What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, April 24

• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is offering $50 mammograms throughout April at 1910 Royalty Dr., Pomona; 1601 N. Monte Vista Ave., Claremont; 2333 Foothill Blvd., La Verne; and 2140 Grand Ave., Chino Hills. More info is at pvhmc.org/events-calendar.

 

• RSVPs are due today at chambermaster.sandimaschamber.org for the April 29 multi-chamber mixer at Ontario International Airport’s National Guard hangar, 2180 E. Avion St.

 

• Visit uplandchamber.org to register for a free 8 a.m. website workshop at CCS Interactive, 123 E. Ninth St., Suite 201, Upland.
  

 

• El Ranchero, 984 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, will donate a portion of its proceeds to Philanthropic Educational Organization Chapter PR from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

 

• Pianist Kristin Ditlow and vocalist Sean Stanton perform a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• Yarn in the Yuccas, a fiber arts group free with garden admission, meets at 1:30 p.m. at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. Register at calbg.org.

 

• Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts a free gallery talk from 2 to 2:30 p.m.

 

• Play board games from 2 to 3 p.m. at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Ontario Senior Center, 225 E. B St., hosts a 2 p.m. exercise class for people 50 and up. Call (909) 395-2021 to register.
  

 

• Register for Ontario’s silent disco, $5 per headset, at ontarioca.gov. The event begins with a 5 p.m. sensory hour at 224 N. Euclid Ave.

 

• Tri-City Wellness Center, 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, hosts a free screening of “Over the Moon” at 6 p.m.

 

• Tickets are $15 at cityofrc.us/events for Rancho Cucamonga’s Looking Glass Gala, a 50 and up social event at 6 p.m. at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd.

 

• The Pomona College Band performs a free 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont, repeating at 3 p.m. April 26.

 

• Visit youththeatreworks.com for $20-$25 tickets for Youth Theatre Work’s 8 p.m. production of “Shakespeare’s Magic” at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

 

Saturday, April 25

• Purchases from the Prison Library Project’s online wish list at claremontforum.org/events will be matched up to $1,000 during Independent Bookstore Week through May 2.
  

 

• Registration is $50 at ivhsdogwalk.org for Inland Valley Humane Society’s 8 a.m. Paws 4 Pets Walk at Bonelli Regional Park, 120 E. Via Verde Park Dr., San Dimas. Kids 5 and under are free. Proceeds support inland valley and San Gabriel Valley humane societies.

 

• Volunteers are needed to help with Special Olympics training from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturdays at Claremont High School, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Special needs athletes are also welcome. The Special Olympics Southern California Summer Games take place June 5-7 at Cal State Long Beach. Call or text (909) 518-1496 for more info.

 

• Cal Poly Pomona’s pepperzania sale runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 4102 S. University Dr., Pomona. RSVP at kelloggranch.ticketspice.com/pepperzania.

 

• The Inland Empire chapter of the California Writers Club gathers at 10 a.m. at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 East C St., Ontario, for its free and public monthly meeting.

 

• Tickets are $100 at malooffoundation.org/demos-and-workshops for Manny LeGaspe’s 10:30 a.m. art workshop at Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, 5131 Carnelian St., Rancho Cucamonga.
  

 

• Pitzer College’s Latinx Student Union’s free and public 19th annual Rockabilly Festival and fundraiser for social justice organizations, with live music, a vendor faire and car show, runs from noon to 7 p.m. at 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont.

 

• View memorabilia from local sports teams from noon to 2 p.m. at Ontario Museum of History and Art, 225 S. Euclid Ave. Admission is free.

 

• Discuss Vanessa Miller’s “The Filling Station” at a free virtual 1 p.m. Black Resource Center Book Club meeting at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Poets Patty Seyburn and Allison Adelle Hedge Coke are featured guests for Friends of the Claremont Library’s free 2 p.m. fourth Saturdays poetry event at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Nordic folk music ensemble Keiju Kollektiv perform a free and public 3 p.m. concert at Claremont United Methodist Church, 211 W. Foothill Blvd., as part of its “Music Speaks Beyond Borders” series.

