Defining
Moments
Five decades later, a
celebration of JFK’s stunning
primary win in West Virginia
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of John F.
Kennedy’s historic landslide state primary
victory in West Virginia, the Kennedy Presidential Library in South Boston has gathered
an extensive exhibit chronicling the win. Considered by many historians to be one of the
most significant state primaries in American
political history, Kennedy’s overwhelming
victory in West Virginia established him as a
strong and viable candidate for president.
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Date
CHINATOWN
the
North
American
Chinese
Invitational
Volleyball
Tournament
Sept. 4–6
Some 90 teams from
Chinatown communities in the United States
and Canada compete
in this six-decade-old
volleyball tournament.
boston.nacivt.com
CANTON
Life Is Good
Festival at Blue
Hills
Sept. 11–12
Life indeed is good with
a festival that includes
Ben Harper, Guster and
They Might Be Giants
among 20 musical acts
on three stages, as well
as art, food and games to
raise funds for the Life is
good Kids Foundation.
lifeisgood.com
CITY GUIDE
Boston
Photographs, artifacts, letters—even
clothing worn by Jacqueline Kennedy while
campaigning with her husband—have been
collected from the Kennedy Library collection, the National Archives and the White
House to illuminate the compelling story of
how the people of economically distressed,
overwhelmingly Protestant communities in
the South put their trust in the charismatic
junior senator whose Boston accent spoke
to them about hope. The jewel of this exhibit
is a series of Kennedy’s original handwritten
notes, never before displayed, revealing his
own doubts about the outcome of the race.
Through Nov. 28. jfklibrary.org.
Too Cool for School
With the kids back
in school, the
Boston Center for
Adult Education
is back in session,
too, o;ering a
series of one-hour
“sampler” classes,
Sept. ;–;;.
Potential students
are encouraged to
take a taste of the
gamut of classes,
including cooking
(the basics to Japa-
nese to regional
Italian), wine semi-
nars, bookbinding,
dance (tango,
Bollywood and
ballroom) and
language lessons.
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bcae.org.
SOMERVILLE
Honk! Festival
Oct. 8–11
With strong roots in
the traditions of New
Orleans brass bands and
klezmer music, some
musicians come with
shiny brass instruments
and others bring home-
made horns and drums
to play in a roving street
party to support a vari-
ety of social programs.
honkfest.org
BACK BAY
Tufts 10K
Oct. 11
The largest women’s
road race in the world
starts at the Boston
Common, crosses
bridges to and from
Cambridge and finishes
back at the Common.
tuftshealthplan.com/
tufts10k
CAMBRIDGE
Head of the
Charles Regatta
Oct. 23–24
Elite rowers, colle-
giate competitors and
master-class athletes
from around the world
slip the sculls into the
Charles River for a
weekend of racing and
outdoor parties. hocr.org
