Star Trek events: Thursday, April 15th - Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
Mark your calendars now for the weekend’s virtual Star Trek events
Most of you are probably out getting your COVID-19 vaccines this weekend, but if not, then check out these events! Or if you do get your vaccine, and those nasty side-effects are keeping you on the sofa...ALSO check out these events!
ClexaCon: Women of Sci-Fi - Friday, April 16th
First up, this Friday, April 16th, at 5:15pm PT, Nana Visitor, Mary Chieffo and Star Trek: Enterprise guest star Kristin Bauer are all taking place in a Women of Sci-Fi virtual panel at ClexaCon. ClexaCon is a convention and festival for LGBTQ+ women, trans & non-binary fans, content creators and alliies.
Weekend tickets for ClexaCon are $25 and while they’re required for this panel, they’ll also get you into the rest of the weekend’s events, which run through Sunday. Find out more at clexacon.com.
Fanac Fan History Project: Early Star Trek Fandom - Saturday, April 17th
2pm ET
Then on Saturday, April 17th at 2pm ET, the Fanac Fan History project presents a Zoom panel on Early Star Trek Fandom, with Ruth Berman and Devra Langsam. Here’s what Fanac has to say about the panel: “Stories and anecdotes from Ruth and Devra about their entry into fandom, about the origins of Star Trek fandom, and how they came to publish T-Negative and Spockanalia. For those of us that came into fandom later, here’s a chance to hear how Star Trek was received in general fandom, how Trek fandom got started, who the BNFs were and what they were like. How did the first Trek fanzines and Trek conventions affect fandom, and how did Trek fandom grow and become its own thing?”
The event is free; to attend, RSVP to fanac@fanac.org.
L.A. Comic Con’s Micro Con: Women of Sci-Fi - Saturday, April 17th
At the same time on Saturday, 11am PT, Michelle Hurd and Kristin Bauer are appearing on the Women of Sci-Fi panel at L.A. Comic Con’s Micro Con. Like ClexaCon, tickets are required for this event, but they get you into all the other panels too. You can also purchase meet-and-greets for an additional cost.
To find out more about Micro Con and the Women of Sci-Fi panel, visit comicconla.com.
Gaaays in Spaaace: Trekkie Feud with Mary Chieffo and Noah Averbach-Katz - Saturday, April 17th
Rounding off Saturday’s events, at 5pm PT, Mary Chieffo and Noah Averbach-Katz are facing off in Gaaays in Spaaace’s virtual Trekkie Feud event. It’s a pay-what-you-can event, with tickets priced $1 and up.
To find out more, and buy tickets, head to Gaaays in Spaaace on Facebook.
Russ Colchamiro interviews Michael Jan Friedman - Wednesday, April 21st
Finally, looking ahead to next week, next Wednesday, April 21st, author Russ Colchamiro is interviewing fellow author Michael Jan Friedman, who has written numerous Star Trek and other licensed books. They’ll be talking about Friedman’s career in science fiction and fantasy.
The event is free with registration; to find out more, visit russcolchamiro.com.
The regular stuff
And finally, here’s a recap of the stuff that’s going on every week; if you haven’t joined in yet and you’re at a loose end, now would be a great time to do it.
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.
And finally, Sid City Social Club, hosted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig’s official fan website, is continuing their twice-weekly livestreams on Fridays and Tuesdays. To find out more, including how to join in, head to sidcity.net.
If you have an online event or gathering you’d like me to promote on the show, let me know! How are YOU getting together with your fellow Trekkies, without leaving the house?
Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk
