• We first told you about this seven months ago, and now it's officially a reality: Tacoma has named a new park after the life and works of sci-fi author Frank Herbert. "Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park" is an 11-acre park featuring "Frank Herbert Trail." Tacoma Metro Parks commissioner Erik Hanberg told the News Tribune that Herbert's “experiences in Tacoma shaped his appreciation for the delicate balance of nature, so it feels right to attach his name to a park that reclaims toxic land.” The park is set to open by late summer or fall. We'll let you know when it opens, and we'll take a field trip down to check it out.

• Susan Fried at the South Seattle Emerald writes about how the Somali community in south Seattle got together with Seattle Public Libraries, Seattle Public Schools, and the Seattle Housing Authority to create a children's book that celebrates Somali culture and language. The book will soon be available in libraries and schools around the nation.

• A stronger man than I would be able to resist the urge to refer to this post as "Poetry in Motion:"

Special thanks to @SeattleArts and @4Culture for allowing #SeattleStreetcar to host this year's #PoetryonBuses for the #LunarNewYearFestival. Check out some of the action, celebrating this year's theme "Your Body of Water"! pic.twitter.com/oyJdkcPyT1

— Seattle Streetcar (@TheStreetcar) February 13, 2018

• Congratulations to Seattle kid's book author Jessixa Bagley, who won a New Writer Honor from the 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for her book Laundry Day. If you'd like to congratulate her in person, Bagley will be signing her latest book at Secret Garden Books in Ballard this Sunday, February 18th at 4 pm.