Update: After a long delay—perhaps caused by subspace interference, tachyon particles, or communications jamming technology—the U.S.S. Little Village has received answers to interview questions posed by Acting Ensign Rob Cline to Terry Farrell, who portrayed Jadzia Daz on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, just in time for this weekend’s TrekFest event in Riverside, Iowa. What […]
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The 35th Trekfest will feature ‘Salt Monster’ Sandra Gimpel
This Friday, Riverside, Iowa will be holding its annual birthday party for James T. Kirk, who has yet to be born. For the 35th year, Star Trek fans will gather to celebrate Trekfest, a combination of local and Star Trek-related events.
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William Shatner on showing horses, his upcoming Christmas album and chasing opportunity
It was 52 years ago this month that a scrappy, upstart little sci-fi program premiered on NBC. In the captain’s chair of the NCC-1701, also known as the USS Enterprise, sat a Canadian, classically trained Shakespearean actor with only a few films, a couple of Broadway credits and a handful of one-off television spots to his name stateside. He was well-reviewed but hardly a household name.
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Star Trek historians headline the 34th Trekfest in Riverside
We’re roughly 215 years out from the birth of James T. Kirk in Riverside, Iowa, and the town’s present-day residents (and traveling Star Trek fans) continue to celebrate the future occasion with their annual Trekfest. The 34th festival will take place this weekend, with events beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 29, and running late into the evening on Saturday, June 30.
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The Klingons are coming: Riverside’s annual Star Trek festival kicks off this Friday
Captain James T. Kirk’s official future birthplace, Riverside, Iowa, will host the 30th annual Trek Fest this Friday and Saturday. As the name implies…
