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So glad to be heading back to this booming multi-genre con for the first time since 2017— and boy, has it grown since. And hey — I won’t be the solo Trekster: Terry Farrell is a guest as well! From Houston to New Orleans, and up to Okie and Arkie fans, they are flocking to Lake Charles. It’s not too …
Just down the road for me, WonderCon in Anaheim is always a lark. And this weekend, I’ll be there on Saturday (only) with a solo panel this year: One I’m calling “Beyond Vasquez: Star Trek’s Big and Little Location Filming Sites “. Check it out at 5-6 pm, in Room 213CD. Sure I offer the Trekland Treks customized day tours …
Here we go! We have to put up with the bi-level stages and elevators of Bally’s…but can we get back to almost-normal STLV now? What a big year for everything Trekland! Look at all that. Check it out:
It’s so exciting to have SoonerCon back after two years of COVID cancellations—this June 24-26 at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Norman, OK. They’re calling this SoonerCon 30, after #29 was saved for the virtual masquerade contests and events that stood in during the second year of COVID shutdown. And the comeback edition of the con I helped to …
I can’t believe it’s been that long — since 2016? And you can’t even blame it on the pandemic. But hello again, finally, Phoenix Fan Fusion (formerly Comic-Con) this weekend. PFF was knocked out by COVID since 2020… and even before that, there were hiccups before that kept me away, after five straight guestings. But no longer! (PFF was the …
At Penguicon, an intriguing mash up of sci-fi and open-source makers, nearly 20 years old … They asked me to be a guest of honor … in 2020. One pandemic and fill-in virtual events later — HERE WE ARE, finally! THIS weekend, April 22-24. And I couldn’t be more excited. Back in Michigan, at the Southfield Westin in greater …
It only just came together last week— so I have almost no responsibilities! More plans for Chicago are in the works even a week out… But I’m mainly here with Teras Cassidy of Geek Nation Tours with news to finally launch our next weeklong tour of film sites in California! And Portal 47, my own Trekland Treks, and two special …
I’m still a little stunned by this. Look, it’s exciting enough to have SoonerCon back after two years of COVID cancellations. this June 24-26 at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Norman, OK . But the 30th edition of the con I helped to found is going to be a super-special one: Our home-staters are inducting me into the Oklahoma …
Full circle: This weekend, at long last, is Gallifrey One here in L.A. at the LAX Marriott … …the last con I remember attending LIVE in The Before Times, live and in-person. It’s in half-scale as we creep back to normality, whatever that is… and with full COVID local protocols in place. But “it’s back” nonetheless. (And slow to sell …
Surely you’ve seen all the buzz about this special event for a good cause — available globally! — but just in case: A quick charity shoutout for THIS Saturday, Jan. 15 for “Trek*Talks“ — an EIGHT-hour “webathon” to benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition : SIXTEEN half-hour panels of various Star Trek actors and creatives! Jeri Ryan and Jonathan Frakes are …
Twice delayed by COVID, the Nichelle Nichols Farewell Event first planned for May 2020 is finally about to bloom as an adjunct of LA ComicCon Dec. 3-5 at the LA Convention Center downtown. And I’m thrilled to be there to honor Nichelle, her career and fans, and even her loved ones … amid an emotional atmosphere, in all phases of …
Who’s going to Comic-Con? Yes, in San Diego — and yes, a replacement con squeezed after the second consecutive COVID-cancellation… over this post-Thanksgiving weekend. in It’s an odd time — a make-up time after two years without a live con — but yes, I have a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition over post-Thanksgiving Day weekend— I’m down …
Well, this will be fun! I’m at another live event again — this time a small but intimate mission down to the 6th annual YumaCon in Yuma, Arizona! With my sometimes-partner-in-crime John Champion. Driving down to explore the scenery for the first time. (And I’ll be scouting yet another Trek filming location for Trekland Treks options.) We’ll be repping …
What’s more amazing: That this is Star Trek’s 55th anniversary — or that it’s been 5 years since the 50th? Yes, it’s Sept. 8 again, there’s a big day of live events planned … And, in the Trekland way you expect, I talked about how “It Wasn’t Always This Way” on Trekland Tuesday LIVE #223 this week. Did you catch …
Hopefully this is the last summer that San Diego Comic-Con has to go all-virtual “@Home” in the COVID-19 era — but hey, I’m still thrilled to bring another thought-provoking panel into the mix. This Friday July 23 —after you enjoy the Star Trek Prodigy/Lower Decks all-animation preview peeks from Paramount+ — just stay close to your wi-fi all day for …
Three— count’em three— are the ways you can catch some flavor of Trekland at the makers/scifi non-profit convention Penguicon out of greater Detroit, now in its second virtual edition and with me frozen in time once again as a Guest of Honor. The con runs Thursday through Sunday with not just panels but social events and “Makers Mart,” all online …
