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The Friends of the Claremont Library’s On the Same Page Committee will host a number of events to foster community engagement with its 2025-2026 community read, “West with Giraffes” by Lynda Rutledge.
Nonprofit history keepers Claremont Heritage recently received grants totaling $17,500 from the Eastside Arts Initiative and National Trust for Historic Preservation to aid in its mission to document, preserve, and share the region’s cultural heritage.
Tickets are $50 for Remembered Souls Foundation’s 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, December 14 kickoff event, featuring remarks by author and Pomona College sociology professor Pamela Prickett and entertainment by guitarist Steve Torres, at 427 Yale Ave., Claremont.
by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com In the November 28 story “CUSD Board: Unanimous approval for $6.9 million in safety, security upgrades” we reported Claremont Unified School District was to spend $6,889,115 to fund safety, security and student-staff technology upgrades, also known as resolution 06-2026, and would pay back that money in five yearly installments of […]
Granite Creek Community Church’s 24th free and open to the public living nativity takes place from 5 to 9:30 p.m.
McKinley Children’s Center is accepting donations of new, unwrapped toys suitable for babies and people up to age 20 through Monday, December 15 at 180 E. Via Verde, Ste. 200, San Dimas.
Tickets are $41-$106 at ipballet.org for Inland Pacific Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” at noon and 4 p.m. December 13-14 at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont.
The final call for bidding in Claremont Heritage’s annual year-end art auction is noon Sunday, December 14 at claremontheritage.org, select the “year-end art auction” option.
Claremont Graduate University was recently awarded funding from the Office of Indian Education’s Professional Development Program for its Haseya teacher preparation program.
Pomona Concert Band’s free and open to the public holiday concert, “Happy Holidays,” begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 12 at Palomares Park Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona.
The City of Claremont reminds residents hiring holiday light installers that they can confirm businesses are properly licensed at claremontca.gov, search “business license,” and that they should also verify liability insurance and workers’ compensation coverage.
Claremont United Church of Christ will honor principal organist Carey Coker Robertson’s 35 years of service with “Timeless Echoes: An Organ Journey Through Sound and Story,” a concert on the church’s Glatter-Götz/Rosales organ at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 23 at 233 W. Harrison Ave.
by Anne Thorward Recently, one of the founders of Newcomers Access Center told me that the first wave of Syrian refugees arrived here in the Claremont area 10 years ago. Has it been that long? “I remember community folks helping the refugee families in the fall of 2015,” he said. Adnan Aswad would know. His […]
At 7 p.m. Thursday, November 20, Mel Boytnon, president of the United Nations Association’s Pomona Valley chapter, and board members Linda Saeta and Don Martens lead a free and open to the public meeting about their trip to the 2025 UNA-USA Leadership Summit which included sessions on “mastering conflict resolution and sustainable resilience,” “global health from a U.S. perspective,” and “advocacy and activism” at Claremont Graduate University’s Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Patria Church’s food giveaway is set for 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, November 22 at 490 E. La Verne Ave., Pomona, and 10900 Civic Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga.