7 things to do in Boston this week

Tuesday, 6/23

The Strokes are at TD Garden. The iconic NYC garage rock revivalists are on their Reality Awaits North America tour, 7pm.

Wednesday, 6/24

The 29th Annual Rose Garden Party at the James P. Kelleher Rose Garden in the Back Bay Fens is a fundraising event for free family programming in public parks across the city, 5:30pm.

Thursday, 6/25

We Hold These Truths at the Boston Public Library Central Library commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, with poetry, music and guest readings by former Gov. Deval Patrick and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 6pm.

Friday, 6/26

Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now at the Institute of Contemporary Art offers a look at their African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program, 10am–9pm.

The Red Sox and New York Yankees continue a mid-summer rivalry series at Fenway under the Friday night lights, 7:10pm.

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