{"id":52921,"date":"2020-07-10T12:26:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T19:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=52921"},"modified":"2020-07-10T12:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T19:26:12","slug":"shore-leave-41-5-the-virtual-experience-starts-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2020\/07\/shore-leave-41-5-the-virtual-experience-starts-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Shore Leave 41.5 &#8211; The Virtual Experience Starts Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning tonight and running through Sunday, July 12, the online version of <em>Shore Leave<\/em> will feature panels, science presentations, author panels and even a Masquerade.<\/p>\n<p>The events will be on<em> Zoom<\/em> and you must register (I just did), for the events. Below is the schedule for the weekend:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Friday:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7:00-8:00 PM &#8211; <em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/em>. <strong>Christopher Bennett, John Jackson Miller, Kelli Fitzpatrick, Michael Jan Friedman, Dayton Ward<\/strong>, and <strong>Amy Imhoff<\/strong> will be on the panel and the topic is &#8220;What can we expect from the new Pike &#8211; Number One &#8211; Spock show? Is it just retreading old ground or will it provide a chance to explore more of the 23rd century with three compelling characters?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>8:30 &#8211; 9:00 PM &#8211; <em>Filk Concert<\/em> with Roberta <strong>Rogow.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Saturday:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:30-2:30 PM &#8211; <em>The Mandalorian.<\/em> <strong>Christopher D. Abbott, Laura Ware, Mary Fan, Keith R. A. DeCandido<\/strong>, and <strong>Glenn Hauman<\/strong> will discuss &#8220;the themes and qualities of the first season. Also, how cute is the Child?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>3:00-4:00 PM &#8211; <em>Outlander<\/em> with <strong>Annie Brugmans, Maggie Restivo<\/strong>, and<strong> Mattie Rogers.<\/strong> &#8220;<em>Outlander: The Fiery Cross<\/em> &#8211; We continue to follow Jamie &amp; Claire &#8211; only now with <strong>Brianna Fraser <\/strong>and<strong> Roger MacKenzie<\/strong> as they continue forging their way forward in the events and intrigues that will all eventually culminate in the birth of our nation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>4:30-5:30 PM &#8211; <em>Picard: A Family Reunion<\/em> with <strong>Ann Harding, Tamia Harper, Lorenzo Heard<\/strong>, and<strong> Subrina Wood<\/strong>. &#8220;<em>Star Trek: Picard<\/em> has completed its first season on <em>CBS All Access<\/em>! How did Trek fans and others react to it? How well did the show treat characters from<em> Next Generation<\/em> and <em>Voyager<\/em>? Let\u2019s talk Trek and Jean-Luc Picard!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>6:00-7:00 PM &#8211; <em>Cositivity<\/em> with <strong>Thomas Atkinson, Pam Smith, Lindsay Reinoehl Bartleson, Cricket Bauer<\/strong>, and <strong>Cheralyn Lambeth<\/strong>. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of negativity in the costuming and cosplay community. This panel discusses how to deal with negative comments and reactions and turn them into positivity.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>8:00 PM &#8211; <em>Masquerade<\/em>. &#8220;The <em>Shore Leave Masquerade<\/em> will be held as a compilation of pre-recorded videos and photos with Master of Ceremonies <strong>June Swords<\/strong>, on the <em>Shore Leave<\/em> web site and social media pages.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Sunday:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11:00 AM-12:00 PM &#8211; <em>Dr. Who: The Good Doctor<\/em> with <strong>Randy Hall <\/strong>and<strong> Theta-Sigma Lubliner<\/strong>. &#8220;Jodie Whittaker and her three friends have made it through the second season, and the show has been bringing back some<em> Who<\/em> aliens and villains. Should the Doctor and her companions continue to search the stars in their TARDIS or is it already time for her to regenerate?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>12:30-1:30 PM &#8211; <em>Multimessenger Astronomy in Antarctica<\/em> with <strong>Timothy Miller<\/strong>. &#8220;A presentation of Multimessenger Astronomy in Antarctica, with questions and answers at the end.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>3:00-4:00 PM &#8211; <em>The Message<\/em>: <em>Using Your Voice<\/em> with <strong>Andrew Hiller, Heather E. Hutsell, Paul Kupperberg, Derek Attico<\/strong>, and <strong>Rigel Ailur<\/strong>. &#8220;Stories have always been used to teach lessons, wrestle with problems, and address taboo subjects. Today, how does art function as a forum for discussion or introducing ideas particularly in science fiction? What responsibility do artists have when it comes to using their voice?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and to register, head to the link located <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shore-leave.com\/programming\/schedule.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning tonight and running through Sunday, July 12, the online version of Shore Leave will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2416],"tags":[3576,3589],"class_list":["post-52921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fandom","tag-convention","tag-shore-leave"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false],"large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShoreLeave2020-071020.jpg",580,225,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/fandom\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Fandom<\/a>","tag_info":"Fandom","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52923,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52921\/revisions\/52923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}