{"id":8810,"date":"2010-04-08T14:39:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T21:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2010-04-08T14:39:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T21:39:22","slug":"spring-trek-convention-and-show-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2010\/04\/spring-trek-convention-and-show-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Trek Convention And Show Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a new monthly feature for <em>TrekToday<\/em>, fans can see just which conventions or shows will be featuring <em>Star Trek<\/em> actors who were regulars or guest stars on various Star Trek shows or movies.<\/p>\n<p>There will be four conventions or shows in April and May that feature Trek actors of interest, including: Sci-Fi on the Rock, Hollywood Show, Vulcan, and Phoenix Comicon.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This month&#8217;s listing of conventions and shows for the next three months feature <em>Star Trek<\/em> actors from all five series, plus several of the <em>Star Trek <\/em>movies.<\/p>\n<p>First off, for Canadian fans, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifiontherock.com\/index.php?target=pages\/guests.php\">Sci-Fi on the Rock<\/a> will hold its fourth convention on April 17 and 18 in St. John&#8217;s Newfoundland. Sci-Fi on the Rock is a science fiction &amp; fantasy convention, which brings authors and actors together to &#8220;share their wealth of experiences, memories and talents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Special guest stars of note to Trek fans include <strong>Casey Biggs<\/strong> (<em>Deep Space Nine<\/em>: Damar) and <strong>Max Grod\u00e9nchik<\/strong> (<em>Deep Space Nine<\/em>: Rom).<\/p>\n<p>From April 23-25, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodshow.com\/\">Hollywood Show<\/a>, an autograph show held four times a year in Burbank, California, will feature two <em>Star Trek<\/em> actors, <strong>Robert Picardo<\/strong> (<em>Star Trek: Voyager<\/em>: EMH) and <strong>Marina Sirtis<\/strong> (S<em>tar Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>: Troi).<\/p>\n<p>The newly-formed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulcanevents.com\/events\/tampa-fl-april-30-may-2-2010.html\">Vulcan<\/a> will take place in Tampa, Florida from April 30-May 2. One of the featured guests is <strong>Christopher Lloyd<\/strong> (<em>Star Trek: The Search for Spock<\/em>: Commander Kruge) and there are several guest stars of interest, especially for fans of the original series <em>Where No Man Has Gone Before<\/em> episode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary Lockwood<\/strong> (Gary Mitchell) and <strong>Sally Kellerman<\/strong> (Dr. Elizabeth Dehner) will be making an appearance as bonus guests at Vulcan. Other <em>Star Trek<\/em> actors of note: <strong>Gary Graham<\/strong> (<em>Star Trek: Enterprise<\/em>: Ambassador Soval), <strong>Catherine Hicks<\/strong> (<em>Star Trek: The Voyage Home<\/em>: Dr. Gillian Taylor) and <strong>Tony Todd<\/strong> (<em>Star Trek: The Next Generation\/Deep Space Nine<\/em>: Kurn).<\/p>\n<p>Vulcan features special performances, a costume contest, special panels and optional add-ons for an additional price, such as professional photo sessions with the stars, and a banquet with the stars.<\/p>\n<p>In May, several <em>Star Trek<\/em> actors, including three from <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>, will be appearing at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoenixcomicon.com\/\">Phoenix Comicon<\/a>, a pop culture event focusing on comic books, anime, gaming, sci-fi and film.<\/p>\n<p>In attendance at Phoenix Comicon will be <strong>Gary Lockwood<\/strong> (original series: <em>Where No Man Has Gone Before<\/em>),\u00a0 <strong>Jonathan Frakes, Levar Burton <\/strong>and<strong> Wil Wheaton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Comicon will take place May 27-30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new monthly feature for TrekToday, fans can see just which conventions or shows&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2416],"tags":[3148,2451,3147,2430,2587,3149,3153,3152,3150,3151,2426,2491,3154,2452],"class_list":["post-8810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fandom","tag-biggs","tag-burton","tag-conventions","tag-frakes","tag-graham","tag-grodenchik","tag-hicks","tag-kellerman","tag-lloyd","tag-lockwood","tag-picardo","tag-sirtis","tag-todd","tag-wheaton"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"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\/8810","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=8810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8813,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810\/revisions\/8813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}