Chris Tanaka

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Chris Tanaka

Boston Ballet's new production of "Roméo et Juliette" is unlike any you've seen before, with Juliette taking on a different form of dancing. The tragic love story in this contemporary piece is still intact but the presentation of the ballet is unique, with Juliette dancing some of the piece barefoot. "The barefoot dance is actually harder for classical ballet dancers," said principal dancer Seo Hye Han. "We are switching from pointe shoes to bare feet.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Chris Tanaka

There's something for "Jaws" fans coming to The North Shore Music Theater in Beverly. The play, "The Shark is Broken," gives an inside look at the relationship between the three main actors during the production of the 1975 film. Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, and Robert Shaw spent hours out on the open water while film crews tried fixing the mechanical shark. Guy Masterson directed the Broadway production and is now back in the captain's chair for the Beverly production.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Chris Tanaka

A farm in the city of Boston? Yes and it's a landmark When you think of a farm, you generally don't think of Boston, or any city. But there's one in Mattapan that grows thousands of pounds of produce every year. Sprouting up between the triple decker homes and asphalt on Norfolk Street is the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm, home to the Urban Farming Institute (UFI).

2 months ago | cityfarmer.info | Chris Tanaka |Michael Levenston

Drop-in volunteers, professional and school groups help with a flower, fruit and vegetable crop that yields almost 20,000 pounds every year. By Chris TanakaCNNApril 24, 2025Excerpt:BOSTON (WBZ) — When you think of a farm, you generally don’t think of Boston, or any city. But there’s one in Mattapan that grows thousands of pounds of produce every year.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Chris Tanaka

This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. It began with the "Shot heard 'round the world" on April 19, 1775 in Lexington and it marked the end of a decade of simmering tension between the colonies and Britain. You could say it started in 1763 over a cup of coffee. Following the French and Indian War, the English monarchy was heavily in debt. King George III imposed the Sugar Act, which taxed foreign imports of sugar and molasses.