Event Calendar: October 11-19, 2024 | Claremont COURIER (2024)

October 10th, 2024

­What’s happening Claremont?

by Andrew Alonzo | calendar@claremont-courier.com

Friday, October 11

  • The Rev. Gene Boutilier leads an informational sessionon the November 5 general election at 11:30 a.m. during theDemocratic Club of Claremont’s Gar Byrum Memorial Lunch at Eddie’s Italian Eatery, 1065 W. Foothill Blvd, Claremont.
  • The National Alliance on Mental Illness hosts In Our Own Voice, a free 1 p.m.Zoom webinar about mental health conditions. Registration is required attinyurl.com/3x864wa7, or visittricitymhs.orgto learn more.
  • Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont, hosts a free and open to the publicgallery talk at 2 p.m. Info is atpomona.edu/museum.
  • The City of Upland opens itsmonster mash-up eventat 5 p.m. at Magnolia Park, 651 W. 15th St. Families can play games, get treats, and participate in the 6 p.m. children’s costume parade, ahead of a 7 p.m. screening of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993). Call (909) 931-4280 to learn more.
  • The public is invited to the sixth annualHealed Women Heal Gala, a fundraiser for the Pomona nonprofit which helps victims of domestic violence, at 6 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 3101 W. Temple Ave., Pomona. Tickets, $150, and info are athealedwomenheal.org/events.
  • The City of Ontario hosts a 6 p.m.movie night at Celebration Park South,2910 E. Merill Ave., Ontario. “Frankenweenie“ (2012) begins at dusk. Call (909) 395-2020 for more info.

Saturday, October 12

  • A free Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Harvard Avenue in the Claremont Village. Learn more atclaremontheritage.org/dia.html.
  • Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a free black catpillow making eventat 10:30 a.m.
  • Ovitt Family Community Library, 215 E. C St., Ontario, hosts a freeHispanic Heritage Month celebrationat 11 a.m., with decoration making and the dance group Herencia Mexicana.
  • On the second Saturday of each month, American Museum of Ceramic Art docents offer aguided tour of a current exhibition at 2 p.m. at 399 N Garey Ave., Pomona, with museum admission. Learn more or RSVP atamoca.org.
  • Meet judicial and otherpolitical candidatesendorsed by local organizationsat the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Hall, 705 W. Arrow Hwy., Claremont, during a free and open to the public 3 to 5 p.m. mixer.
  • Children 12 and under are invited to the City of La Verne’s fourth annual 5 to 8 p.m.Trunk-or-Treat at the community center, 3680 D St. Dogs are prohibited.
  • Second Death of a Mad Wife” opens at 8 p.m. tonight atOphelia’s Jump Productions, 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite I, Upland. The play runs Thursdays through Sundays through Sunday, November 3. Showtimes vary. General admission is $35, $25 for college students and children under 10. Thursdays are “pay what you can/pay it forward” with a $20 minimum. Tickets and info are atopheliasjump.org.

Sunday, October 13

  • The Pomona swap meet and classic car showat Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, runs from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $15. Children under 12 are free. Parking is $18. Call (714) 538-7091 or visitfairplex.comfor details.
  • Residents are invited to a free, 10 a.m. half-milehike along the Thompson Creek Trail with Claremont Mayor Sal Medina and the city’s park ranger team, which begins at Higginbotham Park, 625 N. Mount Carmel Dr. RSVP atanc.apm.activecommunities.com/claremontrecreation, search “hike.”
  • Claremont Heritage‘s 42nd annualHome Tour, featuring seven historic residences, runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Day-of-event tickets are $50 for Heritage members, $55 for non-members. All must check-in at Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd., before venturing to the homes. Check-in opens at 9:30. Questions? Emailinfo@claremontheritage.org.
  • Zzaj plays from 2 to 5 p.m. at this week’s free and open to the public Jazz at College Center concert at 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. More info is at jazzatcollegecenter.com.
  • Comedy and soul food are the main pairing at Living Life Through Love‘s 4 to 7 p.m. laughs and grills fundraiser at Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theatre, on the lower level of the Smith Campus Center at 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont. Advance tickets are $30 at hgivebutter.com/lpbydr, $35 at the door.

Monday, October 14

  • A veterans service officer provides free assistance to veteransand families every Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St. Visitcityoflaverne.orgfor info.
  • Seniors are invited to a free 12:30 p.m. screening of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife“ (2021) at La Verne Community Center,3680 D St.Call (909) 596-8776 for more info.
  • The Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley opens its latest meeting season with a 2 p.m. presentation by Ophelia’s Jump Productions founding artistic director Beatrice Casagrán on “Producing the Midsummer Shakespeare Festival”at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont. For more information, call (909) 728-2178.

