Star Trek events: Thursday, March 18th - Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
Pencils at the ready! It’s time for this week’s virtual Star Trek events!
It’s that time of the week again: time for the run-down of the next few days of virtual Star Trek events. Now, there’s not a huge amount on this weekend, but there’s likely to be something that tickles your fancy and be aware! One of the most exciting events is coming up TONIGHT!
Star Trek: The Cruise live with the producers of the Voyager documentary - Thursday, March 18th
This evening, Thursday, March 18th at 8pm ET, the organizers of Star Trek: The Cruise are hosting the producers of the upcoming Star Trek: Voyager documentary. They’ll be live on Facebook and YouTube with the inside scoop on what happens next with the project; join producers David Zappone, Joe Kornboldt and Kevin Layne, along with Trek producer Lolita Fatjo, and Garrett Wang as emcee.
For more information, head to Star Trek: The Cruise on Facebook, at facebook.com/startrekthecruise.
Conversation with Armin Shimerman - Sunday, March 21st
Next up, on Sunday, March 21st at 4pm ET, Play Bridge at Sea is hosting Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor Armin Shimerman for a discussion about his new novel, Illyria, Betrayal of Angels. He’ll be taking questions from the audience, too.
The event is free to attend with advance registration. Find out more at shop.playbridgeatsea.com.
SmartsQuest: Star Trek trivia - Tuesday, March 23rd
Looking ahead to next week now, and next Tuesday, March 23rd, SteelStacks (a venue of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania’s ArtsQuest) is hosting a virtual SmartsQuest: Star Trek trivia night. You play in teams, and vie for prizes including show tickets, gift cards, swag and more.
Entry costs $10 per team ($9 if you’re already an ArtsQuest member), and you can find out more at steelstacks.org.
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
