This Weekend in Claremont-La Verne: Friday Nights Live and Zombies

1. Father Robert Hale, a Camaldolese-Benedictine monk, will host “Contemplative Christianity: The Monk Within,” 3 p.m. Friday at Pilgrim Place’s Decker Hall, 625 Mayflower Rd., Claremont.

2. Tonight is Friday Nights Live in downtown Claremont. This week’s performances are Dynamite Dawson (soft rock) at the Public Plaza, Give Up the Junk (swing/jazz) at the Claremont Chamber and Steve Rushingwind (Native American flute) at city hall.

3. Catch food trucks at Claremont Craft Ales, 1420 N. Claremont Blvd. 204 C, Claremont,  Friday and Saturday after 4 p.m. George’s Greek food truck will be at the location Friday, with the Pine Haven Café serving on Saturday,

4. Pomona College Alumni Association presents “Can Zombies do Math?” a free mathematics lecture 1:30 p.m. at Descanso Gardens,1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. Register by visiting www.pomona.edu/alumnievents or call 621-8110.

5. A cyclist was flown to USC/L.A. County Hospital after colliding with a vehicle Thursday morning. Read the details here.