A mask-making workshop for Dia de los Muertos

By HAILEY FREEMAN  Arizona Sonora News Ruben Palma carries trays of still-damp papier-mâché masks across a makeshift crafts studio. Tin paint cans, hunks of cardboard and faded tangerine-colored Home Depot buckets litter the inside of Funeraria del Angel, one of the sites for the All Souls Procession workshops last month.  Palma serves as All Souls…

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Little angels take big steps to understand loss

By Phoebe Stevens El Independiente Children with painted faces run around Armory Park in homemade costumes, while their families spread out across the plush green lawn and relax beneath the sun’s warmth. From the air that buzzes with laughter and chatter, most people would not assume that the event being held that day had anything to…

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Serving community with a union print shop

By Phoebe Stevens El Independiente Dwight Metzger was pretty surprised when his business tripled in size after he relocated it to South Tucson six years ago. The building he constructed on the once empty property at 238 E. 26th St. now houses two six-color rotating presses, two automatic presses, a vacuum table and several high-volume…

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