Star Trek events: Thursday, March 10th - Wednesday, March 16th, 2022

Star Trek events: Thursday, March 10th - Wednesday, March 16th, 2022
Heading swiftly towards spring…get ready for Trek events!

Heading swiftly towards spring…get ready for Trek events!

GalaxyCon Live Signing: William Shatner and Brent Spiner: Friday, March 11

Friday, March 11, is the deadline for ordering signatures from William Shatner and Brent Spiner via GalaxyCon. Shatner and Spiner are signing photos, and mini posters. Shatner is also signing Funkos and copies of his book, Live Long and…: What I Learned Along the Way. Check out each of William Shatner’s and Brent Spiner’s GalaxyCon pages for the details.

Space Exploration for All: Sunday, March 13

Tim Russ will be part of a panel at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festival, which runs from today through Sunday, March 20, in Austin, Texas. The Space Exploration for All: You Can Discover Space panel will take place in person this Sunday at 10:00am CT in the Austin Convention Center. For more on the panel and the larger wide-ranging festival, visit SXSW.

The Regular Stuff

  • These are the Twitter watchalongs:

    • #allstartrek runs Sunday through Friday at 8/7C and follows the Heroes and Icons Channel’s All Star Trek programme.

    • #TOSSatNight starts at 9pm PT on Saturday night and follows a different episode of The Original Series every week, and

    • #StarTrekHour is a Q&A-format event, every Tuesday at 1pm PT.

  • Then there’s Star Trek: Watch Party, hosted daily and coordinated on Facebook. Every evening, they use the Teleparty browser extension to watch Star Trek together. To find out more, head over to Star Trek: Watch Party on Facebook.

  • Speaking of a Star Trek watch party: the iBlind Users Group hosts Trekkie Talk on the first and third Thursdays of every month. They watch an audio descriptive version of a Star Trek episode and get together virtually to discuss it. To find out how to join in, visit ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk.

  • But wait, there’s more watch partying: Club IDIC hosts a weekly watch party and discussion at 6pm Alberta Time every Friday. The schedule and Zoom links are available at the Club IDIC Facebook page.

  • To Proudly Go, a New York-based nonprofit, will be hosting Star Trek: Discovery season 4 viewing parties each Saturday (or the docuseries Center Seat while Discovery is on hiatus, January 15 – February 5, 2022). The gatherings begin at 6:00pm ET at the Barracuda Lounge in New York City. Tickets are free, and vaccination is required. The viewing parties also include Star Trek trivia games, special Star Trek-themed drag performances, two-for-one drinks, fabulous Star Trek prizes, and merchandise. For all the details and to reserve tickets, visit To Proudly Go on Facebook.

  • Virtual Trek Con presents The Main Viewer every Tuesday - a live discussion show on YT with occasional special guests and an open chat geared towards fan interaction.

  • Disco Does DnD - livestream DnD game with DSC actors on Twitch, every Sunday at 1pmPT/4pmET. 

  • And finally, there’s Sid City Social Club, hosted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig’s official fan website. They meet twice-monthly on the first Tuesday and third Friday of every month, with occasional pop-up meetings with Sid as his schedule allows. For more details, and how you can join in, visit sidcity.net.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk

David is a contributing writer for Daily Star Trek News on the Roddenberry Podcast Network. He is a librarian, baseball fan, and book and movie buff. He has also written for American Libraries and Skeptical Inquirer. David also enjoys diverse music, but leans toward classical and jazz. He plays a mean radio.