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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Danielle Aguilar ramps up tamale production at La Mesa Tamales for the holiday rush. Aguilar’s father opened the store 21 years ago. (Photography by Tirion Morris/Arizona Sonora News)

Cornucopia of holiday foods traditional for Arizona

Tirion Morris November 30, 2017

Tamales are on the tip of everyone's tongue when thinking of holiday traditional foods in Southern Arizona, but they are not the only thing to adorn local tables. Traditions from a cornucopia of...

Hats off to graduation

Hats off to graduation

Haley Ford May 3, 2017

The mortarboard signifies superiority and intelligence, but millennial graduates are putting a new spin on the traditional commencement regalia by decorating their caps. From meaningful phrases, rhinestones,...

Ruben Moreno performing with his trumpet (Photo by: LuzDeLuna)

Sharing music through generations

Alexis Oakley February 21, 2017

Ruben Moreno has been playing mariachi music since the spring of 1974. The genre fell into his lap after a knee injury playing football at the University of Arizona sent him to the hospital. While...

Mexican folk art outside of Casa Maya de Mexico in Tubac, AZ (Photo by Matthew Scheurman).

Artesanía gives voice to Mexican heritage in southern Arizona

Matthew Scheurman March 10, 2016

Rainbow-colored telavera animals crowd the outside of Casa Maya de Mexico in the self-described “artist colony” of Tubac where metalwork shaped into suns and moons, paper mache skeletons from...

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Tasty and culturally rich: tamale time

Madeline Ruth December 11, 2014

During the holidays, the demand for homemade tamales surpasses any other month of the year.. These individually wrapped presents involve care, love, family, tradition and Mexican heritage. They are...

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