Events

Student Recital
2025-12-04 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-03-10 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-04-09 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Boone Recital Hall, 241 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
Performances by students of the Scripps College Music Department.

Joint Music Choral-Orchestral Concerts
2025-12-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 241 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
The Joint Music Program of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges presents
The Claremont Concert Orchestra, The Claremont Concert Choir, and The Claremont Treble Singers.
This concert features performances by the orchestra and choirs as well as a combined choral-orchestral work, Fukushima Requiem by Jeffrey Bernstein, dedicated to all the people of Tohoku, Japan. The orchestra will conclude the concert with Robert Schumann’s Fourth Symphony.
There will be two performances. An evening concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 6 and a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m. on December 7.
Concerts will be held in Garrison Theater at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Admission is FREE and open to the public.
Contact the Joint Music Office for more information. 909-607-3267

Joint Music Choral-Orchestral Concert
2025-12-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 241 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States

David Denby in Conversation with Michelle Caldwell (PZ'28) and Sanja Greenawalt (PO'28)
2026-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Clark Humanites Museum, 1030 Columbia Avenue,, Claremont, 91711
Legendary New Yorker Staff Writer David Denby will discuss his latest collection of essays, Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer (Macmillan, 2025) with students Michelle Caldwell (PZ’28) and Sanja Greenawalt (PO’28).

Friday Noon Concert Series
2026-01-30 12:15 - 13:00 | Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711
Gayle Blankenburg, piano, and Mark Menzies, violin, perform Lou Harrison’s Grand Duo to open the spring Friday Noon Concert series.
Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol.
• Doors open at 12 noon
• Admission is free and open to the public
• Food is not permitted in the concert hall
• All artists and programs subject to change
Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

STEM @Noon with Gabriela Ochoa '19
2026-02-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Hampton Room, Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
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Join us for lunch as you hear from Gabriela Ochoa ’19, a graduate of Keck Graduate Institute specializing in precision medicine, clinical research applications, and rare disease diagnostics. Hear about research she conducted while a student at Scripps and her career after graduation.
Sponsored by the Charlotte Tsuei-yu Chen Ou Women in STEM Event Fund

Profit and Protest: The Business of Immigration Detention
2026-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Hampton Room, Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
The United States has the largest immigration detention system globally, growing from a capacity of under 5,000 detainees per day in the 1980s to record highs of over 70,000 people by 2026. Although the harshest anti-immigrant rhetoric is often linked to Republicans, the expansion of the nation’s detention infrastructure and carceral policies has increased significantly under both political parties. Drawing on involvement with anti-detention organizations in the US, UK, and Australia, Morris discusses the ways that immigration detention generates income, even as instances of abysmal detention conditions and abuse increase. Morris considers the tensions surrounding anti-detention advocacy, where a focus on detention reform and refugee rights complicates abolitionist action.

Bio: Julia Morris is Associate Professor of International Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Visiting Politics Faculty at Scripps College. She holds a DPhil in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford. Previously, she was a Post-doctoral Fellow at The New School’s Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility and a Research Student at Oxford’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society. Her research focuses on the political economy of migration and border externalization, from ethnographic fieldwork in Nauru, Australia, and Geneva to research projects in Jordan and Guatemala. She has published widely and is the author of Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru (2023) with Cornell University Press.

Friday Noon Concert Series
2026-02-06 12:15 - 13:00 | Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711
Jennie Jung, piano, and Jin-Shan Dai, violin, perform music by César Franck and J.S. Bach.
Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol.
• Doors open at 12 noon
• Admission is free and open to the public
• Food is not permitted in the concert hall
• All artists and programs subject to change
Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

81st Scripps College Ceramic Annual Opening Reception
2026-02-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 251 E. 11th St., Claremont, 91711
Saturday, February 7, 2026 | 7–9 PM
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery

Celebrate eighty-one years of the Scripps College Ceramic Annual with an evening of art, live music by Gold Minutes, and refreshments. Guest curated by ceramic artist Reniel Del Rosario, this year’s exhibition, Means to an End, considers contemporary artists’ enduring fascination with clay and use of ceramics as a springboard for innovation and dialogue across diverse media. Works by Debra Broz, Paola de la Calle, Cathy Della Lucia, Fred DeWitt, Matt Goldberg, Dana Hemenway, Stephanie Temma Hier, Haylie Jimenez, Sahar Khoury, Karen Kuo, Cathy Lu, Kari Marboe, Patrick Martinez, and Victor Saucedo challenge conventional ideas about the medium and demonstrate its unique dynamism and pervasive presence in contemporary art.

