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    Things to do around Boston this week

    By Steph SolisMike Deehan,

    2024-06-17
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    Boston celebrates Juneteenth this Wednesday with parades, marches and free museum programming.

    • Here are some of the best events of the week.

    Monday 6/17

    ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ Find free yoga and high-intensity workouts on the greenway, 5:30pm-7pm.

    ๐Ÿ“– Author Puloma Ghosh discusses her debut collection of short stories, "Mouth," at Harvard Book Store, 7pm.

    Tuesday 6/18

    ๐Ÿ“š The BPL's South End branch hosts a summer pop-up with free books, drag queen story hour and guests from nonprofit More Than Words, 10am-2pm.

    Wednesday 6/19

    ๐ŸŽŸ Admission to the MFA , the Gardner Museum and the ICA are free for Juneteenth .

    The 14th annual Juneteenth Emancipation Observance kicks off with a flag raising at 12:30pm at the Dillaway-Thomas House in Eliot Square, 12:30pm.

    • Followed by a parade from Eliot Square to the National Center for Afro-American Artist Museum in Roxbury at 2pm and observance at 4pm on the museum grounds.

    Thursday 6/20

    ๐Ÿฅฒ Lana Del Rey comes to Fenway Park.

    ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค While Lana's at Fenway , The Who's Roger Daltrey will be at Leader Bank Pavilion in the Seaport.

    ๐Ÿ“– East End Books Boston in the Seaport hosts "Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life," a talk between authors Michael Nott and Robert Pinsky, 6pm.

    Friday 6/21

    ๐Ÿก '90s nostalgia cannot be stopped as Hootie and the Blowfish come to Fenway Park.

    • Tix are a bit less than what Lana is getting: around $50 - $200.

    Saturday 6/22

    ๐ŸŒˆ Lamplighter Broadway in Cambridge hosts its first Drag Story Hour , 11am-12pm.

    ๐Ÿ• The Boston Pizza Festival returns to City Hall, 11am-6pm.

    • Free admission, but pizza tokens are $3 a piece.
    • Unsure where to start? Here's our ultimate pizza guide .

    Sunday 6/23

    ๐Ÿ› The SOWA Open Market and the accompanying Vintage Market are open for business in the South End every Sunday until October 11am - 4pm.

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