Star Trek events: Friday, August 27th - Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
GalaxyCon Live: Villains of Star Trek - Saturday, August 28th
First up, GalaxyCon Live is happening again this weekend. On Saturday, August 28th at 4pm ET some of the villains of Star Trek will be gathering for a free virtual Q&A, including Scott MacDonald, Brian Thompson, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, and Gerrit Graham. Stephen McHattie will also be available for autographs only. As usual, registration for the Q&A is free, and you can also purchase autographs and one-on-one video chats. For more information visit GalaxyCon.com.
GalaxyCon Live: Alien Nation - Sunday, August 29th
Also at GalaxyCon Live, on Sunday, August 29th at 4pm ET, Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint will appear with the Alien Nation cast. See GalaxyCon.com for more information.
Walter Koenig @ The Hollywood Show - Saturday, August 28th
Back to Saturday the 28th, when Walter Koenig will be doing photo ops at The Hollywood Show in Los Angeles at 3pm PT. See HollywoodShow.com for more information.
Doug Jones @ Louisiana Comic Con - Saturday, August 28 - Sunday, August 29th
And in Lafayette, Louisiana on Saturday and Sunday, August 28th and 29th, Doug Jones will be appearing at Louisiana Comic Con. To find out more about the event including how to attend, visit LouisianaComicCon.com.
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.
NEW: To Proudly Go is hosting a recurring in-person Star Trek: Lower Decks viewing party on Saturdays at 6pm ET in New York City.
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.
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.