 

• Tickets are $43-$85 at tickets.lewisfamilyplayhouse.com for Inland Pacific Ballet’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 4 p.m. April 25 and 2 p.m. April 26 at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Tickets are $20 at the store or the door for The Disassociation’s 7:30 p.m. debut concert at Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Ave., Claremont. For more info, search “The Disassociation: indie/literary supergroup drops debut record,” at claremont-courier.com.
  

 

• Tickets are $20 at opheliasjump.ludus.com for Both Sides Now at 7:30 p.m. at Ophelia’s Jump music lounge, 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite I, Upland.

 

• Bridges Hall of Music hosts Sarah Thornblade, Danielle Ondarza, and Jennie Jung for “Ligeti’s Homage to Brahms,” a free and open to the public 8 p.m. concert at 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

 

Sunday, April 26

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

 

• Jazz at College Center presents a free concert with Ted Manuel from 2 to 5 p.m. at 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• The Claremont Chamber choir and treble singers take the stage at 3 p.m. at Garrison Theater, 241 E. 10th St., Claremont, for a free and public concert.

 

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

 

• Harvey Mudd College’s Early Music Ensemble performs a free 7 p.m. concert at Shanahan Center, 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

 

Monday, April 27

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

 

• “Student Invitational 2026,” the 49th annual juried exhibition featuring Chaffey College student artists, is up through May 14 at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga. Admission is free 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
  

 

• The Bipartisan Policy Center’s J.D. Rackey delivers “Making Congress Great Again,” a free and open to the public 12:45 p.m. discussion at Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Info is at cmc.edu/athenaeum.
  

 

• Pomona College’s Afro-Cuban Music Ensemble performs a free 8:15 p.m. concert at Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

 

Tuesday, April 28

• Tickets are $40 at business.glendora-chamber.org for the 10 a.m. “women of business” multi-chamber mixer at Glendora Country Club, 2400 Country Club Dr.

 

• Patrick Rhamey of Virginia Military Institute speaks at noon on “Unraveling: The End of the American Order” as part of Claremont Graduate University’s free Tuesday talk series at 1021 N. Dartmouth Ave., and over Zoom at research.cgu.edu.

 

• Tickets are $25 at universityclubofclaremont.org for University Club of Claremont’s noon lunch and 1 p.m. discussion with the Rev. Karen Ride, sister of the late astronaut Sally Ride, “The Legacy of Astronaut Sally Ride,” at DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd.

 

• American Museum of Ceramic Art Artist in Residence Kristy Moreno leads a free virtual talk at noon. RSVP at events.humanitix.com/host/amoca. 

 

• Claremont, La Verne and Pomona residents can register for a free 1 to 3 p.m. webinar on adverse childhood experiences led by Tri-City Mental Health Services staff at tricitymhs.org.

 

• Today’s Claremont City Council meeting at 225 W. Second St. opens to the public at 6:30 p.m. Agendas are posted at claremontca.gov and city hall the Thursday prior to the meeting. To attend virtually, visit zoom.us/j/256208090. Call (213) 338-8477 to listen in via phone.

 

• Claremont McKenna College students Talin Tyvand and Rohan Mathews and alum Zach Ingrasci lead “Lights, Camera, Leap! Turning Creativity into a Career,” a free and public 6:45 p.m. program at the Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St. Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Wednesday, April 29

• 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.

 

• American Museum of Ceramic Art Executive Director Beth Ann Gerstein leads a noon tour of “Fired in Revolution: Ceramics from the People’s Republic of China” at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Museum members are free; non-member tickets are $9-$15 at events.humanitix.com/host/amoca.

 

• A free and open to the public zine and comics festival takes place from noon to 2 p.m. Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• A free 3 p.m. international crafting hour takes place at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.

 

• Children 6 to 12 can RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for La Verne Library’s free 4 p.m. science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics workshop at 3640 D St.

 

• Jesse Emmert is the featured guest speaker at Claremont Heritage’s free 6 p.m. mid-century modern renovation workshop at Ginger Elliott Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Register at hartmanbaldwin.com/events/registration.

 

• Author Sol Smith discusses “The Autistic’s Guide to Self-Discovery: Flourishing as a Neurodivergent Adult” at a free 6 p.m. event at Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario.

 

• Claremont McKenna College hosts Shaun Maguire and Jason Rosenthal for “What Does It Take to Build a Future Worth Living In — and Who Gets to Decide What That Future Looks Like,” a free and public 6:45 p.m. lecture at the Atheneum, 385 E. Eighth St. Register at cmc.edu/athenaeum.

