Star Trek Events: Thursday, September 29 – Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Oktoberfest's got nothing on Star Trek!

Monster-Mania Con: Friday, September 30 – Sunday, October 2

Malcolm McDowell, Alice Krige, Andrew Robinson, Chris Sarandon, Clint Howard, Oded Fehr, and Tom Morga are scheduled to appear this weekend at the Delta Hotel Marriott, in Hunt Valley, Maryland. All the details are at Monster-Mania.

Kate Mulgrew in Prague: Saturday, October 1

Kate Mulgrew will be appearing on a panel, signing autographs, and participating in photo ops on Saturday at the Kulturní Centrum Novodvorská conference center, in Prague. Get the skinny and buy tickets at Fan Base.

William Shatner on Boldly Go: Wednesday, October 5

Join William Shatner as he talks about his new book, Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder. This virtual event is hosted by the Gwinnett County (Georgia) Public Library and takes place next Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. ET. Tickets are 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: Lower Decks season three viewing parties each Saturday. 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. Each viewing party is dedicated to supporting Impac+NYC which is a social support community of queer, gay, bi, and trans men living with HIV living in New York together. 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 November 27, the American Helicopter and Museum & Education Center is hosting the Star Trek Screen-Used Props and Costumes Exhibit and Speakers’ Series. Visit AHMEC for the details.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk