Tex-Mex punk purveyors Piñata Protest aren't strangers to national media exposure. Even so, the band's pretty geared up for a forthcoming appearance on the resurrected cable hot rod show Monster ...

The piñata industry, dependent on social gatherings, has seen sales plummet. Some artisans, in a creative bid to survive, have added coronavirus figures to their lineups of superheros and princesses.