Tuesday, October 15

  • Associate professor at University of Alberta School of Business Jack Stecherdelivers “The Use of Disclosure Volume to Affect Shareholder Voting,” a free noon Zoom lecture as part of Claremont Graduate University’s Tuesday Talks series. Learn more or sign up atcgu.edu/event/tuesday-talks.
  • Claremont Unified School District families and students are invited to “The Power of Women in Leadership,” a free 6:30 p.m. panel discussion with seven notable women, at the Don F. Fruechte Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. To RSVP, visitcusd.claremont.eduor search “empowering CUSD students” ateventbrite.com.
  • Retired tennis player and 2003 U.S. Open singles champion Andy Roddick speaks with Erica Jasper, director of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics, during this week’s 7 p.m. Scripps Presentsin Conversationevent atGarrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont. RSVP atscrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

Wednesday, October 16

  • Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., hosts a free and public noon to 4 p.m.Naloxone (Narcan) clinic. Learn more atvisit.lacountylibrary.org/event.
  • Life coach Marie Russo delivers “Leading with Strengths,” a free noon Zoom presentation, hosted by the Rotary Club of San Dimas. Emailsandimasrotary@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
  • Seniors can participate in free games ofbridge at Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., Claremont, from 1 to 4 p.m. Call (909) 399-5488 for more info.
  • The 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.Taste of La Verne at Western Converting Specialties, 2886 Metropolitan Place, Pomona, is $60 per attendees 21 or over. RSVP atbusiness.lavernechamber.org/events.
  • Award-winning author Michelle Dowdcontinues Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 free and publicAthenaeum speaker serieswith her 6:45 p.m. lecture, “What I Learned From Foraging (And Surviving A Family Cult),” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is atcmc.edu/athenaeum.

Thursday, October 17

  • Today’s the deadlinefor interested residents to submit applications for the city’s committee on aging and committee on human relations. Visitci.claremont.ca.us, hover over the “government” tab and select the commission and committee appointments option to find the application.
  • Author Guy Kawasaki will be interviewed via Zoom at 10 a.m. for the Drucker School Global Family Business Institute’sAuthors at Drucker series. RSVP atcgu.edu.
  • The San Gabriel Valley Association of Chamber Executives invites the public to a free noon to 1 p.m.webinar via Zoom. Learn more atbusiness.claremontchamber.org.
  • Pomona College Department of Mathematics and Statistics hostsTim Chartier, the Jospeh R. Morton Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Davidson College, who will deliver a free and public 4:15 p.m. talk, “Math: The Real Matrix,” at Estella Laboratory, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont. A book signing will follow.
  • Wendy Slatkin, a lecturer at Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design, continuesClaremont Lewis Museum of Art‘s Octoberlecture series, Revolutions & Revelations: Avant-Garde Art of the 20th Century, with “1960s’: West-Coast Hard Edge, Assemblage, Fluxus, Minimalism, Eccentric Abstraction, Benjamin, Louis, Warhol, Kienholz, Hesse, Saint Phalle” at 6 p.m. at 200 W. First St., Claremont. More information is atclmoa.org.
  • Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen continues Claremont McKenna College’s 2024-2025 free and publicAthenaeum speaker series with his 6:45 p.m.lecture, “Politics of the Past and Politics of the Future,” at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth St., Claremont. More info is atcmc.edu/athenaeum.

Friday, October 18

  • La Verne Community Center, 3680 D St., is the site of a free 9:30 a.m. seminar for seniorson Proposition 19. RSVP by calling (909) 596-8776.
  • Pianists Jennie Jung and Kyungmi Kim perform a free and open to the public 12:15 p.m. concert at Thatcher Music Building’s Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Blvd., Claremont. Program info is atpomona.edu.
  • California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, hosts Things That Go Bump in the Night, a 5:30 to 9 p.m. nighttime adventure today and tomorrow. Adult admission is $20; $15 for students, seniors, children ages 3 to 12 and CalBG adults; and $10 for CalBG students, seniors, children atcalbg.org.
  • Inland Valley Repertory Theatre mounts Disney’s rendition of “The Little Mermaid” at the Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $39-$85, and info on other dates are atlewisfamilyplayhouse.com.
  • Richard Savino and his chamber ensemble El Mundo, joined by Pomona College faculty soprano Melissa Givens, perform a free and open to the public 8 p.m. concert at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

Saturday, October 19

  • Potential applicants to Claremont Graduate University are invited to RSVP for the college’s free 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. fall open houseatcgu.edu/event. Tours begin at Mudd Quadrangle, 170 E. 10th St., Claremont, plus a networking breakfast, opportunities to hear from CGU faculty and students and learn about degree programs, financial aid options and more.
  • Prospective students can learn about Keck Graduate University, 535 Watson Dr., Claremont, at college’s free 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.in-person visit day. RSVP by Wednesday, October 16 atkgi.edu.
  • From 9 a.m. to noon, the City of Ontario hosts its free and open to the publichowl-o-ween costume dog pawty at Whispering Lakes Dog Park, 2525 E. Riverside Dr. Info is atontarioca.gov/specialevents.
  • The City of Claremont’s annual free and open to the publicHalloween Spooktacular runs from 2 to 5 p.m. with carnival-style games, dog and children’s costume contests, a spooky stories corner, a special needs sensory zone, and more at Lewis Park, 881 Syracuse Dr.
  • Families are invited to the City of Rancho Cucamonga’s free 3 to 6 p.m.trunk-or-treat event at the Rancho Cucamonga Sports Center, 8303 Rochester Ave.
  • The free and open to the public San DimasHalloweenspooktacularruns from5:30 to 9 p.m. at San Dimas City Hall, 245 E. Bonita Ave.
  • The Claremont Concert Orchestra performs works by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky during a free and open to the public 7:30 p.m.concert today andSunday, October 20 at 2 p.m. at Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont.

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