Star Trek events: Thursday, April 29th - Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Okay, so it’s a little quiet for events this week, but that means there’s more opportunity to join the regular stuff!
Once again, it’s a week light on events, so today, we’ll keep it snappy.
LeVar Burton and Michio Kaku on the Theory of Everything - Thursday, April 29th
In case you missed it: tonight, Thursday, April 29th at 7pm CT, the Chicago Humanities Festival is hosting Star Trek: The Next Generation actor (and Jeopardy! host hopeful) LeVar Burton in a conversation with physicist Michio Kaku about The Theory of Everything. So, you know, a nice, light chat for a Thursday evening!
Kaku is the author of new book The God Equation, which explores the history and debate around a potential unifying theory of physics. His conversation with Burton promises to be an opportunity to watch the two men “geek out” about physics.
The event is free with registration; to find out more, visit chicagohumanities.org.
The regular stuff
...and then of course, there’s 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.
And finally, Sid City Social Club, hosted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig’s official fan website, is still going on BUT it’s changing since Sid is getting geared up to start filming the Apple TV+ show Shantaram. Starting on May 1st, they’ll be moving to a twice-monthly program on the first Tuesday and third Friday of every month, with occasional pop-up meetings with Sid as his schedule allows. For more details about the changes, and how you can join in, visit 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
