A free beginner guitar workshop will be held at the Folk Music Center on October 7. "Guitar 101" allows students to become familiar with guitar strings and chords before jumping into private lessons.
Paintings and music by Norma Tanega will be the focus of the Buddhamouse Emporium exhibition through October 31. An opening reception will be held Friday, October 5.
The Capitol Steps, a unique blend of music and political comedy, is showing in the Edmunds Ballroom at the Smith Campus Center this Tuesday. Tickets may be purchased online at www.pomona.edu/bridges.
Pomona, Upland and Montclair Police officers act as waiters at Casa de Salsa Friday evening, September 28. When you tip your cop server, they donate all gratuities to House of Ruth, which provides services to women and children victimized by domestic violence.
The Claremont Museum of Art has partnered with the Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation to host a bus trip to Ventura to see the Albert Stewart private collection at the home of his daughter. The collection includes over 50 artworks by Mr. Stewart plus paintings by his friend Millard Sheets and others.
Don't miss “Keyboard Kaleidoscope” featuring music by Cage, Chopin, Couperin and Crumb this Saturday, September 22 at 8 p.m. The performance takes place at Bridges Hall of Music, located at Pomona College, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.
"An Evening of Jazz," featuring the Claremont Symphony Orchestra and guitarists Michael Ryan and Ken Soderlund, takes place this Sunday at the historic Padua Hills Theatre.
“In Their Own Words—Oral Histories of CGU Art,” curated by Jill Thayer, PhD, with featured art by Karl Benjamin, Roland Reiss, Michael Brewster, Connie Zehr, Mowry Baden, Ted Kerzie and John Frame. Exhibit runs through September 21 at Claremont Graduate University.
Steve Rushingwind and Michael Mucklow’s song Cahuilla Sunrise—off their 2011 album Among the Ancients—won Best Native American Flute Song at the 9th Annual 2012 Indian Summer Music Awards held in Milwaukee recently.
The song Spirit of the Wolf, from the same album, took the Best Traditional Instrumental Song at the award ceremony.
“Paintings” by local Claremont artist John Cullen features mixed-media collage, which focus on icons, idols and ritualistic images. The exhibit runs through September 28 at Buddhamouse Emporium, located at 134 Yale Ave., Claremont.
Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast in partnership with Claremont High School is this weekend at Memorial Park. The COURIER focuses on accurate, updated calendar information that's of particular interest to our local readers. We also have other links to galleries, nightlife and performing arts in the gray Calendar tab at the top of the page.
