by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, September 26

• Tickets are $10-$25 for the Grand National Truck Show, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. September 26-27 at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.
• The Cornucopia Baroque Ensemble performs a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.
• Montclair Place’s pumpkin patch opens at 4 p.m. at 5060 E. Montclair Plaza Ln. It runs through November 2, open 4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, and noon to 10 p.m. weekends. Learn more at com/events.
• Celebrate Route 66 withthe Kiwanis Club of Claremont at its 6 to 10 p.m. party at the DoubleTree, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Tickets are $100 at ly/2025kiwanisroute66 or $120 at the door.
• Claremont’s 6-9 p.m. free live music showcase, Friday Nights Live, continues with Soulshine (rock/pop) at Village Plaza, James Donaldson (rock/pop) at the chamber of commerce, and Sidekarz (classic rock) at Shelton Park. Info is at org/friday-nights-live.
• A free 6 p.m. screening of “ Peabody and Sherman” takes place at Tri-City Mental Health Services’ wellness center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.
• Claremont High School Theatre Department’s “The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals” wraps its run at 7 p.m. at the Don F. Freuchte Theatre of the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Tickets are $10-$12 at chstheatre.cusd.claremont.edu.
• Ophelia’s Jump Productions’ “The 39 Steps,” runs at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays from September 26-October 5 at 2009 Porterfield Way, Ste. I, Upland. Tickets are $20-$40 at org.

Saturday, September 27

• Registration for “runnin’ scared,” a 5K, 1K and toddler trot hosted by San Dimas at Civic Center Park, 245 E. Bonita Ave., opens at 6:30 a.m. Fees are $40 for the 5K at 7:30, $30 for the 1K walk at 9; and $15 trot at 9:30. Costumes are welcome. Register ahead online at gov.
• Drop off e-waste from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. September 27-28 at a collection event at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benito St., Montclair.
• Laemmle Claremont 5, 450 W. Second St., screens “Brides” and “True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival” at 10 a.m. September 27-28. Tickets, $13-$16, are at com/special-events.
• A free 9 a.m. to noon hiring fair takes place at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd. Rancho Cucamonga. Learn more at us/events.
• Tickets are $10-$15 for an 11 a.m. weaving workshop at American Museum of Ceramic Art hosts, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. RSVP at org.
• Tickets are $65 for an 11 a.m. watercolor workshop by Aleta Jacobson at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga. Register at org.
• Adoption fees are waived at Inland Valley Humane Society’s noon to 4:30 p.m. “clear our kennels” event at 500 Humane Way, Pomona. Info is at org/clear-our-kennels.
• Poets Lucia Galloway, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Genevieve Kaplan and George Hammons are this month’s featured guests at the Friends of the Claremont Library’s free fourth Saturdays poetry event at 2 p.m. at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.
• Tickets are $100 at org for the Rotary Club of Uplands’ 5 to 9 p.m. Lobsterfest fundraiser at YMCA, 1150 E. Foothill Blvd., Upland.
• Award-winning songwriter Joel Rafael is joined by Claremont’s Citrus Sisters for a 7:30 p.m. concert at Folk Music Center, 220 N. Yale Ave. Tickets are $20 at the store or the door. More info is at com/events.
• “Rains, Bells and ConcorDance,” a free and public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont, features pianist Genevieve Feiwen Lee.

Sunday, September 28

• 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 orgfor more info.
• Wedding vendors will be on hand from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Padua Hills Theatre wedding show at 4467 Padua Ave., Claremont. RSVP for free at com, search “Padua Hills wedding show.”
• Pacific Jazz Quartet play 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.

Monday, September 29

• Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, hosts a free noon workshop to create custom calaveras, or painted Dia de los Muertos skulls. More info is at edu.
• Debak Das of University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs continues Claremont McKenna College’s free and public Athenaeum speaker series with his 12:45 p.m. lecture, “The Global Nuclear Order and the Proliferation of Delivery Systems,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at edu/athenaeum.
• Families can combine colors at Ovitt Family Community Library’s free 4 to 5 p.m. color lab at 215 E. C St., Ontario.
• Pomona Public Library hosts Lego club, a free 4:30 p.m. building program for children at 625 S. Garey Ave.
• Claremont McKenna College’s hosts alumnus Ashwin Gulati for a 6:45 p.m. talk, “The Unspoken Truths from the Entrepreneurial Trenches,” part of the free and public Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at edu/athenaeum.

Tuesday, September 30

• The yarn crafts with kindness groupinvites crocheters to twiddle time, its 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday events at the Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, throughout September. The group is compiling textured sleeves for seniors in memory care centers. Visit ly/whatistwid for more info.
• A free screening of “Following The Ninth: In The Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony,” presented by Claremont Film Festival, will be held at 7 p.m. at Pitzer College’s Benson Auditorium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont.
• Claremont McKenna College alumna Jessica Fagerstrom returns to campus for a free and public 6:45 p.m. Athenaeum speaker series talk, “From CMC to Cancer Care: A Physicist’s Journey at the Intersection of Science and Medicine,” at 385 E. Eighth St. Learn more at edu/athenaeum.
• Former professional football player K. Russell talks about his memoir and his experience as the first openly bisexual NFL player during a free 7 p.m. Scripps Presents in Conversation event at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave. Get tickets at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

