A Conversation with Actor and Activist George Takei: Thursday, October 21, 2021

George Takei will be speaking as part of the University of Rochester’s Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change series. The event will take place both virtually via Zoom and in person at Strong Auditorium on the Rochester campus. Registration is free but required. For all the details, head over to Rochester.edu.

FedCon: Friday, October 22 – Sunday, October 24

FedCon will be taking place Friday through Sunday at the Maritim Hotel Bonn, in Germany. Guests include Isa Briones, Emily Coutts, Sara Mitich, Anthony Rapp, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Sonequa Martin-Green, Blu del Barrio, and David Ajala, who are all scheduled for the entire weekend. Visit FedCon.de for more information.

FanExpo Canada: Friday, October 22 – Sunday, October 24

William Shatner (Fri-Sat-Sun) and George Takei (Sat-Sun) will be appearing at FanExpo Canada, which runs October 22-24 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. See FanExpoHQ.com for further information.

GalaxyCon Private Signings: William Shatner and Zachary Quinto

Orders are due today at 11:59pm ET for personalized autographs from William Shatner and Zachary Quinto for FanExpo Denver, taking place later this month. See 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