*** Please note that public appearances and ways of participation by celebrities might be affected by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. ***

Dallas FanFestival: Friday, October 20 – Sunday, October 22

Michelle Hurd and John Rhys-Davies are scheduled to appear at the Irving (Texas) Convention Center. All the details are at FanExpoHQ.

Armageddon Expo: Friday, October 20 – Monday, October 23

Join Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Melissa Navia, Jess Bush, and Todd Stashwick at the Auckland (New Zealand) Showgrounds. Get all the skinny at Armageddon Expo.

Patrick Stewart UK Book Tour: Beginning Saturday, October 21

Reservations are going fast for Sir Patrick Stewart’s book tour in the UK, promoting his memoir, Making It So. As of this writing, they are still available for Sunday, October 29, in Stratford-upon-Avon. Head over to Patrick Stewart Book before it’s too late….

Watch Trek – Look Forward: Sunday, October 22

Self-forgiveness: The hardest act? Necessary? Impossible? Why forgive yourself? Join this latest watchalong and discussion to delve into these questions on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. PT. Head over to Watch Trek – Look Forward to register for the free virtual event.

 The Regular Stuff

·These are the Twitter watchalongs:

o   #allstartrek runs Sunday through Friday at 8/7C and follows the Heroes and Icons Channel’s All Star Trek programme.

o   #TOSSatNight starts at 9pm PT on Saturday night and follows a different episode of The Original Series every week, and

o   #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.

·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.

·But wait, there’s more watch partying: Club IDIC hosts a weekly watch party and discussion at 6pm Alberta Time every Friday. The schedule and Zoom links are available at the Club IDIC Facebook page.

·Virtual Trek Con presents The Main Viewer every Tuesday - a live discussion show on YT with occasional special guests and an open chat geared towards fan interaction.

·Disco Does DnD - livestream DnD game with DSC actors on Twitch, every Sunday at 1pmPT/4pmET.

· Join Grey Havens Philosophy and Outworld Brewing every first Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. as they discuss the big ideas inspired by Star Trek. The gatherings are at Outworld Brewing, in Longmont, Colorado. Attendance is free, but an RSVP for planning purposes is appreciated at Eventbrite.

· The Observation Deck features a free series of online Star Trek watch parties, with episodes chosen from across the franchise. Set course for The Observation Deck for all the details, including the schedule and to sign up.

·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.

·Ongoing through October, Starship Edsel is a Star Trek inspired farce set aboard the Federation Starship Edsel towards the end of the 24th century. It is based upon a LARP written and developed by Brandon Brylawski, who is also a producer and head writer on this show. Performances take place at the Otherworld Theatre, in Chicago. Get all the skinny at Eventbrite.

·Ongoing through March 2024, the National Museum of African American History and Culture hosts the exhibition, “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” which includes a uniform worn by Nichelle Nichols.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk