What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, May 22

• Photographers are invited to submit a photo for California Botanic Garden’s spring photo contest through June 15 via email to photocontest@calbg.org. Entries must include the subject line “Spring Photo Contest 2026,” name, phone number, photo description, and date.

 

• The Los Angeles County Fair is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday through Sunday through May 31, and Memorial Day, May 25 at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave. Tickets are at lacountyfair.com/buy-tickets.

 

• “Support Your Local Sheriff” is this week’s 12:30 p.m. movie matinee at Blaisdell Senior Center, 440 S. College Ave., Claremont. Free popcorn is available. Call (909) 399-5367 for more info.

 

• Tri-City Wellness Center’s free talent show begins at 5:30 p.m. at 1403 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Call (909) 242-7600 or email wellness@tricitymhs.org to sign up.
  

 

• Friday Nights Live continues with 6 to 9 p.m. performances from The Country Squires at Village plaza, Claremont Community School of Music’s jazz ensemble at the Depot, and The Swingin’ Doors at Shelton Park. More info is at facebook.com/fridaynighstlive.

 

• 6 p.m. today is the deadline for kids 12 and older or in seventh to 12th grades to apply to be a member of Claremont’s 2026-27 Teen Committee in person at the Hughes Center, 1700 Danbury Road, or at form.jotform.com/261204676288059.

 

• Red Dragon Karate La Verne, 3836 Emerald Ave., hosts a free 6 p.m. women’s self-defense workshop. Register at business.lavernechamber.org.

 

• Admission is $4 for a 50 and up 6 to 9 p.m. dance at Ontario Senior Center, 225 E. B St.

 

• Tickets are $15-$20 at haughpac.com for Citrus College’s 7 p.m. spring choral concert at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.

 

• Visit lewisfamilyplayhouse.com/events for $28-$61 tickets to comedian Melissa Villasenor’s 8 p.m. show at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

 

Saturday, May 23

• 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. 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.

 

• Drop off e-waste from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 23-24 at a free collection event at Alma Hofman Park, 5201 Benito St., Montclair.

 

• Rancho Cucamonga Sports Center hosts a free 9 a.m. to noon e-bike safety fair at 8303 Rochester Ave. RSVP at cityofrc.us/events.

 

• Volunteer at The Root 66 Garden, 12151 Foothill Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga, from 9 a.m. to noon.

 

• Tickets are $100-$120 at calbg.org for a 10 a.m. plant dyes workshop at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• 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.

 

• Iwalani Venerable hosts the second of three free noon ukulele classes at Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave. The final class is May 30. Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Poets Marcus Omari and Charles Harper Webb 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.

 

 

Sunday, May 24

• Shop 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.

 

• Tickets are $125 at claremontheritage.bigcartel.com for Alba Cisneros’ 8 a.m. to noon mosaic workshop at Ginger Elliott Gallery, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

 

• Sean Harrison performs from 2 to 5 p.m. at 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont.

 

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

 

• Tickets are $100 at clmoa.org/events for Claremont Lewis Museum of Art’s 5 p.m. members only event at the home of Charles Phoenix. The address will be provided upon ticket purchase. Gold, platinum, lifetime, business platinum, and patron members are free.

 

 

Monday, May 25

• City, chamber of commerce and Claremont Unified School District offices are closed for Memorial Day.

 

• Pomona Concert Band performs a free 8:30 a.m. Memorial Day show at Pomona Cemetery, 502 E. Franklin Ave.

 

• A Memorial Day ceremony and Gold Star dedication takes place at 9 a.m. at Freedom Courtyard, 11200 Base Line Road., Rancho Cucamonga.

 

• Upland’s Memorial Day service begins at 10 a.m. at 460 N. Euclid Ave.

 

• Claremont’s Memorial Day service, with members of American Legion Keith Powell Post 78, begins at 11 a.m. at Oak Park Cemetery, 420 S. Sycamore Ave.

 

• La Verne’s Memorial Day service starts at 11 a.m. at Veterans Hall, 1550 Bonita Ave.

