­What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

 

Friday, October 18

• La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St., is the site of a free 9:30 a.m. seminar for seniors on Proposition 19. RSVP by calling (909) 596-8776.

 

• Pianists Jennie Jung and Kyungmi Kim perform a free and open to the public 12:15 p.m. concert at Thatcher Music Building’s Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Blvd., Claremont. Program info is at pomona.edu.

 

• The Friends of the Claremont Library hosts a free 4 p.m. face painting workshop for children ages 12 to 17 at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, hosts Things That Go Bump in the Night, a 5:30 to 9 p.m. nighttime adventure today and tomorrow. Adult admission is $20; $15 for students, seniors, children ages 3 to 12 and CalBG adults; and $10 for CalBG students, seniors, children at calbg.org.

 

• Inland Valley Repertory Theatre presents Disney’s rendition of “The Little Mermaid” at the Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $39-$85, and info on other dates are at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.

 

• Richard Savino and his chamber ensemble El Mundo, joined by Pomona College faculty soprano Melissa Givens, perform a free and open to the public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

 

Saturday, October 19

• From 9 a.m. to noon the City of Ontario hosts its free and open to the public howl-o-ween costume dog pawty at Whispering Lakes Dog Park, 2525 E. Riverside Dr. Info is at ontarioca.gov/specialevents.

 

• The free and open to the public Ontario Arts Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Downtown Ontario Arts District along Euclid Avenue. Learn more at ontariomuseum.org/ontario_arts_festival.

 

• The City of Claremont’s annual free and open to the public Halloween Spooktacular runs from 2 to 5 p.m. with carnival-style games, dog and children’s costume contests, a spooky stories corner, a special needs sensory zone, and more at Lewis Park, 881 Syracuse Dr.

 

• The Pomona Police Department host a free 3 to 6 p.m. spooktacular celebration at 490 W. Mission Blvd., Pomona.

 

• Families are invited to the City of Rancho Cucamonga’s free 3 to 6 p.m. trunk-or-treat event at the Rancho Cucamonga Sports Center, 8303 Rochester Ave.

 

• The free and open to the public San Dimas Halloween spooktacular runs from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at San Dimas City Hall, 245 E. Bonita Ave.

 

• A free and open to the public 6 to 9 p.m. opening reception for Claremont Graduate University’s latest exhibit, “The Delicate Ties that Bind,” will be held at the Peggy Phelps and East galleries, 251 E. 10th St., Claremont. The exhibit runs through Friday, November 1 and hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info is at cgu.edu/event.

 

• The Claremont Concert Orchestra performs works by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky during a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. concert today and tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont.

 

 

Sunday, October 20

• Learn about leaf skeletons and create your own sampler during a 2 p.m. workshop led by Claremont Graduate University botany program student Kimberly Schaefer at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Admission is $50 for the public and $45 for CalBG members at calbg.org.

 

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

 

• 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.

 

• Pianist María Pérez opens Claremont Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-2025 season with a free and open to the public 3:30 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. Door opens at 3. Program info is at claremontso.org.

 

• Claremont High School Theatre Department presents “The 24 Hour Plays” at 7 p.m. at the Don F. Fruechte Theater for the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. General admission is $15 and student tickets are $10 at chstheatre2129.ludus.com.

 

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

 

 

Monday, October 21

• 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.

 

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

 

• Poets Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman continue Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 Athenaeum speaker series with their joint 6:45 p.m. program, “Poetry Reading, Reflections, and Conversation: An Evening with Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman,” at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. Learn more atcmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Musicians from the Ontario Chaffey Community Show Band and Petrocelli family perform “Adventures in Latin Music,” a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m. concert at Chaffey High School’s Gardiner Spring Auditorium, 1250 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario. For more information, visit showband.net.

 

 

Tuesday, October 22

• Women in Business Connections, a free monthly networking seminar for women, meets at 8 a.m. at 614 N. Lone Hill Ave., San Dimas. RSVP at sandimaschamber.chambermaster.com/events.

