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We all know that words have power. Curated by Chloe Martinez, pictured, the new exhibit at Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, “She Opens the Door: Women Artists and Writers Shape Language and Space,” harnesses that power to inspire a new art-going experience, one that pairs the written language with the visual to showcase and explore gender, community, and agency. Photo/by Adrianne Mathiowetz
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com The start of the school year is often a busy time for Claremont High School’s Lyle Mideiros. The 17-year-old, now in his senior year, juggles the demands of school work and teenage social life with the rigorous schedule brought by autumn’s cross-country and band competitions. Even so, he manages to […]
by Drew Ready, Char Miller, and Fred Roth It is vital to acknowledge the trauma and fear that recent windstorms and wildfire events have generated in Claremont. The instinct to protect our families, homes, and neighbors is universal. However, the recent call to preemptively remove 207 pines in Claraboya — based on the fear that […]
After a series of storms moved east through Claremont last week, clearing dust, haze, and pollution from the air, the remaining red, orange, and gold wavelengths became especially vivid at sunset from Moab Drive in Claremont. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Regency Theatres, a private, family owned company with 28 locations in Southern California including in Azusa, Fontana, and Pasadena, will take ownership of the Laemmle Claremont 5 in late January. “We hope that everybody will support the new operator so that Claremont can maintain, still continue to have its own movie theater,” said Laemmle Theatres President and CEO Greg Laemmle. Laemmle patrons must use their gift cards, premier cards, and frequent moviegoer tickets prior to the ownership change. Photo/courtesy of Laemmle Theatres
The City of Claremont is seeking applicants to serve as citizen representative on its hotel or motel interdepartmental team. As part of Claremont’s 2023 hotel/motel ordinance, which was aimed at addressing criminal and nuisance activity at the city’s lodging businesses, the interdepartmental team is tasked with performing outreach and feedback gathering from community members impacted […]
Ontario International Airport’s communications and marketing department recently received two Public Relations Society of America Inland Empire Chapter Polaris Awards in the “tactics – special events” and the “campaigns – innovative communications” categories for its 5K at the Runway event and the “So Cal. So Easy” initiative. Learn more at flyontario.com.
The 18th Claremont Turkey Trot children’s 1K gets underway at 7:30 a.m. Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 27, followed by the 5K at 8 at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art kicks off “She Opens the Door: Women Artists and Writers Shape Language and Space,” with a free and public reception Saturday, December 6, during the 6 to 9 p.m. Claremont Art Walk at 200 W. First St.
The Claremont High School Band and Color Guard claimed second place in the 4A Division at the November 13 South Hills Field Competition.
“As we pulled up to the restaurant there he was: ‘The Corral Kid’ in all his cartoonish cowboy glory, just as I remembered him. A good sign! Stepping inside, I was overwhelmed by an orgy of 1970s kitsch; the chuck wagon, the western paraphernalia — rifles, lassos, posters, old-timey lamps, steer horns, horseshoes, and various farm implements — all remained. It appeared largely unchanged from its 1965 beginnings. I could not believe what I was seeing. It was the best kind of flashback.”
Friends, family, organizers, and volunteers from Claremont After-School Programs gathered November 9 at Claremont Graduate University to celebrate CLASP’s 20th anniversary and the volunteers who have dedicated 15 years or more to the program, including Cass Armstrong, pictured here. Photo/by Denise Zondervan
Our little town had its moment on the big screen in the big city this past weekend when “Walter,” a short film by local filmmaker Julie Restivo, pictured here, premiered at New York City’s Big Apple Film Festival. The film is a family affair — Restivo’s two kids star and her husband makes an appearance — and Claremont is more than the short’s setting; it was also a muse.
Congratulations to Tony Witt, one of just three readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where am I?” as the striking architectural sculpture on the Old School House building at Indian Hill and Foothill Boulevard. The historic 1911 building (rebuilt in 1930 following the Long Beach earthquake) once housed Claremont High School, and is now home to Elvira’s Grill. Tony is now entered into the year-end drawing for a one-year subscription to everyone’s favorite award-winning local newspaper, the Claremont Courier. So, “Where am I” this week? Email your answer, full name, and city of residence — and suggestions for future mystery photos — to contest@claremont-courier.com for your chance to win. Courier photo/Tom Smith
Claremont native Tyler Anthony and his metal group Dissonance are competing in Danny Wimmer Presents’ “Battle for the Big Stage,” a national music contest that streams on Twitch TV every Sunday, with unsigned bands competing for a chance to play the 2026 Welcome to Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach, Florida. The weekly event, part of […]
CUSD Board of Education president Kathryn Dunn and Claremont Mayor Corey Calaycay at the November 13 special meeting of Claremont City Council and Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education, which included discussion of ongoing collaborative opportunities and various program updates. It was the first such joint meeting of the two bodies since September 2019. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo