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Tickets are $35-$65 at oldtownlavernebusinessassociat.ticketspice.com for the 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18 Sip of La Verne Wine Walk. Early bird pricing, $25-$55, ends at 11:59 p.m. Friday.

Citrus College’s Construction Management program recently received accreditation from the American Council for Construction Education, the nation’s accrediting body for construction-related academic programs.

Recent support from San Antonio Hospital Foundation’s Ladies Legacy Initiative, private donors, Stater Bros., and the Saraphine Patricia and Gaius Andrew Capoccia-Pegues Fund has helped San Antonio Hospital maintain its giving closet.

Graduating Claremont or San Antonio High School seniors can apply for the Woman’s Club of Claremont’s 2026 scholarship competition by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 19 at womansclubofclaremont.com/scholarships.

Hillcrest retirement community hosts a free summit, “Flourishing in Challenging Times,” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 9 at its meeting house, 2750 Mountain View Dr., La Verne.

Older folks can learn about Napier Initiative’s intergenerational learning collaborative between Pilgrim Place and the five undergraduate Claremont Colleges at free 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7 informational session Napier Common Room, 660 Avery Rd., Claremont.

California Botanic Garden will combine spoken word with wildflowers at its Garden of Verses Poetry Festival, running from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 4 at 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.

The Cal Poly Pomona food science and technology team of Alexander Gomez, Lucine Besnelian, Juna Okamoto-Garson, Samantha Nakpawan, and Monica Chang took first place at the 2026 Southern California Institute of Food Technologists Section Student Product Development Competition March 3 in Anaheim.

Non-profit organizations have until 5 p.m. Thursday, April 9 to apply to host community events at Padua Hills Theatre in 2027 at form.jotform.com/claremonthumanservices/pht2027.

Those interested in improving their public speaking skills are invited to Toastmasters International District 12’s free and open to the public open house and speech contest from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Claremont Lincoln University, 150 W. First St.

The Rotary Club of Claremont recently donated a $3,500 grant to the Claremont High School girls softball team for a second softball pitching machine, and a $1,000 grant to Oakmont Elementary School’s literacy power hour program for classroom materials, activities, and projects.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale will perform “This Shining Night” at La Verne Church of the Brethren, 2425 E St., at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21.

Tickets are $55-$65 at ivrt.org for Inland Valley Repertory Theatre’s first show of 2026, “The Secret Garden,” running at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays March 28-29 and April 4 at University of La Verne’s Morgan Auditorium, 1950 Third St.

High school artists and ceramicists across the nation have until March 31 to enter American Museum of Ceramic Art’s 2026 juried exhibition at amoca.slideroom.com.

Azusa Pacific University Theater Arts Department’s production of Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias” runs March 19-28 at Warehouse Theater, 4 Mary Hill Ln., Azusa, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees.