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Composer and clarinetist Jonathan Russell and Grammy Award-winning pianist and Cal Poly Pomona professor Nadia Shpachenko perform “Unbreakable Spirit: Music of Resilience,” an 8 p.m. concert at Cal Poly Pomona Recital Hall, 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, on Wednesday, October 23.
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre’s “The Addams Family,” premieres at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 20, at the Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets start at $40 at lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.
Rolling Stones and Tom Petty tribute band Rolling Heartbreakers will headline this year’s OPARC HeartBEAT music festival, set for Saturday, September 23 from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Sontag Greek Theater, at Bonita Avenue and Fourth Street in Claremont. The MLC Band will open the festival with hits from the 1950s to today.
Poet Karen Greenbaum-Maya, a former Claremont Courier restaurant reporter, will read from and sign copies of her new Bamboo Dart Press collection, “The Beautiful Leaves,” from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, September 9 at the Claremont Forum, 586 W. First St.
Be Rosie Salon, 849 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, hosts its annual haircut fundraiser haircut-a-thon, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, September 10 in support of Claremont Educational Foundation. Tickets, $45, are available at supportcef.com/events and eventbrite.com, search “haircut fundraiser.”
The Kiwanis Club of Claremont’s annual Route 66 party, featuring a buffet dinner, live music by Acoustical Mystery Tour, a casino, bingo and a silent auction, takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, September 22 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.
Claremont Chorale hosts a meet and greet reception from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, August 28 at Claremont Community School of Music, 951 W. Foothill Blvd. Guests interested in joining will meet artistic director Alan Wellman and interact with current chorale members.
Locals interested in joining Claremont’s Independence Day Committee can submit applications to atudor@ci.claremont.ca.us by Thursday, September 14. Applications and information are at ci.claremont.ca.us. Call (909) 399-5334 for assistance.
AgingNext, in partnership with LifeStream, holds a blood drive from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, September 11, at 141 Spring St., Claremont. The drive is in conjunction with the day’s volunteer fair, featuring other local nonprofits and a lunch courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Claremont.
Pomona Valley Audubon Society led bird walks through California Botanic Garden resume Sunday, September 3, and will continue on the first Sunday of each month.
The American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave. Pomona, hosts an open to the public 4 p.m. opening reception for “Systematic Erosion” by Cj Jilek and “A Traveler’s Guide to Mettlach: Villeroy and Boch” on Saturday, September 9.
The deadline for the city’s special needs survey has been extended to Friday, September 15.
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