Denny ParkSouth Lake Union, 100 Dexter Avenue NA tiny (.1-acre) graveled area inside the city’s oldest park, surrounded by beautiful towering trees, rhododendrons and azaleas. A nice touch: a fire hydrant situated inside the dog area, for dogs with a sense of humor. Better than being on a leash, but its small size would not…

[EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT!]Must Party5 Reasons You Should Attend Pop! Bubbles & SeafoodSaturday (2/21, 6 p.m) Seattle magazine’s food-and-drink-filled fete, Pop! Bubbles & Seafood, kicks off on Saturday, February 21. The tasting party, which is the precursor to the 7th annual Seattle Wine and Food Experience on Sunday, will be loaded with…

Being a city widely known for its laid-back, laissez-faire attitude, our penchant for protesting might come as a surprise to some. But in fact, riots and protests have long been a part of our city’s history. Be it our location as a massive shipping port off the Pacific, diplomatic hub of the West Coast, or…

There are only a few hours left to donate to the Exploding Kittens card game Kickstarter created by Elan Lee, Shane Small and Seattle cartoonist and founder of The Oatmeal comics Matthew Inman. The 56-card game is dubbed as a “highly strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette,” in which players try to avoid drawing an…

Walk around the city and you might see a cat atop a busker’s piano, a parrot fake-flying on a bicycle’s handlebars or a hefty pig on a leash making the sidewalk look awfully small. We cherish our pets in a big way here, and much is made of the fact that dogs and cats outnumber…

Did you feel the Earth move under your feet early this morning? A 4.3-magnitude earthquake shook central Washington at 1:04 a.m., “about 20 miles north of Ellensburg and 10 miles northeast of Cle Elum,” the Associated Press reports. There were no reports of damage or injuries. Now that real estate websites Zillow and Trulia have…

This article originally appeared on Avvo. In honor of movie awards season — and the fact that the Oscars are right around the corner — we’ve compiled a list of the year’s most important documentaries as well as recent standouts you shouldn’t miss. From sexual assault on colleges campuses to Florida’s “stand your ground” law,…

Why wasn’t I made aware of this “search for astronauts” that Dutch nonprofit Mars One began in 2013? One Seattle man was privy to it and so far he’s made the cut, topping the group’s list of 100 people (narrowed down from 200,000) who might one day leave Earth and head to Mars. King 5…

An old colleague and friend recently sent out an appeal for help. Due to health and financial problems, he and his partner were struggling to make ends meet, and just before Christmas, they became homeless. He set up a PayPal account to receive donations. At the same time, my extended family was working to make…

A Queen Anne apartment building has experienced a bit of mayhem throughout the last few months. A thief broke in Sunday morning after he pried the building’s front door open and stole tools from a storage closet and (ew) rummaged through people’s laundry in the laundry room. In late December, a woman was caught on…

Must WatchSeattle Asian American Film Festival(2/12 to 2/15, times vary) This year, the annual festival of films by and about Asian-Americans will be held at the Northwest Film Forum, with the customary mix of new shorts, documentaries and features offering fresh perspectives on contemporary issues—including opening night film To Be Takei, about the Star Trek…