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Tim Hacker

Gelato Dolce Vita

Features--Marti Printy, left, and her husband Walter Bergamaschi (CQ) own Gelato Dolce Vita in Mesa offering 24 different flavors of fresh homemade Italian ice cream.

Tim Hacker

Art-O-Mat pumps out mini creative works

Thomas Boggan

Dia de los Muertos celebrates life

SPECIAL DISPLAY: An altar commemorating celebrities who have died in the past year is one of the pieces on display in a Día de los Muertos exhibition at Xico, Inc.’s gallery in downtown Chandler. The exhibition coincides with a Day of the Dead festival on Saturday.

Women empowered through wilderness skills

SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS: Maggie Oxley of Glendale hangs in midair during a ropes course at a Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshop. The weekend workshops, held three times per year, teach everyday women skills such as outdoor survival, land navigation and wildlife tracking. JOSEPH BERKE

Bergies Coffee Roast House

Bergies Coffee Roast House

Inside the Bungalow

Inside the Bungalow