The star of the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of "As You Like It" is also a boat captain and lighthouse ...

This summer’s free Shakespeare production on the Common is a so-called trouser play, but one with deep pockets.

In a new roundup by Time Out, Boston was recently named the greenest city in the world, thanks to its many parks and gorgeous ...

Some big changes are contemplated for America’s oldest park, and it will be Liza Meyer’s mission to make them happen.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's free production of "As You Like It" on Boston Common brings the annual play in the park ...

It feels like things are really heating up this weekend. Some of Greater Boston’s most famous summer traditions are happening ...

Someone splattered white paint and sprayed black paint onto the front entrance of the Massachusetts State House Wednesday.

A vandal hit the front steps of the State House early Wednesday, splashing paint and spraying graffiti right in the heart ...

Local News What to know about the Boston Common Christmas tree lighting The tree will be lit Thursday night. The Boston Common Tree Lighting ceremony on Dec, 3, 2015. Olivia Spinale / Boston.com ...

A trip back, via The Boston Globe archives, through Boston Common’s violent history, which includes out-of-control hippies, striking cops, curfews, stabbings, drug dealing, and shootings.