FedCon 31: Friday, May 26 – Sunday, May 28

Marina Sirtis, Terry Farrell, Richard Poe, Judson Scott, John de Lancie, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Tony Amendola, George Takei, and Jaqueline Kim are scheduled to appear at FedCon this weekend, taking place at the Maritim Hotel Bonn. Ja, in Deutschland. All the details are at FedCon.

Texas Frightmare Weekend: Friday, May 26 – Sunday, May 28

Join Andrew Robinson and Ray Wise at the Irving Convention Center. Check out Texas Frightmare Weekend for the skinny.

Comicpalooza: Friday, May 26 – Sunday, May 28

Jack Quaid (Sat & Sun), Paul Wesley (Sat & Sun), and William Shatner (Sat only) will be at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston. Head over to Comicpalooza for more information.

Behind the Golden Curtain: Friday, May 26 – Sunday, May 28

Robert Picardo and Jerry Hardin will be among the guests for panel discussions, lectures, parties, trivia and more celebrating The Golden Girls. It’s all taking place at the Orinda Theatre, in Orinda, California. Check out the Orinda for more.

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.

·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 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.

·Ongoing through March 2024, the National Museum of African American History and Culture hosts the exhibition, “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” which includes a uniform worn by Nichelle Nichols.

·Ongoing Saturdays through June 3, join To Boldly Go for a Star Trek variety show and benefit, starting at 6 p.m. ET at the Barracuda Lounge in New York City. Included are drag shows, 2-for-1 drinks, bingo & trivia, and prizes & giveaways. Free tickets are available at Eventbrite.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk