9:30 AM - DOORS OPEN
10:00 AM - Welcome & Proclamation
The event kicks off with an intergalactic, multi-city proclamation from Mayor Pro Tem Christopher Ott, celebrating 60 years of Star Trek, with River City, Iowa (future birthplace of Captain Kirk), Ticonderoga, New York (location of the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour), and the City of Garland!
10:15 AM - Trivia #1
Kirk? Picard? Janeway? Sisko? Spock? Worf? Data? Seven of Nine?
How well do you REALLY know your Trek? Volunteer to hop on stage and flaunt your knowledge for your chance to win a prize!
10:30 AM - Panel - Dr. Christopher Gonzalez - Star Trek's Vision of Diversity
Dr. Christopher González, whose scholarship explores Latinx performers in science fiction, will provide new perspectives on representation throughout the Star Trek universe.
11:00 AM - Episode Screening - Space Seed (1967) - Original Series
A derelict spaceship, bearing the survivors of a past civilization held in suspended animation, drifts into the path of the USS Enterprise.
11:51 AM - Post Screening Questions
12:06 PM - Trivia #2
Volunteer to hop on stage and flaunt your knowledge for your chance to win a prize!
2:15 PM - Trivia #3
Volunteer to hop on stage and flaunt your knowledge for your chance to win a prize!
2:30 PM - Panel - Dr. Christopher Gonzalez
Dr. Christopher González, whose scholarship explores Latinx performers in science fiction, will provide new perspectives on representation throughout the Star Trek universe
2:45 PM - Film Screening - Wrath of Khan (1982)
The plot features Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise facing off against the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh. When Khan escapes from a 15-year exile to exact revenge on Kirk, the crew of the Enterprise must stop him from acquiring a powerful terraforming device named Genesis.
4:41 PM - Post Screening Questions
4:56 PM - Trivia #4
Volunteer to hop on stage and flaunt your knowledge for your chance to win a prize!
5:11 PM - Astronomer talk + Q&A
University of Texas at Arlington Planetarium Director Levent Gurdemir and Planetarium Coordinator McKenna Dowd will join us to discuss the cosmos and space phenomena as they relate to the Star Trek universe.
5:56 PM - Episode Screening - Voyager: Blink of an Eye (2000)
Captain Janeway and the crew orbit a primitive planet that begins to evolve at an astonishing rate, leveling its newfound weaponry at Voyager.
8:00 PM - Costume Contest
How would you suit up for a mission aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise?
Would you wear a sleek Starfleet uniform? Or a fierce Klingon warrior outfit? Or do you have your own stellar style?
Show off your best Star Trek-inspired outfit for a chance to win a prize!
8:15 PM - Panel - Barney Burman
Academy Award-winning makeup artist Barney Burman will take audiences behind the scenes and into his creations of the characters’ looks of J.J. Abrams' 2009 reboot, STAR TREK, sharing stories from the production that earned the franchise its first—and still only—Academy Award.
8:45 PM - Film Screening - Star Trek 2009
Aboard the USS Enterprise, the most sophisticated starship ever built, a novice crew embarks on its maiden voyage. Their path takes them on a collision course with Nero, a Romulan commander whose mission of vengeance threatens all mankind. If humanity is to survive, a rebellious young officer named James T. Kirk and a coolly logical Vulcan named Spock must move beyond their rivalry and find a way to defeat Nero before it is too late.
10:52 PM - Post Screening Questions
11:07 PM - Announce Raffle Winners
The evening ends with the announcement of the raffle winners! We will be raffling off a Star Trek: The Original Series Captain's Chair, built in-house by the Granville Arts Center technical staff! 100% of raffle ticket sales will go to the Reel Owl Cinema Club, a unique four-year high school International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) narrative film program, which has been producing films at Garland High School since 2004. Get your tickets in the lobby! Must be present to win.