Friday, January 31, 2014

Five things to do this weekend in the Inland Valley



SATURDAY: The annual Run for Russ 5K run and community walk will be held starting at 8 a.m. at 13220 Central Ave., Chino. Russ Miller was a Chino police officer who was killed in the line of duty by a drunken driver. The cost is $30 for adults and $15 for those 12 and under. Proceeds will go to the Russ Miller Memorial Fund. Registration is from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m., while the Chino Kiwanis Club will hold a pancake breakfast starting at 9 a.m. Information: 909-334-3062.

SATURDAY: The Escape the Nightmares 5K is a three-mile “creepy-themed” run at night at Fairplex in Pomona. While following the course, runners must avoid “creatures that lurk in the darkness.” There is a haunted carnival afterward for those who survive. Race day registration begins at 4 p.m. with the first “wave” of runners beginning at 5 p.m. Cost to run is $80 or $10 just to watch the action. Parking is also $10. Details: escapethenightmares.com

SATURDAY: The fourth annual Interfaith Festival of Sacred Music, presented by the La Verne Cultural Arts Society, will be at 7 p.m. at The Meeting House at Hillcrest in La Verne was inspired by a similar interfaith event in Morocco where Muslims, Jews and Christians have live peacefully for more than 300 years. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for children 12 and younger in The Meeting House lobby, 2705 Mountain View Drive, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Friday, online at www.livingathillcrest.org and at the door Saturday.

SUNDAY: The monthly Arabian Horse Show at Cal Poly Pomona will be at 2 p.m. at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on the campus. The shows are held on the first Sunday of the month from October through May. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and children 6 to 17; and kids 5 and under as well as Cal Poly students are free. Parking is $3. Information (in case of inclimate weather): 909-869-2224.

SUNDAY: A benefit to raise support for typhoon relief efforts in the Philippines will be held at Scripps College, put on by students and staff of the Music Department from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. It will include a workshop and music programs that are free and open to the public. At 12:30, Annie Cuevas, director of tourism of the Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles, and Tony Olaes, chairman of Gawad Kalinga USA, will discuss the aftermath of the typhoon, in Boone Hall of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. The main benefit concert begins at 3 p.m. in Garrison Theater of the Performing Arts Center, featuring Scripps students and staff and contributors from the other Claremont Colleges. Information: 909-607-3266.

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