AUBRIE KRALIS, a senior at The Center School, located in Seattle Center Armory, also serves as the Volunteer Coordinator and Steering Committee Co-Chair for The Vera Project.  As she enthusiastically talks about the vibe inside Vera during a rock show, one can’t help but know that the future is in bright, capable hands. “In my position, […]

ROY BERRIS, Senior Crew Chief, KeyArena at Seattle Center. Roy has been working at the Seattle Center for twenty years. He leads the team that changes the floor at KeyArena, transforming it for a variety of events, from ice rinks to basketball courts, and many a rock concert in between. “I am from the Phillipines. […]

“One thing I’ve tried to focus on is that we need to not just reach out to Seattle citizens, but region-wide too. I live in the south end, so we don’t get a lot of information down there about what’s going on around Seattle Center. And I think it’s really important to let the entire […]

“Maybe it’s just an artist thing in general… people get all navel gazey. That’s the danger with original or creative work, which I love, when it’s creative and original. But sometimes it’s like ‘and then my cat went out, and it never came back,’ pause, pause, light change. I need more depth, I think, than […]

“Many ex-theater people work here because it’s the same skill set. You have to be really good at creative problem solving, you have to be really good at working with a diverse group of people at all given levels. It definitely keeps your creative juices flowing. Every single person I know who’s an employee here […]

“What I love about this place is that it’s a value statement about what the community believes in. It was originally created to be a world’s fair site, but there was a Trojan horse put inside of it. The people who planned the world’s fair planned it so that there would be an arts and […]

“I came out of this really small town. I saw one professional play… I saw one professional arts program… in six years of being a teenager. Seattle Repertory Theatre was touring the Western States, and they came into Wenatchee. Then they bussed us in from all over North Central Washington to see the play. And […]

Prior to coming to Seattle Center 17 years ago, we were in the age of what I’ll call diversity, when you talk about race and culture and ethnicity. This idea was what really launched Seattle Center Festál, to help people understand the diversity of the city. Most places are not as diverse as Seattle. We’ve […]