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4 tales of joyous post-vaccine reunions from around the Seattle area By Megan Burbank, The Seattle Times
Published: May 9, 2021, 5:51pm
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This time last year, COVID-19 retracted social circles almost overnight. Adult children waved to parents in assisted-living facilities through windows. First-time parents brought home newborns without family support. But with the increased availability of vaccines, folks are counting down the days to that first hug and that postponed visit with family, or a happy reunion with friends. Here are a few stories of what that looks like, from a grandchild’s first visit with her grandparents to an unconventional 100th birthday party and a return of in-person dance classes at a community senior center.
by Jasmyne Keimig • Feb 18, 2021 at 3:30 pm
Can t wait to hop onto the light rail to go from the Capitol Hill Arts & Cultural District to the Rainier Valley Creative District. BEN HORAKAfua Kouyate, executive director of ADEFUA Cultural Education Workshop, is leading an effort to designate southeast Seattle as a creative district under the state s Creative District (CD) program. Having situated her arts organization within the community for over three decades, Kouyate sees the move as a way of remembering what Rainier Valley is about and who we are.
The proposed CD s boundaries would stretch from John Muir Elementary School in the north to Rainier Beach High School in the south and get boxed in by the blocks surrounding Rainier Avenue. If approved, the Rainier Valley Creative District would be the ninth state-approved CD and the first situated within Seattle s borders. (The Capitol Hill, Uptown, Columbia City and Hillman City, and Cent