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Volunteers are needed for the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, which will take place in Claremont from 7 p.m. to midnight Wednesday, February 19.

Young people in grades seven through 12 who attend school or live in Ontario are invited to submit poetic, graphic design-based, drawn, painted and/or mixed media works for Ontario’s Ink and Imagination Teen Art and Literature Showcase.

Scripps College’s Denison Library and Clark Humanities Museum host a free and open to the public reception for April Katz’s exhibit, “Marking Time,” at 5 p.m. Thursday, February 6 at Clark Humanities Museum, 981 Amherst Ave., Claremont.

The deadline is approaching for undergraduate students to submit topic proposals for April’s 23rd annual Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union at Scripps College.

Claremont Lewis Museum of Art hosts a free tour of its exhibit, “Home in Aztlán: The Garcia Collection of Chicanx Art,” led by curator Seth Pringle, at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 11 at 200 W. First St.

Free and open to the public events around the Friends of the Claremont Library’s 2025 On the Same Page community read, “Hollywood Park,” by Mikel Jollett, begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 25 with discussion at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

Keck Graduate Institute recently named Angelika Niemz as dean of the school’s Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences. She will oversee KGI’s largest school of programs.

Claremont High School Theatre Department’s first production of the year, Brian Yorkey’s 2008 musical “Next To Normal,” will run at 7 p.m. February 13-15, with a 1 p.m. matinee performance on February 15 at the Don F. Fruechte Theater for the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

Claremont Recreation and Human Services Department is offering $40 tickets for folks 55 and older to attend “The Sound of Music” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 21 at Lewis Family Playhouse in Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets for the excursion include round trip transportation from Alexander Hughes Community Center in Claremont.

This year’s Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count has been postponed for at least 30 days due to fires in Los Angeles County. “The recent wildfires have created significant challenges and disruptions across the region, including evacuations, displacement of individuals experiencing homelessness, and disruptions to essential supportive services,” read a post atclaremontca.gov/news-articles. “LAHSA determined that conducting […]

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health declared a local health emergency last week,  and banned the use of leaf and other air blowers. “To help protect the health and wellbeing of residents, the use of power air blowers, including leaf blowers, is prohibited until further notice,” read a LACDPH news release. “These devices stir […]

People over 55 are invited to tour Tri-City Mental Health Services’ newly reopened therapeutic community garden, at 2008 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, on Thursday, January 30 during a free 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. field trip by Claremont’s Recreation and Human Services Department. A Tri-City representative will lead the tour and explain mindfulness practices. Round […]

The annual free and open to the public Sycamore Elementary School Secondhand Swap Sale runs from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, January 11 at 225 W. Eighth St., Claremont, and features treasures, clothes, books, toys, and small furniture for sale. Proceeds benefit the school. More info is at my.cheddarup.com/c/2025-sycamore-secondhand-swap.

Four new exhibits are on display at Sasse Museum of Art, 300 S. Thomas St., Pomona, with free and public artist receptions scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, January 19. “Onkalo,” paintings by Deena Capparelli, runs through January 25. “Mind Tapestries,” by Carlos Grasso, “Emotive Dominion,” by photographer Ted Rigoni, and “Melting Into Air,” […]

Claremont Community Services Department will collect holiday trees on regular trash days through Thursday, January 16. To ensure collection, place the tree next to a trash container and make sure it is free of any stands, ornaments, or tinsel. Trees over six feet must be cut in half. Flocked or fire-retardant trees will not be […]