What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, July 3

• The first Friday of the month is pay what you can day at American Museum of Ceramic Art, open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Recent high school and college graduates can also register for free admission throughout July at amoca.org/events.

 

• San Dimas’ free and public 4 to 9:30 p.m. Fourth of July celebration featuring live music from The Wrecking Crew, a farmers market, car show, and drone display, opens at 4:30 p.m. at Civic Center Park, 245 E. Bonita Ave. Visit sandimas2026.com/event for more info.

 

• Tickets are $10 at cityofrc.us/events for the 5:30 p.m. IncredABLES karaoke night for caregivers and kids 8 and up at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Road, Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Friday Nights Live continues with 6 to 9 p.m. performances from The Harmony Sisters at Village plaza, Powerflex 5 at the Depot, and The Dogs at Shelton Park. More info is at facebook.com/fridaynighstlive.

 

• Pomona’s free summer movies in the park series continues with “McFarland, USA” at Westmont Park, 1808 W. Ninth St., at dusk.

 

 

Saturday, July 4

• For the 250th time America, happy Independence Day from the Courier!

 

• La Verne’s Fourth of July festivities start at 6:30 a.m. with Methodist Church’s pancake breakfast at 3205 D St., followed by the 10 a.m. parade starting at 10th and D streets. Gates open at 6 p.m. for a concert and fireworks display at Bonita High School, 3102 D St. Tickets are $20. Kids 4 and under are free.

 

• Claremont’s Fourth of July activities begin at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., with the 7 a.m. pancake breakfast, followed by the 7:30 a.m. children’s 1K, 8 a.m. 5K, and the 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. festival. The parade begins at 1. Gates to Pomona College’s Strehle Track, 522 N. Mills Ave., open at 6:30 p.m. ahead of the 9 p.m. fireworks show. Tickets are $15 at claremontca.gov/4th-of-july.

 

• Ontario’s free Fourth of July activities start with a 9 a.m. parade beginning at Euclid Avenue and Fourth Street, followed by the 9:30 to 1:30 p.m. all-states picnic at 224 N. Euclid Ave., an 11 a.m. Ontario Chaffey Community Show Band performance, and a 9 p.m. fireworks show at Westwind Park, 2455 E. Riverside Dr.

 

• Upland’s Light Up the Night Fireworks Spectacular begins at 5:30 p.m. at Holliday Rock, 1401 N. Benson Ave., Upland, with fireworks at 9. For more information visit uplandca.gov. 

 

• Tickets are $15-$125 at cityofrc.us/events for Rancho Cucamonga’s 9 p.m. July 4 fireworks spectacular at Epicenter Sports Complex, 8408 Rochester Ave. Gates open at 6.

 

 

Sunday, July 5

• View locally made crafts, organic food, clothing, and jewelry at the 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Claremont Farmers and Artisans Market. Visit claremontforum.org for more info.
  

 

• Jazz at College Center continues its free 2 to 5 p.m. series with Homero Chavez and Una Noche at 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at jazzatcollegecenter.com.

 

• Seniors gather at Larkin Park, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, for 3 p.m. games of pétanque, weather permitting.

 

• Glendora’s summer concert series continues with the Los Angeles Sheriff Department Band at 6 p.m. at Finkbiner Park, 160 N. Wabash Ave.

 

 

Monday, July 6

• It’s shark week at Lewis Family Branch Library, 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario. Find the hidden shark and earn a prize.

 

• Pomona Public Library’s free Lego club meets at noon Mondays and Thursdays at 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• Ovitt Family Community Library hosts a 6 p.m. crafting workshop for veterans at 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Cold Duck opens Claremont’s Monday night concert series at 7 p.m. at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.

 

 

Tuesday, July 7

• La Verne City Hall, 3660 D St., hosts a 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. blood drive. Register at redcrossblood.org and enter code “CityLV.”

 

• Update your resume during a free 11 a.m. Zoom workshop. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Pomona Public Library’s free summer video game club meets at 4 p.m. at 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave., hosts a free 6:30 p.m. yarn ‘n’ stitch hour.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga continues its summer movies in the park series with “Planes” at 7 p.m. at Victoria Gardens Chaffey Town Square, 12505 N. Main St., repeating at 7 p.m. July 10 at Red Hill Community Park, 7484 Vineyard Ave.

 

• Montclair’s summer movie/concert series continues with “Hoppers” at 8 p.m. at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benito St.

 

 

Wednesday, July 8

• Pacific Community Center, 814 Alpine St., Upland, hosts a new backpack and school supplies donation drive through August 14.

 

• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center hosts free bleed suppression workshops at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at PVHMC Trauma Services, 160 E. Artesia St., Suite 310. Search “stop the bleed” at eventbrite.com to register.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce hosts a free 10 a.m. ice cream social at Bruster’s, 10570 Foothill Blvd., Suite 100. Register at business.ranchochamber.org/events.

 

• Rotary District Governor Dennis Franklin speaks at Rotary Club of San Dimas’ free noon virtual talk. Email sandimasrotary@gmail.com for a Zoom link.