 

• Montclair’s 6 p.m. Memorial Day ceremony takes place at Memorial Garden, 5111 Benito St.

 

 

Tuesday, May 26

• RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for a free 11 a.m. virtual interview workshop.

 

• A free 11 a.m. virtual Microsoft Excel workshop is open to registrants at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• University Club of Claremont’s 1 p.m. lecture at DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., features Gus Boesch, Rita Dixon, Charleen Krueger, and Jack Mills on “Eldercare Experiences in the Claremont Area.” A $25 fee includes lunch at noon. Info is at universityclubofclaremont.org.

 

 

Wednesday, May 27

• Claremont, La Verne and Pomona residents can register at tricitymhs.org for a free 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. mental health first aid for youth training to be held at 2001 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

 

• La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St., hosts a free 10:30 a.m. seminar with APF Hospice, “Navigating Health Care Decisions as We Age.”

 

• RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for an 11:30 a.m. small business workshop.

 

• 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.

 

• Tickets are $9-$15 at amoca.org/events for American Museum of Ceramic Art’s noon tour of “Compulsion” at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Free for museum members.

 

• Register at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events for a free virtual 4 p.m. body and brain health workshop.

 

• Ontario’s summer concert series begins with a 7 p.m. performance by Red Hot Tribute at Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave. More info is at ontarioca.gov/specialevents.

 

 

Thursday, May 28

• A free and public senior resource fair runs from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Pilgrim Place, 625 Mayflower Road, Claremont.

 

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

 

• Claremont Heritage screens “Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman” at 6 p.m. at Ginger Elliott Center, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Tickets are $10.

 

 

Friday, May 29

• The 10th annual Western Positive Psychology Association conference, “Flourishing in Challenging Times,” takes place May 29-31 at Claremont Graduate University, 1021 N. Dartmouth Ave. Tickets are $75-$150 at cgu.edu/events.

 

• Staff from Motiv8 Rehab lead “Reduce Your Stroke Risk and Stay Independent,” a free 10:30 a.m. seminar for seniors at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St.

 

• Folks 50 and up are invited to a free 2 p.m. mental health awareness workshop at 225 E. B St., Ontario.

 

• Children 5 to 12 can make Chinese paper fans at a free 3:30 p.m. workshop at La Verne Library, 3640 D St. RSVP at visit.lacountylibrary.org/events.

 

• Veteran service members are invited to a free 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. dinner at Veterans Memorial Park and Community Center, 1259 E. D St., Ontario.

 

• Claremont’s 6 to 9 p.m. Friday Nights Live music showcase continues with Dynamite Dawson at Village plaza, Jasmine at the Depot, and Blue Doom at Shelton Park. See facebook.com/fridaynighstlive for more info.

 

• Tickets are $15-$20 at chstheatre.cusd.claremont.edu for Claremont High School Theatre Department’s production of “Between the Lines,” with shows at 7 p.m. May 29-30 and at 1 p.m. May 31 at Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. College Way, Claremont.

 

• Tickets are $12-$25 at haughpac.com for Citrus College’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” at Little Theatre, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, 7 p.m. May 29-30 and 2 p.m. May 30-31.

 

• Visit lewisfamilyplayhouse.com/events for $34 tickets to Inland Valley Repertory Theatre’s “The Last Five Years” at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, at 7:30 p.m. May 29-30, 3 p.m. May 30-31, and 6:30 p.m. May 31.

 

 

Saturday, May 30

• Tickets are $50-$60 at calbg.org for a 9 a.m. California sage workshop at California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.

 

• La Verne Historical Society offers free tours of the historic John Larimer home, at 3949 Bradford St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 30-31. A plant and vintage sale will also take place.

 

• Glendora’s free and open to the public 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. culture festival includes performances and food vendors along Glendora Avenue, just south of Foothill Boulevard.

 

• Spots for Rancho Cucamonga’s 3 p.m. family campout at Heritage Community Park, 5546 Beryl St., are $163 at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/cityofrc, search “family campout.” The event includes dinner from The Habit and a screening of “Lilo and Stitch.” Campsites cap at five people. The event concludes at 9 a.m. May 31.