STAR TREK EVENTS: April 11 - 17, 2024

Star Trek Events: April 11 - 17

Grand Rapids Comic-Con: Friday, April 12 – Sunday, April 14

Nana Visitor is scheduled to appear at the Kalamazoo County Event & Expo Center. Head over to the con site for all the details.

Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo: Friday, April 12 – Sunday, April 14

George Takei, Jonathan Frakes, and Dee Bradley Baker will be at the Von Braun Center. Check out the Expo’s homepage for more information.

FanExpo Cleveland: Friday, April 12 – Sunday, April 14

Brent Spiner and Fred Tatasciore are scheduled to appear at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland. Get all the skinny at FanExpo.

An Evening with George Takei: Tuesday, April 16

George Takei will be in conversation with BD Wong at the Peter Jay Sharpe Theatre, in New York City. All the details and tickets are available at Symphony Space.

The Regular Stuff

·These are the X and Mastodon watchalongs:

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.

·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.

· 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.

· The Observation Deck features a free series of online Star Trek watch parties, with episodes chosen from across the franchise. Set course for The Observation Deck for all the details, including the schedule and to sign up.

·Sid City Social Club, hosted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig’s official fan website. The Club now holds quarterly meetings. For date announcements and further information, follow https://www.facebook.com/sidcityonline/ and https://www.sidcity.net/sid-city-social-club-2/.

·To Proudly Go hosts a recurring in-person Star Trek Variety Show IV in New York. Show tickets here.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk