Temperatures approaching 90 degrees did not deter dedicated Harvard marathoners, who raced the 26.2 miles from Hopkington, Mass., to downtown Boston on the hottest April 16 in recorded Boston history.

Not even a "Warm Weather Advisory" will prevent the most die-hard athletes from running the 2012 Boston Marathon. With temperatures predicted to soar into the mid and upper 80s, event organizers issued a bulletin encouraging inexperienced runners to skip the race, offering them the option of deferring and participating next year. But for spectators yearning for a taste of summer in April, the warm weather provides a great excuse to get outside. Here are a few of the best places to witness all of the action:

Massachusetts Congressional candidate Joseph P. Kennedy III raised $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2012, his campaign announced Friday.

Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.

Speaking before a crowd of more than 400 people, University President Drew G. Faust discussed the evolving perceptions of the Civil War and the ties between war and the humanities at the Boston Public Library Tuesday evening.

Easterlin, a graduate from the Berklee College of Music, has had a lot of good things going for her recently.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon spoke at Northeastern about blending his Jewish heritage with genre fiction.

The subway, the train, the T, the underground, the metro, the tube-whatever you call it, it's how we get around. Boston's happens to be the first, and when one has the world's most ancient subway system, it's easy to dismiss it as old news. But the MBTA has a big birthday this year, and it deserves its rightful centennial celebration. For the week, we played "I Spy." This is what we saw.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra captured the piece's emotions with control and power. The orchestra will give its final performance of the piece tonight.