Star Trek events: Thursday, May 6th - Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Lots to do this week - better get your pencils out!
Mayday for Humanity with John de Lancie - Thursday, May 6th
First up, John de Lancie is participating in Mayday for Humanity, a fundraiser as part of the National Day of Reason. That takes place tomorrow evening, May 6th, at 7pm ET.
To register for the Zoom event or to find out how to donate, visit John de Lancie’s Twitter page at twitter.com/johndelancie.
Casperia Con Star Trek watch party featuring Robert Picardo - Thursday, May 6th
Next up, Casperia Con presents a special medical-themed watch party tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, May 6th starting at 2pm PT. After watching the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Macrocosm”, there’s a panel discussion featuring a group of infectious disease professionals presenting a status report on the COVID-19 pandemic. Voyager’s EMH, Robert Picardo, will also make an appearance, and there’s an afterparty afterwards.
Tickets are free with registration; for more information, head to watchtrek-lookforward.com.
GalaxyCon Live: William Shatner and Christopher Lloyd - Saturday, May 8th
Then on Saturday, May 8th at 2pm PT, William Shatner and Christopher Lloyd are appearing at GalaxyCon Live, talking about Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and their new movie, Senior Moment.
As per usual, tickets to the Q&A chat are free with registration, and you can also purchase autographs or one-on-one video chats. For more information, visit galaxycon.com.
Star Trek science advisor Dr. Mohamed Noor @ SFABC general - Saturday, May 8th
Later on Saturday, at 4:30pm PT, Star Trek science adviser (and friend of Daily Star Trek News) Dr. Mohamed Noor will be appearing at the general meeting of the Science Fiction Association of Bergen County, out of Bergen County, NJ. It’s a virtual event, and Dr. Noor will be speaking about his specialty, evolutionary biology, as well as how it applies to sci-fi and Star Trek, in particular.
To find out more, including how to register, visit the Science Fiction Association of Bergen County on Facebook.
GalaxyCon Live: Walter Koenig, Robin Curtis and Nichelle Nichols - Sunday, May 9th
Finally, on Sunday, May 9th at 2pm ET, Walter Koenig and Robin Curtis will be taking part in a virtual Q&A with GalaxyCon Live. Nichelle Nichols will also be available for virtual photo ops.
Again, registration is free but required, and photo ops, autographs and video chats are available to purchase. To find out more, head to galaxycon.com.
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, 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.
Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk
