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Five things to do around Boston, July 1-14

Chow down on chowder at Boston Harborfest, celebrate French independence, and more.

Boston Harborfest runs from Monday, July 1, through Thursday, July 4.Adobe Stock

EDITOR’S NOTE: This edition of Your Week Ahead covers two weeks. Look for the next Globe Magazine on July 14.

July 1-4

Stars and Stripes

Flaunt your red, white, and blue at the annual Boston Harborfest, which organizers say is among the largest Fourth of July festivals in the United States. Check out an arts market, roaming reenactors, Chowderfest, live music, fireworks, and much more. Admission is free, but some activities require tickets. Times vary; takes place across the city. bostonharborfest.com

July 3-4

Shark Attack

Shudder at a special screening of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 masterpiece, Jaws, which features three men on a desperate quest to defeat the great white shark picking off inhabitants of fictional Amity Island (the movie was mostly shot on Martha’s Vineyard). Three showtimes each day at Cambridge’s Brattle Theatre; tickets start at $12.50 for matinees. brattlefilm.org

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Opens July 6

Surreal Scenes

Wander through the looking glass and into the Museum of Fine Arts’ Dalí: Disruption and Devotion exhibition, which juxtaposes works by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí with some of the European masterpieces that influenced him. Included in general admission; nonmember tickets $27, with discounts available. Through December 1. mfa.org

July 13

Saigon Dreams

Travel to Vietnam in the Boston Little Saigon Night Market in the Little Saigon Cultural District, which runs along Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner. The night market will feature games, performances, a beer garden, food vendors, and more offerings from Dot’s thriving Vietnamese community. Admission is free. 4 to 9:30 p.m. bostonlittlesaigon.org

July 14

Liberté, Égalité, Rosé

Celebrate Bastille Day in style at the Alliance Française of Boston’s independence day party at La Voile in Brookline. Appetizers will be served all evening—including croque-monsieurs, saumon fumé, brie aux truffes, and more—plus face painting, glasses of rosé de Provence, and dancing. Prizes for the most French outfit. 5:30 to 10 p.m. Tickets, $90, required in advance at frenchlibrary.org.


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