saturday, November 16

• Claremont cars and coffee begins at 8 a.m. at Last Name Brewing, 2120 Porterfield Way, Upland, and this month’s event doubles as a toy drive for the Children’s Foundation of America. Everyone who brings a toy will be entered into raffle for a prize worth $100. Email joeporrecarealestate@gmail.com to inquire about the event.

 

• A free and open to the public 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. drive-thru e-waste drive takes place at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benito St., Montclair, today and November 17. Fluorescent light bulbs and batteries will not be accepted. A service charge will be applied for major appliances. Call (909) 985-5104 for more info.

 

• Upland Farmer’s Market, 460 N. Euclid Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information visit uplandca.gov.

 

• The Claremont High School Class of 2026 Boosters host a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. holiday market at Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd., with more than 40 vendors, raffles, and live music by Swingin’ Doors. Admission and parking are free. More information is at chsholidaymarket.com.

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, celebrates National Novel Writing Month with a free 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. writing workshop.

 

• La Verne Historical Society hosts its annual Vintage Sale and Home Tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at La Verne Church of the Brethren, 2425 E St. Docent led tours of five historic homes and the Church of the Brethren are $10. More info is at lavernehistoricalsociety.org.

 

• The eighth annual Claremont Educational Foundation Chocolate Walk runs from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Village. Tickets are $30, family four packs are $100. Check-in begins at 1:30 at Shelton Park, at the corner of Harvard and Bonita avenues. Proceeds support Claremont schools, students, and staff. Information and tickets are at supportcef.com/chocolatewalk.

 

• The 6 to 9 p.m. Ontario Art Walk features exhibitions, pop-up galleries, artist talks, live music, and art events throughout the downtown Ontario arts district along Euclid Avenue. Visit ontarioartwalk.org for a map.

 

• Liana Rose Veratudela, accompanied by Justine Rafael and Ernest Figueroa, returns to the Ophelia’s Jump Music Lounge, 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite H, Upland, for an 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $20 at opheliasjump.org.

 

 

Sunday, November 17

• 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 details.

 

• The Heroes for Hope 5K, an initiative of the North Hills Church to benefit the Foothill Family Shelter, begins at 9 a.m. at Roberts Pavilion, 690 N. Mills Ave., Claremont. Registration is $35 for adults and $25 for kids at heroesforhope5k.com.

 

• Today’s the last day to view Ontario Museum of History and Art’s “The Art of Healing: Holistic Expressions,” at 225 S. Euclid Ave., Ontario. Museum hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Learn more at ontariomuseum.org.

 

• Polyhedra plays from 2 to 5 p.m. at this week’s free and open to the public Jazz at College Center concert at 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at jazzatcollegecenter.com.

 

• Harvey Mudd College welcomes the Los Angeles Arab Orchestra for a free and open to the public 7 p.m. concert at Drinkward Recital Hall, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at arts.hmc.edu.

 

 

Monday, November 18

• A veterans service officer provides free assistance to veterans and families every Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St. Visit cityoflaverne.org for info.

 

• Chess for fun, a Monday chess group for beginners through experienced players, meets from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont.

 

• The free Joslyn readers book club for seniors meets from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. November’s read is “Crossing to Safety” by Wallace Stegner. Info is at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation, search “readers.”

 

• Andrew Sinclair, an assistant professor at Claremont McKenna College, continues CMC’s 2024-2025 free and public Athenaeum speaker series with his 6:45 p.m. lecture, “The Tiger and the Octopus: Political Reform, New York, California, and the Crisis of American Politics,” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Tuesday, November 19

• Career coach Liz Mohler shows adults how to network with other business professionals during an 11 a.m. virtual program. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Lincoln Land Fellows Sasha Geschwind, Raam Ravi, and Jessica Geiger deliver “Effectiveness of Municipal Collaboration for Watershed Management in the Southern Colorado River Basin,” a free noon Zoom lecture as part of Claremont Graduate University’s Tuesday Talks series. Learn more or sign up at cgu.edu/event/tuesday-talks.

 

• The Pomona College Jazz Ensemble performs a free and open to the public 4:30 p.m. concert at Thatcher Music Building, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• Meditation instructor Doug Frankel leads a free 5 to 6 p.m. virtual stress reduction event. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Claremont Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. at council chambers, 225 W. Second St. Agendas are posted online and at city hall the Thursday before the meeting. Visit ci.claremont.ca.us for info.

 

 

Wednesday, November 20

• 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.

 

• Mona Susan Power draws comparisons with Native American culture and her 2023 book, “A Council of Dolls,” during a 4 p.m. virtual author talk. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Ghaith al-Omari, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute’s Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship, and Dennis Ross, counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, combine for a free and public 4:15 to 6 p.m. conversation on Israel and Palestineat Smith Campus Center’s Rose Hills Theatre, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont. Info is at pomona.edu/events.

 

• Accordionist Alex Meixner, nyckelharpa (a bowed chordophone from Sweden) and violin player Sandra Wong, and Pomona College associate music professor Gibb Schreffler hold a free and open to the public 5 p.m. program at Thatcher Music Building’s Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont. Doors open about 4:30.

