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Claremont Graduate University signed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Diversity No Matter What pledge for higher education on July 20.

The graduate college is the first institution to publicly announce its commitment to inclusivity in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on college admissions. It joins a number of universities nationwide in signing the pledge.

AgingNext hosts a free driving workshop for seniors and older adults from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, August 3 at Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont. This course will cover how age impacts driving and how to find alternative transportation.

Search “AgingNext” at eventbrite.com or visit agingnext.org to RSVP. Call (909) 621-9900 for more info.

The Claremont Forum’s Prison Library Project has been awarded the Congressional Leadership Building Bridges Award by Congresswoman Judy Chu of California’s 28th Congressional District. An award ceremony will take place Saturday, July 29 at Arcadia’s Recreation and Community Services Department, 375 Campus Dr. Contact the Claremont Forum at (909) 626-3066 or claremontforum.org/contact for more information.

The Reptile Super Show returns to the Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, August 12 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, August 13 in Exposition Hall 4. Attendees can view and purchase reptiles, amphibians, turtles, supplies, cages, lights, and supplements, or participate in educational workshops and courses during the event.

In July 1963 — 60 years ago this month — the brand new Claremont Friends Meeting House at 727 Harrison Ave. welcomed Friends for the first time. Previously the Friends had been worshipping in a room at Scripps College. Now they had their own building designed by renowned Claremont architect Fred McDowell, whose wife Emily was a member of the congregation.

The Webb Schools sophomore Eric Gu recently played a violin solo at Carnegie Hall in New York during a concert with Classical European Music Academy Los Angeles, an all-ages orchestra and violin academy, for the Symphonic Series for Bands and Orchestras.

Claremont High School’s class of 1961 is reuniting from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, August 5 at Cannery Seafood of the Pacific, 3010 Lafayette Ave., Newport Beach, CA 92663.

Harvey Mudd College students Ryan O’Hara and Lucien Tsai were recently named astronaut scholars by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The pair were chosen among 68 undergraduate juniors and seniors from 46 universities and colleges around the nation based on “their exemplary academic performance, ingenuity and unique aptitude for research,” a news release read.

Express Workforce Foundation presents “Grease” at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 29 at 10871 Central Ave., Ontario. Tickets are $10 at eventbrite.com, search “Lifetime Day Program.” For more details visit ewffoundation.org/lifetime-adult-day.

St. Ambrose Episcopal Church’s free country fair and community picnic takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 22 at 830 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont.

The Friends of the Claremont Library invite the community to a free and open to the public children’s book festival at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 29. The event includes books, crafts, and librarians reading stories.

Marisa Nicely, author of “Ezer the Bagel: The Rescue,” will launch the second book in her children’s series, “Ezer the Bagel and Friends,” at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 12 at Claremont Chamber of Commerce, 205 Yale Ave. For more information or to RSVP visit business.claremontchamber.org/events.

Nonprofit thrift store the Economy Shop, 325 W. First St. is closed, but the public is invited to donate goods during its offseason. Staff are looking to build up the store’s inventory ahead of its 90th anniversary reopening on Wednesday, August 30.

Ophelia’s Jump Productions’ 2023 Midsummer Shakespeare Festival lineup includes “Measure for Measure” and “The Pirates of Penzance” and runs Thursday, July 13 to Sunday, July 23 at Pomona College’s Sontag Greek Theater, near 300 E. Bonita Ave., Claremont.