 

• Those six months and older can get a free flu or COVID-19 vaccination from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. Consent will be requested for those who are unable to consent themselves, and minors must be accompanied by an adult. Insurance information will be requested, but is not required. Vaccine information is at vaccinatelacounty.com.

 

• Lori Gottlieb, a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,” leads an 11 a.m. virtual author talk. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Retired attorney David Sonner, the immediate past president of the University Club of Claremont, will showcase photos from summer hikes with his son Paul during the club’s noon program at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Lunch is $20 for members and guests.

 

• Kevin Grieco, a postdoctoral fellow at Local Government Revenue Initiative, delivers “Building Fiscal Capacity with Traditional Political Institutions: Experimental and Qualitative Evidence from Sierra Leone,” a free noon Zoom lecture, part of Claremont Graduate University’s Tuesday Talks series. Learn more or sign up at cgu.edu/event/tuesday-talks.

 

• Meet and learn more about the Claremont Police Department’s newest K9, Pria, during a free and open to the public 2 to 7 p.m. event at Unleashed, 905 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• The Upland Chamber of Commerce invites the public to a 5 p.m. ribbon cutting to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Nuno’s Bistro and Bar, 2440 W. Arrow Rte., Suite 4A.

 

• Today’s Claremont City Council meeting at 225 W. Second St. opens to the public at 6:30 p.m. Agendas are posted at claremont.ca.us 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, October 23

• Adults interested in running a home-based food business should attend a free 3 p.m. virtual food business workshop hosted by Los Angeles County Library. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• 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.

 

• Pomona College hosts Will Palmisano, Sophie Chu, and Thomas McHenry for a free and open to the public 4 to 5 p.m. panel discussion on the environmental effects of carbon removal at Smith Campus Center, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont.

 

• Claremont Graduate University’s Masters in Fine Arts program hosts artist Fabian Debora for a free and open to the public 4:30 p.m. lecture and Q-and-A session at the Board of Trustees Room in Harper Hall, 150 E. 10th St., Claremont. Info is at cgu.edu.

 

• Grammy Award-winning pianist Nadia Shpachenko and guest artist Jonathan Russell, clarinet, perform “Unbreakable Spirit: Music of Resilience,” an 8 p.m. concert at Cal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall, 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona. General admission is $20, students and seniors $10, at cpp.edu/class/music.

 

 

Thursday, October 24

• Seniors can learn about technology from 3:45 to 5 p.m. at the Youth Activity Center, 1717 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont, with teen techies, a free drop-in course.

 

• Author Lucy Ives, the Bonderman Assistant Professor of the Practice in Literary Arts at Brown University, leads a free and open to the public 4:15 p.m. reading and discussion at Crookshank Hall, 140 W. Sixth St., Claremont.

 

• Pomona Public Library, 625 S. Garey Ave., hosts a free and open to the public 4:30 p.m. crochet lab led by Khaos Crafts.

 

• Sustainable Claremont’s 2024 gala, featuring locally sourced food, a silent auction, and a presentation on the group’s last program year as well as a look ahead, takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. Single admission is $100 at donorbox.org/annualmeeting-2024.

 

• Wendy Slatkin, a lecturer at Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design, continues Claremont Lewis Museum of Art’s October lecture series, Revolutions & Revelations: Avant-Garde Art of the 20th Century, with “1970s’: Pomona College, Earth Works, Conceptual Art, Performance, Feminism, Hamrol, Smithson, Haacke, Burden, Chicago, Mendieta, Sherman” at 6 p.m. at 200 W. First St., Claremont. More information is at clmoa.org.

 

• The public is invited to honor late domestic violence victims at House of Ruth’s free 6 to 8 p.m. candlelight vigil at 599 N. Main St., Pomona. Email aspencer@houseofruthinc.org for information.