 

 

Thursday, April 30

• Kiwanis Club of Claremont’s annual Route 66 auction closes today at claremontkiwanis.org.

 

• Jason Reynolds leads a free 4 p.m. virtual author talk at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• The Benton Museum of Art hosts “NoNoNosQuitan LoBailado,” a free and open to the public 4:15 p.m. student art exhibit at 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont.

 

• Lewis Family Branch Library holds a free 4:15 p.m. floral crochet workshop for kids 9 to 12 at 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.

 

• Ian Ballard of U.C. Riverside’s Department of Psychology continues Pitzer College’s free and open to the public neuroscience speaker series at 4:30 p.m. with, “The neurobiology of goal-directed leaning,” at Seaver Commons, 601 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• A free and public ribbon cutting grand opening for Fitness By Design, 1164 Monte Vista Ave., Suite 6, Upland, takes place at 5 p.m.

 

• Tickets are $150 at ovationperformingarts.org to the 6-8 p.m. Ovation School for the Performing Arts gala and silent auction at DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Claremont High School Theatre Department mounts “Elephant/Man” at 7 p.m. tonight, and May 1, 8 and 9 at Don F. Fruchte Theatre, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Tickets are $10-$15 at chstheatre2129.ludus.com.

 

• Tickets are $6-$12 at pomona.edu/events for Pomona College’s spring dance concert at 8 p.m. April 30-May 2 and 2 p.m. May 3 at Seaver Theatre, 300 E. Bonita Ave., Claremont.

 

• The Pomona College Glee Club performs a free 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont, repeating at 1:30 p.m. May 2.

 

 

Friday, May 1

• Yard sale weekend in Pomona, Montclair and Ontario runs from sunrise to sunset May 1-3.

 

• Claremont’s Pooch Park, 100 S. College Ave., reopens today after being closed for turf maintenance.

 

• Claremont Senior Program’s monthly war and existentialism book club meets at 10:30 a.m. at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. This month’s read is “The Memory Police” by Yoko Ogawa.

 

• The Claremont Treble Singers perform a free 12:15 p.m. concert at Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont.

 

• A free and public opening reception for “Blink,” Scripps College’s 2026 senior art exhibition, runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 251 E. 11th St., Claremont. The exhibit is up through May 16. The gallery is open noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

 

• Pitzer College’s free and public storyteller’s arts, film, poetry and music festival runs from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Mounds, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $8-$10 at cityofrc.us/events for Rancho Cucamonga’s 5:30 p.m. IncredABLES Alice in Wonderland-themed event for kids 8 and up at Central Park, 11200 Base Line Rd.

 

• Claremont’s free 6 to 9 p.m. live music showcase Friday Nights Live returns for 2026  with Pride of Cucamonga at Village plaza, Claremont Voodoo Society at the Depot, and Arrow Highway at Shelton Park. See facebook.com/fridaynighstlive for more info.

 

• Tickets are $15-$20 at tickets.haughpac.com/eveningjazz for the Citrus College jazz ensembles and combos’ 7 p.m. concert at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.

 

• The Pomona College Jazz Ensemble performs a free 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

 

 

Saturday, May 2

• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center hosts a free 8 a.m. to noon cardiovascular symposium at PVHMC’s Pitzer Auditorium, 1798 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• Registration is $35-$50 at houseofruthinc.org for House of Ruth’s 8:30 to 10 a.m. Stride to End the Cycle 5K at Damien High School, 2280 Damien Ave., La Verne.

 

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

 

• Tickets are $20 at claremontheritage.bigcartel.com for Claremont Heritage’s 10 a.m. guided walking tour of the Village. Meet at the Depot, 200 W. First St.
  

 

• Make handmade crafts for mom during a free noon to 5 p.m. gift making session at Lewis Family Branch Library, 3850 E. Riverside Dr., Ontario.

 

• Tickets are $12 – $17.25 at tix.com, search “Kellogg Chamber Singers,” for the Cal Poly Pomona Kellogg Chamber Singers and University Concert Choir and La Verne Church of the Brethren Sanctuary Choir’s 4 p.m. concert at 2425 E St.

 

• The Claremont Art Walk runs from 5 to 9 p.m. throughout the Village.