Weekend Event Picks, July 4-6
Making plans? Short on ideas? No worries. See Milva DiDomizio’s picks for the top things to do around the Hub this weekend.
FRIDAY
SPECTACULAR FOURTHNote: Due to weather predictions, this event has been moved and will take place July 3, weather permitting. This year, maestro Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops are joined by the Beach Boys, Megan Hilty, and the Boston Children’s Chorus for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Traditions including a performance of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture (with cannons) continue. New this year is a live webcast of the event. After the star-studded concert, fireworks fill the sky. Rescheduled to July 3, concert 8:30 p.m., fireworks 10:30 p.m. Free. DCR Hatch Shell, 47 David G. Mugar Way, Boston. www.july4th.org
FUNNY AND FREE Celebrate this patriotic day in this patriotic city with some patriotic improvisers. Tonight is the final performance for ImprovBoston’s “Comedy, America!’’ The show celebrating our great nation is just one of a half dozen on ImprovBoston’s holiday schedule, and in celebration of the day, all are free admission. July 4, 10 p.m. (hourly shows begin at 7 p.m.). Free. ImprovBoston, 40 Prospect St., Cambridge. 617-576-1253, www.improvboston.com
CLASSIC POLITICS When “House of Cards’’ gets a little too dark, we can always return to the kinder, gentler Capitol depicted in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.’’ Frank Capra’s 1939 comedy-drama catapulted James Stewart to stardom and won the Oscar for Best Original Story. Enjoy it on the waterfront in the Summer in the City entertainment series. July 4, 6 p.m. Free. Cancelled in case of rain. Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, Boston. 617-856-7744, www.bhh.com
SATURDAY
‘SUMMERTIME’ SOPRANO It’s a good weekend for a road trip out to Western Mass. and the summer home of the Boston Symphony. Tanglewood opens its season with guest soprano Renee Fleming, who will sing music including selections from “The Sound of Music,’’ “South Pacific,’’ “The King and I,’’ and “Porgy and Bess.’’ The all-American program also features works of Schwantner, Copland, and Adams. July 5, 8:30 p.m. $21-$106. Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox. www.bso.org
PAPER TRAIL The history of liberty in America owes much to the 1215 Magna Carta. Today, only four copies of the document remain, and one of them is on view in Boston as part of a special exhibit that also includes two manuscript copies of the Declaration of Independence, the 1768 Sons of Liberty Bowl by Paul Revere, and other historical documents, portraits, and marble busts of the founding fathers. July 5, 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Through Sept. 1. $25, $23 students and seniors, kids $0-$10. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org
SNOW SCREEN It’s hot in July, but watching Elsa brave the blizzard in “Frozen’’ might help you cool off. The Disney movie kicks off the Magic 106.7 Family Film Festival. Entertainment and games start at 6 p.m., with the film following at sundown. July 5, 6 p.m. Free. Rain date July 9. Shops at Prudential Center, South Garden, Boston. www.prudentialcenter.com
SUNDAY
ROCK STEADY They play bluegrass, not rock ‘n’ roll, but there’s a definite groove to the music of High Rock Mountain. Fronted by fiddler/vocalist Sadie Currey, the young quintet showcases trad bluegrass, vocal harmonies, and instrumentals featuring fiddle, guitar, banjo, and mando. The show is part of the Longfellow Summer Festival. July 6, 3 p.m. Free. Bring lawn chairs, picnics. Longfellow House, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. www.nps.gov
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