Star Trek Events: Thursday, March 16 - Wednesday, March 22

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Planet Comicon: Friday, March 17 – Sunday, March 19

Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, William Shatner, and Dee Bradley Baker are scheduled to appear at Planet Comicon, taking place at the Kansas City Convention Center. All the skinny is at Planet Comicon.

Creature Feature Weekend: Friday, March 17 – Sunday, March 19

Join Doug Jones all weekend at the Wyndham Gettysburg (PA) Hotel. Get the details at Creature Feature Weekend.

Kate Mulgrew Autographs: Sunday, March 19

Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. ET is the deadline to order autographs via GalaxyCon. Signatures are available on photos, mini posters, and a copy of Mulgrew’s book, Born with Teeth. Head over to GalaxyCon for more information and to order.

John de Lancie Narrates Stravinsky: Sunday, March 19

Musicians from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music perform Stravinsky’s bold, jazzy, modern work for narrator and orchestra, L’histoire du soldat, with actor John de Lancie taking on the role of narrator/soldier/devil. de Lancie’s father, John Sr., was the longtime principal oboist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and later director of the Curtis Institute. The live performance of this and other works, beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET,  is at Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York City. More information and ticket ordering for either the live performance or a recorded video can be found at 92NY.

Nicholas Meyer on Star Trek and Sherlock Holmes – Wednesday, March 22

Join The Luke Deckard Show on YouTube for this virtual conversation with Meyer about Star Trek as well as writing Sherlock Holmes stories. You will learn invaluable facts about storytelling and filmmaking while also discovering what it was like for Meyer to approach both Star Trek and Holmes and tell new and compelling stories with such established characters. The live stream begins at 3:30 p.m. ET, and free registration is available at Eventbrite.

The Regular Stuff

·These are the Twitter watchalongs:

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

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

o   #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: Picard season three viewing parties each Saturday, beginning February 18. 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 / fundraiser benefits also include Star Trek trivia games, special Star Trek-themed drag performances, two-for-one drinks, fabulous Star Trek prizes, and merchandise. Each viewing party is dedicated to supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit To Proudly Go.

·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.

· Join Grey Havens Philosophy and Outworld Brewing every first Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. as they discuss the big ideas inspired by Star Trek. The gatherings are at Outworld Brewing, in Longmont, Colorado. Attendance is free, but an RSVP for planning purposes is appreciated at Eventbrite.

·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.

·Ongoing through May 4, 2023, the Science Museum in London, UK is hosting the immersive exhibition Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination. Visit the Science Museum for more information and to order tickets.

·Ongoing through October, Starship Edsel is a Star Trek inspired farce set aboard the Federation Starship Edsel towards the end of the 24th century. It is based upon a LARP written and developed by Brandon Brylawski, who is also a producer and head writer on this show. Performances take place at the Otherworld Theatre, in Chicago. Get all the skinny at Eventbrite.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk

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