Wednesday, October 1

• Sowing Seeds for Life’s free food pantry runs from 8 to 11 a.m. at Charisma Life Church, 305 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona, while supplies last. Visit org for details.
• Connect with Pomona police over coffee from 9 to 11 a.m. at The Union, 350 N Garey Ave., Pomona.
• San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave., hosts a free 10:30 a.m. book club highlighting “The Art Thief” by Michael Finkel.
• Scripps College alumna and art conservation major Gillian Holzer speaks at a free Scripps Presents @Noon event at the Hampton Room, 1030 Columbia Ave. RSVP at edu/events/calendar.
• 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 lacountylibrary.org/events.
• Claremont Graduate University professor Jenny Kim opens this semester’s faculty concert series with a free and public 5 p.m. performance at Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave.
• Tickets are $60 at us/events for the City of Rancho Cucamonga’s 6 to 10 p.m. heart saver CPR and automated external defibrillator certification course at All-Risk Training Center, 11285 Jersey Blvd.
• Accordionist Michael Bridge and vocalist Grace Steward combine for the free and open to the public “The Concert Accordion: 226 Buttons, 860 Reeds, Boundless Possibilities,” part of Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum speaker series, at 6:45 p.m. at 385 E. Eighth St. More info is at edu/athenaeum.

Thursday, October 2

• Today’s the deadline to register for the Rembrandt Club’s October 9 trip to the University of Irvine’s Langson Institute and Museum of California Art. Tickets are $45-$55. RSVP at org..

·      • Los Angeles County Public Library hosts a free 11 a.m. virtual talk with Adrian Aldaba and Emily Key, “Nuestra América: 30 Inspiring Latinas/Latinos Who Have Shaped the United States.” Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

• Mathematician and pianist Eugenia Cheng brings “Mathematical Secrets in Music,” a free 12:45 p.m. talk and concert, to Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. Learn more at edu/athenaeum.
• RSVP for Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s free 4 to 5 p.m. networking mixer at Buzzworthy Beverages, 305 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont, at claremontchamber.org.
• A free crochet lesson for children 5 to 12 begins at 6 p.m. at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.
• Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives David Dreier and former White House counsel John W. Dean III talk “Public Service Then & Now: From Nixon to Trump,” a free and open to the public 6:45 p.m. lecture, as part of Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum speaker series at 385 E. Eighth St. Learn more at edu/athenaeum.
• Scripps Presents hosts Olympic gold medal gymnast and advocate for mental health and sexual abuse survivors Aly Raisman for a 7 p.m. conversation at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St.Tickets are free at edu/events/calendar.
• A cappella group Filosophy plays at 7:30 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets are $34-$45 at com.

Friday, October 3

• Gibson Senior Center’s annual free and open to the public health and wellness fair runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 250 N. Third Ave., Upland. Event info is at gov.
• La Verne Heritage Foundation opens its annual pumpkin patch at Heritage Park, 5001 Via de Mansion, at 4 p.m. today, with operating hours from 4 to 8 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through October 26. Learn more at org/events.
• Tickets are $10 at org for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s 4:30 p.m. wheel lab for teens ages 12 to 16 at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.
• Our Lady of the Assumption Church’s annual three day Fiesta, with free admission, live entertainment by Cold Shot, The ACE Band and Bobby Z, food, a beer garden, games, and carnival rides, returns to 435 Berkeley Ave., Claremont, from 5 to 10 p.m. today, 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday, October 4, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday, October 5.
• A free and open to the public Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring folkloric dancers, mariachi, and arts and games booth will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Montclair Place’s Center Court, 5060 N. Montclair Plaza Ln.
• Claremont’s 6-9 p.m. free live music showcase, Friday Nights Live, continues with Dynamite Dawson (acoustic covers) at Village Plaza, Ray McNamara (steel pan/reggae) at the chamber of commerce, and Jasmine (classic rock) at Shelton Park. Info is at org/friday-nights-live.
• Tickets are $45-$55 at org for California Botanic Garden’s 6 p.m. botanical cocktail workshop led by staff from Whiskey Loves Basil at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.
• Claremont High School Theatre Department’s mounts “Live Frequency” at 6:30 p.m. at the Don F. Freuchte Theatre of the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Tickets are $5 at chstheatre.cusd.claremont.edu.
• Pomona College Orchestra performs free and open to the public concerts at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont, at 8 p.m. tonight, and 3 p.m. Sunday, October 5.

Saturday, October 4

• Rancho Cucamonga first responders will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fire Station 178, 10595 Town Center Dr., in a free public safety open house. More info is at us/events.
• A free and open to the public artists reception for Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art’s exhibit, “Radical Geographies: possibilities of the imaged landscape” begins at 11 a.m. at 5885 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga. Info is at edu.
• Tickets are $85 for an 11 a.m. papers and print workshop by Sandy Garcia at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga. Register at org.
• View tools and niche equipment people have made at makercon, a free and public 1 to 4 p.m. vendor fair with activities and workshops at Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave.
• The ninth annual San Dimas Beer and Wine Walk runs from 5 to 8 p.m. throughout downtown San Dimas. Admission is $45, $35 for designated drivers at sandimaschamber.org.
• 10,000 Maniacs performs at 8 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets are $50-$81 at com.