Lecture, Tour, and Tea with Reniel Del Rosario
2026-02-10 14:00 - 16:30 | Clark Humanites Museum, 1030 Columbia Avenue,, Claremont, 91711
Lecture, Tour, and Tea with Reniel Del Rosario
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | 2 PM
Clark Humanities Museum and Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery

Join guest curator and ceramic artist Reniel Del Rosario for a talk and tea in the Clark Humanities Museum, followed by a gallery tour of the 81st Scripps College Ceramic Annual.  Many artists work in clay, but for this year’s Ceramic Annual, Del Rosario selected artists who intentionally incorporate ceramics into highly varied artistic practices, even when they could achieve similar results using other media. Del Rosario invites audiences to consider the enduring fascination and infinite potential of clay. Presented in partnership with the Scripps Fine Arts Foundation.

Live Performances with BETTY
2026-02-15 15:00 - 16:30 | Bowling Green, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
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Award-winning indie-pop trio, BETTY, is coming to campus! Join us on Bowling Green for an afternoon with trailblazers Elizabeth Ziff, Amy Ziff, and Alyson Palmer P’25; known for their signature harmonies, onstage chemistry, and iconic numbers, such as their global smash hit theme song for the groundbreaking Showtime series, The L Word. Bring snacks, friends, and dancing shoes for a night to remember.
Sponsored by Scripps Presents

Kapa (Hawaiian Bark Cloth): a Cultural Foundation of the Past, Present, and Future
2026-02-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Steele 103, 1030 Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
O’Brien Distinguished Visiting Artist Page Chang discusses the historical relevance of the Hawaiian Kapa Making practice, what the reclamation of the practice means to the Hawaiian community, and the lessons that we take from the practice, moving into the future.
Page Chang is a Native Hawaiian Kapa maker, or Hawaiian Barkcloth maker, whose work is deeply rooted in Native Hawaiian cultural practices. Hawaiian Kapa cloth—created with the fiber of the Wauke tree, or Paper Mulberry, pounded by hand into cloth, and colored with natural dyes—has been the heart of Pageʻs artistic and educational practice for over a decade. This multifaceted cultural practice is a routine of processing, designing, farming, gathering, carving, cooking, maintenance, manufacturing, and teaching—all roles that require living and working with the ‘Āina, the land, and the community. To Aloha ‘Āina, to love the land is Kumu Pageʻs most treasured Hawaiian value that she teaches and practices everyday.
Made possible by the O’Brien Distinguished Professorship.

Friday Noon Concert Series
2026-02-20 12:15 - 13:00 | Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711
This week’s Friday Noon Concert features excerpts from Preben Antonsen’s At Tahaajjud (world premiere) and Goble’s Circle of Light.
Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol.
• Doors open at 12 noon
• Admission is free and open to the public
• Food is not permitted in the concert hall
• All artists and programs subject to change
Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Preben Antonsen: At Tahaajjud (world premiere)
2026-02-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711
Preben Antonsen: At Tahaajjud (world premiere)
Anne Dorothy Harley+, soprano; Alison Bjorkedal*, harp; Brian Walsh, clarinet; Stacey Fraser, soprano and piano, Dr. Zahra Moballegh, scholarly remarks
This event is free and open to the public.

Vanessa Priya Daniel in Conversation
2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Scripps College, Scripps College, Claremont, 91711, United States
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Join us for a moderated conversation with author, researcher, and community organizer Vanessa Priya Daniel! Hear Daniel’s talk about her book, Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning, a playbook on supporting and retaining women of color in leadership. Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities Myriam Chancy will moderate the chat, followed by a book signing after the program.
Sponsored by the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Fund