It was all borne of the lockdown, pandemic, and a cancelled WonderCon panel — but Life Support LIVE is still Boldy Going through uncertain times… with a great Lifers community who have joined us along the way, every Saturday live (and later, in archives!) Each week, “Dr. Trek” here and Dr. Ali Mattu — “one of us is a real …
This time, they’re a little more planned and a little more polished: But the COVID-cancelled 2021 edition of WonderCon — little brother to granddaddy San Diego Comic-Con— is back in virtual form March 26-27 (for starters). And Dr. Trek is proud to be moderating/co-hosting and taking part in THREE fun, thought-provoking pre-recorded virtual Trek panels with many friends and colleagues, …
Whew! Are you ready for a BREAK — I know you are! — like more free Star Trek fun this weekend? Especially the way Discovery is really piling it on with the new background and canon deep-dive ponderings? Well…. Kayleigha and Jay at tribble-happy Science Division are back with another virtual fun day tomorrow—Vendors Haul, loaded with lots of Star Trek licensed booths …
News of the not-unexpected cancellation of STLV in December, and delay until another August slot, makes this timing perfect: Just when Trek peeps are missing cons again … here comes Virtual Trek Con 2 THIS weekend, FIVE days from today/Thursday through Monday. And all FREE! (PayPal donations are accepted, however.) The first edition only last July was such a hit, …
I am so excited to co-host this— and no, it’s not more virtual panels. How about three hours of the “Trek family,” wandering around a virtual cocktail party while your hosts make introductions and get the latest news, check-ins and chitchat? With a streaming chat room and the chance to toss in your own questions? It’s coming up this Sunday, …
CBS is doing it up big for Star Trek’s 54th birthday today, spurned on by the silver lining of the pandemic: the coming of virtual panels and access. Look for SIX 30-minute panels from 12 noon to 3 pm Pacific time TODAY— legacy and new series alike. AND available around the globe— no geoblocking! Hosted by Wil Wheaton and Mica …
Well, just like the pandemic that sparked it…. THIS sure blew up fast. Only, in a good way. In case you hadn’t heard, Virtual Trek Con is running NOW— quick! Go see! All organized by my buddy (and fellow Tellarite) Ryan T. Husk and The 7th Rule podcast. And from modest roots it has exploded into six days of mostly …
And now it’s San Diego Comic-Con‘s turn to go all-virtual— during the Year of the Virus. And I’m very honored to produce and host this panel for Comic-Con @Home, from an idea I’d thought about for some time now: Three Generations of Star Trek Science Advisors. Please click in now and be ready to see the link go LIVE at …
I was supposed to be “back home” right now in OKC/Norman for SoonerCon… the latest lost con on 2020’s hit list. Instead, I’ll be on a LIVE and FREE virtual panel this weekend, along with other Trek folks (John Billingsley, and Andre Bormanis twice) and many more, for LockDownCon — an online event that was likely about the first, before …
UPDATE: Just added an added day, and combo pricing, for MONDAY, May 4— after Nichelle’s celebration. Are you one of the 2,000-some headed to Hollywood May 1-3 for a once-in-a-lifetime event, the Nichelle Nichols Farewell Celebration? Well, here’s some bonus fun! Because so many Trekfans may be in Los Angeles for the first time that weekend, I decided to offer …
Yes, Gallifrey One (its 31st edition!) is perhaps the world’s best Who Con, but Shaun Lyon always invites me and Trek alike to be a part— and this year, several of the Trek onscreen family really are on hand to round things out. In fact, I have but one panel at noon Saturday— Trekking the Next Frontier — but it’s …
After my fun detour last year post-Labor Day, I’m looking forward to spreading some Treklandia again among the great Trek folks in Utah and Idaho at FanX Salt Lake this weekend (formerly SLCC), back in the great Salt Palace and environs downtown. Just remember: It’s the con that runs Thursday through Saturday. More details coming, including my big booth location …
Whoosh! The big one in Trekland is back. Here’s a table of my own events — with a special off-grid shoutout to the T-Treks and Portal 47 special “Info-Dive” meetup on Saturday! I have my Trekland table and new swag! I’ll be at the Roddenberry Podcasts booth with new swag! I’ll be on with fellow RPNers … and on main …
UPDATED with signing added for Robert Butler and I! WHAT a huge year this will be at San Diego Comic-Con for Trek, the largest ever— coming up July 17-21. We’ve come so far since the big modern catch-up for Trek at SDCC in 2016 with the 50th, Discovery‘s first peeks and Beyond‘s outdoor, live-orchestra’d world premiere. And this year I’m …
I love overlapping real astronomy with Star Trek’s fictional spacescape — and have for years, as you Treklanders know. I also love this virtual world — have you heard about it? —that Rod Roddenberry and Co. have cooked up with the Sansar folks as one of many within their virtual domain— in this case, the virtual Roddenberry Nexus museum and …
One week to go! I hope to see many of you in Norman (south of OKC) at the great Midwest/Southwest fan extravaganza SoonerCon — Year 28! It’s far more than my visit home once a year. SoonerCon is becoming a great regional con — bigger and yet still just as fannish as ever for all genres, all ages. And SC28 …
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