Published January 20, 2011

Google's home page celebrates the 50th anniversary of JFK's inaugural address.

Good morning! Enjoy one snow-free Thursday before another storm dumps on us overnight. Later today, we’re expecting fresh numbers for the Massachusetts unemployment rate.

Today is the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” Yesterday, On Point asked, Does Kennedy’s challenge stand up today? WBUR’s Tom Ashbrook talked with David Brooks, Chris Matthews and Thurston Clarke.

Only four Bay Staters were on President Obama’s guest list for Wednesday night’s state dinner with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Sen. John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, and Bostonian Robert Sherman and his guest, Kim Sawyer.

An institution for Boston’s Latino community, the Hi-Lo Foods in Jamaica Plain, is closing. The store will be replaced by… Whole Foods. That’s pretty much JP in a nutshell. WBUR’s Bianca Vazquez Toness reports on the mixed reactions.

WBUR’s Andrea Shea covers the new ART performance that people are buzzing about: “R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe.” It’s a one-man show about the influential futurist. Bucky is buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, just two miles from the theater.

And did you hear about Tom Brady’s foot?