Star Trek events: Thursday, November 4 - Wednesday, November 10th, 2021

It’s officially cozy season - time to grab a cuppa and hang out with some Trekkie friends!

Advice Panel with Nana Visitor: Thursday, November 4

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Nana Visitor will be hosting an intimate advice panel at 7:00pm ET. For all the details and for tickets, visit Cameo.com.

Play reading with Mary Chieffo: Thursday and Friday, November 4 and 5

Star Trek: Discovery’s Mary Chieffo will be performing as part of the Bespoke Plays series of readings Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:00pm ET. She and her fellow readers will be performing Heretics by Ellie Pyle. The live, in-person event will take place at Ripley-Grier Studios in New York City. For more information, head over to BroadwayWorld.com.

A Very Fandom Christmas Craft Fair and Artist Alley: Saturday, November 6

Sid City Social Club will be hosting a craft fair and artist alley on Saturday from 3:00-7:00pm ET. The virtual event will take place on Zoom, with breakout rooms for each of the participating artists. Find out more at SidCity.net.

Masterclass: Shakespeare’s Rhetoric with Armin Shimerman: Saturday, November 6

The Antaeus Theatre Company will be hosting a virtual entry (via Zoom) in its Masterclass Series on Saturday. Armin Shimerman will be delving “into Shakespeare’s style and the different literary devices and strategies he used in his plays.” The class is “intended for actors, directors, students, theater-lovers, and anyone who has ever wanted to learn more about Shakespeare” and will take place at 9:00am PT. For more information, visit Antaeus.org.

Robb Pearlman in conversation with Erin Macdonald: Wednesday, November 10

Mysterious Galaxy independent bookstore will be hosting a virtual conversation between Starfleet Is… author Robb Pearlman and Star Trek science adviser Dr. Erin Macdonald next Wednesday. The event will take place at 7:00pm PT and is free with registration. Signed and personalized bookplates from Robb Pearlman are also available. More information is to be found at MystGalaxy.com.

GalaxyCon Private Signing: Joanna Cassidy: Wednesday, November 10

Personalized autographs on posters and photos are available now from Star Trek guest and Blade Runner star Joanna Cassidy via GalaxyCon. The deadline for orders is 11:59pm ET on Wednesday. Visit GalaxyCon.com for more information.

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.

• Virtual Trek Con’s “Sunday Mini Cons” run every Sunday morning from 9am PT. Find out more, including the schedule of events, at virtualtrekcon.com.

• 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.

• 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