PICK OF THE DAY

Snap, crackle, and Pops

The Boston Pops and fireworks go together like Keith and Lockhart, and the musicians share this snap, crackle, and pop with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra at Tanglewood on Parade. The finale is preceded by a program of
Beethoven, Stravinsky, Grofé, Tchaikovsky, and John Williams. Conductors include
Lockhart and Williams. 8:30 p.m. $21-$104. Tanglewood Shed,
297 West St., Lenox. 888-266-1200. www.tanglewood.org

TUESDAY

Here’s the scoop We can personally vouch for the product scooped by DownRiver Ice Cream (we’re on our eighth frequent-buyer card). The Essex place is one of many North Shore shops at
Salem’s Ice Scream Bowl, part of Salem Heritage Days. 6-7:30 p.m., rain or shine. $5, $3 kids. Salem Common, 18 Washington Square West, Salem. 978-744-0004. www.salemmainstreets.org

Wanna trade? In the 19th century, Ipswich’s Augustine Heard & Co. was one of the companies doing business with China, and you can learn about the family at “A Chronicle of the China Trade: The Records of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877.” Exhibit contributors include the Ipswich Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, and the Massachusetts Historical Society.  Tuesday hours are 7 a.m.-6 p.m. (through Nov. 17). Free. Harvard Business School Baker Library, Bloomberg Center, 25 Harvard Way (Soldiers Field Road), Boston. 617-495-6411. www.library.hbs.edu/hc/heard

WEDNESDAY

Take it in If you catch a glimpse of the 70-by-70-foot mural on the air intake structure in Dewey Square Park between Summer and Congress streets, it’s the work of Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo. The Brazilian twin brothers are known as Os Gemeos which means “the twins.’’ The Os Gemeos Public Mural Celebration features kids’ art activities, music, and food trucks (11 a.m.-1 p.m.), “Dine at Dusk” (5:30-7 p.m.), and more.  Aug. 8 at 11 a.m. (mural up through
Nov. 25). Free. Rose Kennedy Greenway, Dewey Square Park, Boston. 617-292-0020. www.rosekennedygreenway.org

Dear, dear, dear Anonymous no more is the online advice columnist known as Sugar. Cheryl Strayed is the advice giver for the Rumpus online literary magazine, and her new book is “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life From Dear Sugar.”  Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge.
617-661-1515. www.harvard.com/event/cheryl_strayed

Back to the ’60s Remember Peter & Gordon? Half of the pop duo is in Somerville for “A Musical Memoir of the ’60s and Beyond.” After Gordon Waller and Peter Asher broke up in 1968, the latter became buddies with Paul McCartney when his sister and McCartney were dating. While at Apple Records, Asher signed someone named James Taylor.  Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. $25. Johnny D’s, 17 Holland St., Davis Square, Somerville. 617-776-2004. www.johnnyds.com

Gotta Lovells it Before you trade the mower for the shovel, visit Lovells Island for a few hours of bliss at the beaches and dunes. Wander around the leftovers of Fort Standish and bring a picnic (no food or beverages available on the island or boat). Sponsored by the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands. Aug. 8 from 6-9 p.m. $25, $23 students and seniors, $21 children under 12 (reservations recommended). Depart from Rowes Wharf Water Transport behind Boston Harbor Hotel. 781-740-4290. www.fbhi.org