Carolina Tolladay Vidal, who makes custom COVID-19 piñatas, says their faces are more fun to smash than most piñatas. April 14th, 2021. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media) When the coronavirus pandemic ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal’s pinata business in Alaska went to pieces — and not in a good way for a pinata maker. “Many of the ...

Lorena Robletto creates festive and creative piñatas with fair labor practices at her business, Amaz Lorena Robletto creates festive and creative piñatas with fair labor practices at her business, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man is apologizing for black piñata figures that he hung by cords from the porch roof of his home. Victor Chavarria says the figures were piñatas created for a multiracial ...

Piñata maker and multimedia artist, Edy Aguilar, in Northern Alabama. Edy Aguilar, a third-generation piñata maker and artist from Northern Alabama, learned the craft from her mother and grandfather.

A Minneapolis piñata maker is apologizing for hanging pieces of his work -- piñatas which look like black people -- from the front porch of his house. A Minneapolis piñata maker is apologizing for ...

In this photo provided by Alaska Public Media, Carolina Tolladay Vidal displays custom COVID-19 piñatas in her home in Anchorage, Alaska, on April 14, 2021. After her business ground to almost a halt ...

The grinning, vibrant piñatas that welcome visitors to Ana Reyes’ party goods store on Commerce Street — Piñata Time — belie a harsh reality for piñata makers in San Antonio: It’s been a rough year.