Friday Noon Concert Series
2026-02-27 12:15 - 13:00 | Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave. Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
This week, the Cornucopia Baroque Ensemble performs works by Handel, Telemann, and Boismortier.
Note: This concert takes place in Lyman Hall at Pomona College (340 N. College Ave)
Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol.
• Doors open at 12 noon
• Admission is free and open to the public
• Food is not permitted in the concert hall
• All artists and programs subject to change
Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Faculty @Noon with Adam Novy
2026-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Hampton Room, Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
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This event has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
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Experience what it’s like to take a class with author and lecturer Adam Novy! Novy has been teaching writing, fiction, and the liberal arts at Scripps, Pitzer, and Claremont Graduate School since 2008, and published his critically acclaimed novel, The Avian Gospels, in 2010. Spend lunch learning from Scripps’ distinguished faculty without ever having to enroll!
Sponsored by Scripps Presents

Friday Noon Concert Series
2026-03-06 12:15 - 13:00 | Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711
Rachel V. Huang, violin, and Hao Huang, piano, perform works by Fanny Mendelssohn and Beethoven.
Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol.
• Doors open at 12 noon
• Admission is free and open to the public
• Food is not permitted in the concert hall
• All artists and programs subject to change
Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Claremont Concert Orchestra Spring Concerts
2026-03-07 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-03-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 241 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
The Joint Music Program of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges presents
The Claremont Concert Orchestra.
This Spring Concert will feature performances by the orchestra and one of the winners of the Fall 2025 student concerto auditions, Helios Hong (Harvey Mudd ’29) as bassoon soloist. Works by Mozart, Shostakovich, Wallingford Riegger, and the world premiere of a commission by Chicago composer Darlene Castro.
There will be two performances. An evening concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 and a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m. on March 8.
Concerts will be held in Garrison Theater at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Admission is FREE and open to the public.
Contact the Joint Music Office for more information. 909-607-3267
jointmusicprogram.org

Naamyam Music from Hong Kong
2026-03-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Boone Recital Hall, 241 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
Naamyam master Bruce Wing To and his ensemble perform music from Hong Kong in Boone Recital Hall.
This event is co-sponsored by the Pomona College History Department Ena H. Thompson Lectures.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call (909) 607-3266

Amanda Knox in Conversation
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711
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Finding herself at the center of a murder investigation as a young college student in a foreign country, Amanda Knox spent years fighting against Italy’s legal system and sensationalized media narratives before finally being exonerated. Join us to hear her story of resilience, justice, and reclaiming identity, in conversation with Eden West ’28 and Gretchen Maldonado, Director of the Laspa Center for Leadership.
Sponsored by the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Fund and Scripps Presents

Democracy from Below: Writing Women Back into Indian Politics
2026-03-31 16:15 - 17:30 | Vita Nova 100, 1030 N Columbia Ave., Scripps College, CA, 91711, United States
Most Indian women live increasingly precarious lives as they hustle for work and to sustain families in a changing India, and are rarely represented in official narratives. Drawing on her recent book, The Many Lives of Syeda X, and over a decade of reporting, award-winning writer Neha Dixit will discuss how marginalized Indian women navigate migration, neoliberal economic reforms, gendered surveillance and majoritarianism, and what it takes to tell their stories amidst shrinking media freedoms and democratic backsliding. She will also discuss how public interest journalism can bring hidden struggles back into the national conversation, document human rights violations, and revitalize democracy, with implications for India and other political contexts.

Donna Brazile in Conversation
2026-04-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711
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Renowned political strategist, author, and former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile comes to campus to speak about current events in Washington, DC, and where we go from here. Politics journalist Alex Cohen will join Brazile for a moderated discussion.
Sponsored by the Commons Financial Fund and Scripps Presents

Friday Noon Concert Series
2026-04-03 12:15 - 13:00 | Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711
Joti Rockwell*, mandolin; Jenny Kim (CGU), pianoforte
Music for Mandolin and Keyboard by Beethoven and Johann Hepomuk Hummel
Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol.
• Doors open at 12 noon
• Admission is free and open to the public
• Food is not permitted in the concert hall
• All artists and programs subject to change
Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Friday Noon Concert Series
2026-04-10 12:15 - 13:00 | Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711
The Pomona Valley Brass Quintet perform an afternoon of jazz favorites.
Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol.
• Doors open at 12 noon
• Admission is free and open to the public
• Food is not permitted in the concert hall
• All artists and programs subject to change
Call the Scripps Music Library for more information: 909-607-3266

Junior Recital: Ella Rasmussen (SC '27), soprano
2026-04-10 19:30 - 20:30 | Boone Recital Hall, 241 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
Music from across the musical theater repertoire.
