Darcie Bye receives her COVID-19 vaccination at Catholic Community Services’ Bridge Shelter in Seattle on Wednesday. Bye said she was nervous about getting the vaccine, but decided to take it after a shelter staffer talked with her about the opportunity. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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Nikita Ares CQ, a Seattle-based painter, works Tuesday, March 30, 2021 to install her first exhibition at the newly-opened Museum of Museums CQ on First Hill. 216766
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Clockwise from left, Narayan MacGowan, Sahej MacGowan, Halia Correia and Beau Rosen, front, look through the eggs they’ve found at a community Easter egg hunt at Seattle’s Interlaken Park Sunday April 4, 2021. Over 300 eggs were hidden by Kellie Sloan and her son to bring some Easter joy to the neighborhood kids.
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