STAR TREK EVENTS: Thursday, September 21 - Wednesday, September 27

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

FanX Salt Lake City: Thursday, September 21 – Saturday, September 23

Denise Crosby, John Rhys-Davies, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Christopher Lloyd, Chris Sarandon, Peyton List, and Star Trek author and consultant Dayton Ward are scheduled to appear at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Head over to FanX Salt Lake for all the details.

Cincinnati Comic Expo: Friday, September 22 - Sunday, September 24

Brent Spiner, John de Lancie, and Neal McDonough (Sat and Sun) will be attending the Expo, taking place at the Duke Energy Convention Center. More information is available at Cincinnati Comic Expo.

Rose City Comic Con: Friday, September 22 - Sunday, September 24

Zoe Saldana (Sat & Sun), Jess Bush (Sat & Sun), and Rebecca Romijn (Sat & Sun) are scheduled to appear at the Oregon Convention Center, in Portland. Check out Rose City Comic Con for all the skinny.

Alabama Comic Convention: Saturday, September 23 – Sunday, September 24

Doug Jones and Ron Perlman (Sat only) will appear this weekend at the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex, in Birmingham. Get all the details at Alabama Comic Con.

ACME Comic Con: Saturday, September 23 - Sunday, September 24

Ed Speleers (Sat only) and Christina Chong are scheduled to appear at the SEC Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland. Set course for ACME Comic Con for more information.

That’s So Hippie: Sunday, September 24

Join William Shatner for a day celebrating the vintage, the collectible, vinyls, comics, clothing, and hippie soul. The happening is in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. Get all the groovy details at That’s So Hippie.

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