 

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library’s free and public Naloxone (Narcan) clinic runs from noon to 4 p.m. at 208 N. Harvard Ave. Learn more at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Ontario Senior Center hosts a 50 and up water olympics session at 2 p.m. at 225 E. B St. Call (909) 395-2021 for more information.

 

• Pomona Public Library hosts a free 3 p.m. performance from magician Amazing Dave at 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• La Verne Library, 3640 D St., hosts a free 4 to 5 p.m. event for kids to make World Cup themed bookmarks. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Glendora farmers market takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Glendora village.

 

• Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Road, Claremont, celebrates 25 years with a 5:30 p.m. anniversary celebration.

 

• Richard Santillan and Mark Ocegueda discuss “Mexican America Baseball in the Inland Empire” at a free and public 6 p.m. talk at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• OC3 continue San Dimas’s 7 p.m. music in the park series at Civic Center Park, 245 E. Bonita Ave.

 

• Bank of America Imagination Courtyard, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, hosts a free 7 p.m. concert with Smooth Sounds of Santana.

 

• Ontario’s summer concert series continues with Anything for Salinas at 7 p.m. at 224 N. Euclid Ave. Info is at ontarioca.gov/specialevents.

 

• Claremont’s free movies in the park series begins at dusk with “Up” at Lewis Park, 881 Syracuse Dr. Preshow activities start at 7:30 p.m. Learn more at claremontca.gov/movies-in-the-park.

 

 

Thursday, July 9

• Seniors with Get Walking Claremont gather at 8 a.m. at 2471 Indian Hill Blvd. Register at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation.

 

• Pomona Public Library hosts a free 4 p.m. crochet lab at 625 S. Garey Ave.

 

• Artist Carlos Nieto III leads a free 4 p.m. comic drawing course, “think it, ink it,” at La Verne Library, 3640 D St. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Children 9 to 12 can make free portraits of shelter animals from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Lewis Family Branch Library, 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.

 

• Claremont Chamber of Commerce hosts a free 5 p.m. ribbon cutting for Building Block Resolutions, 678 S. Indian Hill Blvd., Suite 100.

 

• McKinley’s annual free ice cream social takes place at 5 p.m. at 762 Cypress St., San Dimas. RSVP at business.claremontchamber.org/events.

 

• Tickets are $65-$75 at eventbrite.com (search “Claremont supper club”) for Claremont Supper Club’s 6 p.m. dinner and jazz concert at Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $7-$21 at calbg.org for California Botanic Garden’s 7 p.m. cinema botanica screening of “Little Shop of Horrors” at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.
  

 

• Rancho Cucamonga’s free summer concert series continues at 7 p.m. with Viva La Coldplay at Red Hill Community Park, 7484 Vineyard Ave.

 

• Pomona Concert Band begins its Thursday summer concert series at 7:30 p.m. at 2199 E. Arrow Hwy., Pomona.

 

 

Friday, July 10

• Claremont Helen Renwick Library, at 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts a free 2 p.m. indigo shibori tie-dye workshop, repeating July 11. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Tickets are $75 at amoca.org for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s basic clay molding classes, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at 301 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Friday Nights Live continues with 6 to 9 p.m. performances from Mohave Beach Band at Village plaza, Moonshine & Daydreams at the Depot, and Chico’s Bail Bonds at Shelton Park. More info is at facebook.com/fridaynighstlive.

 

• Tickets are $25 at tinyurl.com/ccsmpopupchoir for Claremont Chorale’s Mozart choir workshop, 7 to 10 p.m. July 10 and 9 a.m. to noon July 11, at Claremont Community School of Music, 951 W. Foothill Blvd.

 

• Tri-City’s Wellness Center, at 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, hosts a free and public 6 p.m. screening of “The Sandlot.”
  

 

• Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave., screens “Transformers One” at dusk as part of the city’s movies in the park series.

 

• Tickets are $20 at opheliasjump.org for Pierre Englebert’s 7:30 p.m. July 10-11 concerts with Ryan Bohm on bass, Paul Henry on guitar, and Ray McNamara on drums at Ophelia’s Jump, 2009 Porterfield Way, Unit I, Upland.

 

• Pomona’s summer movies in the park series continues with “Detective Pikachu” at Jaycee Park, 2000 N. San Antonio Ave., at dusk.

 

 

Saturday, July 11

• Books, furniture, clothing, art, plants, and other items will be part of Pilgrim Place’s 9 to 11 a.m. first Saturday sale at 625 Mayflower Road., Claremont. Visit pilgrimplace.org/events for more information.

 

• Staff from Delete the Divide host a free online basic tech workshop from 9 a.m. to noon. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Tickets are $15-$25 at lapetfair.com for the Los Angeles Pet Fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 11 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 12 at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.

 

• Tickets are $20-$30 at amoca.org/events for a 1 p.m. mochi making party at American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• La Verne Library, 3640 D St., hosts a free kinetic sculptures workshop from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• American Museum of Ceramic Art docents offer 3 p.m. guided tours of current exhibitions, free with regular admission at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. RSVP at amoca.org.

 

• Tickets are $10 at the door for a 5 to 10 p.m. classic car show at Pacific Community Center, 814 Alpine St., Upland.