 

• The 5 to 8 p.m. multi-chamber mixer hosted by the Pomona Chamber of Commerce at 320 S. Thomas St., Pomona, is free for members and $10 for nonmembers at pomonachamber.org.

 

• Claremont Graduate University and the Justice Education Center invite the public to a free 6 p.m. private screening and panel discussion of “Defining Moments: The Life & Leadership of Frances Hesselbein,” at Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave. Attendees must RSVP at admissions.cgu.edu.

 

• Saxophonist Floris van der Veken and composer and pianist Marlies Hollevoet continue Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 free and open to the public Athenaeum concert series, “In Freundschaft – In Friendship,”with their 6:45 p.m. program at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont.

 

• A free and open to the public 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Pomona College student recital will be held at Thatcher Music Building’s Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

 

Thursday, November 21

• Kim Clark, author of “Leading Through: Activating the Soul, Heart, and Mind of Leadership,” will be interviewed over Zoom at 10 a.m. for the Drucker School Global Family Business Institute’s free Authors at Drucker series. RSVP at cgu.edu/event.

 

• New Yorker staff writer Peter Kessler discusses his latest book, “Other Rivers,” at a free and open to the public 4:15 p.m. event at The Claremont Colleges Library, 800 N. Dartmouth Ave.

 

• The Claremont Chamber of Commerce hosts a 5 p.m. ribbon cutting at Petiscos, 211 W. First St. RSVP at business.claremontchamber.org.

 

• Local children learn to make their own instruments and to sing during sonic safari, a free 5 to 6 p.m. class at Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education meeting begins with a 5:30 p.m. closed session before the public portion gets underway at about 6 at 170 W. San Jose Ave. Click cusd.claremont.edu/board to view the agenda or call (909) 398-0609 for more info.

 

• Melvin Rogers, the Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Political Science and associate director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University, continues Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 Athenaeum speaker series with his 6:45 p.m. lecture, “James Baldwin on History, Responsibility, and Atonement,” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. This presentation kicks off CMC’s “Baldwin at 100” conference. Learn more at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Claremont High School Theatre Department hosts a 7 p.m. movie fundraiser at Laemmle Claremont 5, 450 W. Second St. “Wicked” (2024) will be screened and admission, $40, comes with popcorn, a drink, a raffle ticket, and a commemorative poster. For tickets, visit chstheatre2129.ludus.com.

 

• Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, invites the public to a free 7 p.m. screening of “Star Choir,” a film that chronicles The Industry’s 2023 premiere of Star Choir at the Mount Wilson Observatory. Info is at pomona.edu/museum.

 

 

Friday, November 22

• The business community and public are welcome to meet the Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 9500 Cleveland Ave., Suite 110. Event and RSVP info are at business.ranchochamber.org.

 

• The American Museum of Ceramic Art hosts Christina A. West, the artist behind AMOCA’s current exhibit “Strut,” for a virtual noon talk that will be followed by a Q&A. For more info or to register, go to amoca.org/events.

 

• “Paint” (2023) is this week’s 12:30 p.m. movie matinee at Blaisdell Senior Center, 440 S. College Ave., Claremont. Free popcorn is available. Call (909) 399-5367 with questions.

 

• Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts a free and open to the public gallery talk at 2 p.m. Info is at pomona.edu/museum.

 

• Kids 13 to 17 can learn the importance of strawberries to different Native American cultures while making cross stitch creations during a 4 to 5 p.m. event at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• The Ovitt Family Community Library, at 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts Friday night frights, a free 4 to 5:30 p.m. event for teenagers centered around scary art.

 

• The Pomona College Orchestra will be joined by Robert deMaine, principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, for free and open to the public concerts at 8 p.m. tonight and at 3 p.m. November 24 at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. Program info is at pomona.edu/events.

 

 

Saturday, November 23

• Learn about Los Angeles County Library programs and services during a free 11 a.m. virtual program. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Poets are invited to speak at the Friends of the Claremont Library’s annual free 2 p.m. fourth Saturdays poetry open mic at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. Sign-ups open at 1:50 and poets of all ages are allowed to read two pages or two poems.

 

• La Verne Symphony Orchestra’s annual free and open to the public 4 p.m. winter concert will be conducted by Sylvia Lee Mann and feature works by Bach, Beach, Bizet, Dvořák, Jenkins, Rimsky-Korsakov, and others at University of La Verne’s Morgan Auditorium, 1950 Third St. A $10 donation is appreciated.

 

• The Claremont Concert Choir and Claremont Treble Singers host “Earth and Moon, Sun and Stars,” a free and public 7:30 p.m. concert featuring music by Stacey Gibbs, Alberto Grau, Hilary Tann, Eric Whitacre, and others, at Garrison Theater, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont.

 

• Pomona College faculty and guest artists come together to perform the music of George Crumb during a free and open to the public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

• Journey tribute band Frontiers play at 8 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets, $50-$71, are at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.