 

• Linde B. Lehtinen, the Philip D. Nathanson Senior Curator of Photography at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, leads a free and open to the public 7 p.m. Scripps Presents lecture on “Decompositions: Photography by Nancy Macko,” at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont. RSVP at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

 

• Citrus College Musical Theatre Workshop presents “Carrie: The Musical” at the Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora. Shows are set for 7 p.m. October 24-26, and 2 p.m. October 27. Adults are $34, seniors $29, and students are $20 at haughpac.com. The show depicts mature themes and is not appropriate for children.

 

 

Friday, October 25

• The Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts baby band, a free 10:20 a.m. music enrichment session for children ages 6 months to 2 years old. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/event.

 

• Colorado Governor Jared Polis and former United States Representative David Dreier continue Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 Athenaeum speaker series with the 11:30 a.m. program, “The Future of American Politics: the 2024 Dreier Roundtable Civility Award,” at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. Learn more at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

• Pianists Stephan Moss and Amelia Hammondperform a free and open to the public 12:15 p.m. concert at Thatcher Music Building’s Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Blvd., Claremont. Program info is at pomona.edu.

 

• “The Witches” (2020) 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 for more info.

 

• 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.

 

• The Claremont Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location from 3 to 11 p.m. Drivers will be stopped to ensure they have valid driver licenses, are not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and that they and their passengers are wearing seat belts. Info is at ci.claremont.ca.us.

 

• Halloween Hop, a dance for special needs people, runs from 5 to 8 p.m. at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St. Tickets are $7 at the door. Parents and guardians do not need to purchase a ticket. Call (909) 596-8776 for more info.

 

• California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, invites the public to cinema botanica, a 5:30 p.m. movie event with an activity station, trivia, a costume contest, and a showing of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982). Admission is $15 per adult, $10 for seniors, students, children ages 3 to 12, and CalBG member adults, and $5 for CalBG seniors, student and child members at calbg.org.

 

• The City of Rancho Cucamonga’s IncredABLES 5:30 to 8 p.m. monster mash bash dance for those over age 8 at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd., is $6 per attendee at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Our Lady of the Assumption Church’s trunk-or-treat event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at 435 Berkeley Ave., Claremont.

 

• The City of Pomona invites the community to its free and open to the public 6 to 9 p.m. haunted house with amenities and costume contests at Palomares Park, 499 E. Arrow Highway, today and October 26. Info is at pomonaca.gov.

 

 

Saturday, October 26

• The Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s 42nd annual Village Venture Arts and Crafts Festival takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Village and features over 400 unique vendors, a children’s costume parade, and a beer, wine and cider garden. Learn more at claremontchamber.org.

 

• Classic cars and pumpkins come together during a 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. free and open to the public event at Heritage Park, 5001 Via de Mansion, La Verne. Info is at cityoflaverne.org.

 

• Children ages 12 and under are invited to trick-or-treat in Downtown San Dimas, from Cataract to San Dimas avenues, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info is at chambermaster.sandimaschamber.org/events.

 

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

 

• Grim Readers, a true crime book club at the Upland Public Library, 450 N. Euclid Ave., meets on the last Saturday of every month at 3 p.m. This month’s read is “Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties,” by Dianne Lake and Deborah Herman. Email carissa.barrera@uplandlibrary.org for more information.

 

• The City of Ontario’s Día de Los Muertos community altar at the R. Jack Mercer Ontario Community Bandstand, at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and C Street, will be on display from today through Sunday, November 3. Performances and processions will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. November 1. For more information, go to ontarioca.gov/specialevents.

 

• The City of Montclair’s free and open to the public 6 to 9 p.m. Halloween spooktacular takes place at Montclair Place, 5060 N. Montclair Plaza Ln., and includes trick or treating, kid’s crafts, carnival-style games, costume contest, a live DJ, family-friendly surprises, and the 7:30 p.m. costume contest. Questions? Call (909) 625-9479.

 

• Eclipse Quartet, an ensemble featuring Sara Thornblade, Sara Parkins, Alma Lisa Fernandez, Maggie Parkins, performs a free and open to the public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. Doors open at 7:30. Info is at pomona.edu/events.