Kristen Garofali

Astronomy on Tap Seattle

I am co-founder of Astronomy on Tap (AoT) in Seattle, a free monthly outreach event featuring astronomy-themed talks and trivia at a local brewery. AoT Seattle has been holding events since March 2015, and now regularly draws crowds of over 200 astro-enthusiasts each month. During my tenure organizing and running AoT Seattle, events were live-streamed, as well as recorded on our YouTube channel.

University of Washington Planetarium

From 2015-2017 I served as the coordinator for the University of Washington Planetarium, a fully digital planetarium. As coordinator, I ran trainings for volunteers on how to create and present planetarium shows using WorldWide Telescope, and organized the daily schedule of shows for audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

Astronomy on Tap Seattle crowd at Peddler Brewing Company, August 2016.