As reported by The Telegraph Herald, Kate Mulgrew (Kathryn Janeway,) will be the keynote speaker at the Dubuque County (Iowa) Democrats’ annual Hall of Fame Banquet on Tuesday, April 28.

Mulgrew’s father, T.J., will be inducted posthumously into the Hall of Fame.

Tickets at the door are &_#36;40, and the reception and banquet will be held at Happy’s Place, 2323 Rockdale Road, Dubuque.
Detroit IMAX Adds May 7 Star Trek XI Showings

The Detroit Science Center, temporary home of Star Trek: The Exhibition, announced in a press release that they have added two earlier showings of Star Trek XI.

Star Trek XI will be shown at the Detroit Science Center’s Chrysler IMAX Dome Theater, beginning on May 7. The two new showings are at 7 P.M. and at 9:30 P.M. on that day. The showings will be preceded by launch activities beginning at 5 P.M. Star Trek trivia will be shown on the Science Stage at both 6 P.M. and 8 P.M. and a costume contest will run from 5 to 9 P.M.

The Detroit Science Center is located at 5020 John R. Street in Detroit, Michigan.

New Star Trek: The Animated Series Fan Film

Fans who enjoyed Star Trek: The Animated Series will be pleased to hear that it lives on, courtesy of Curt Danhauser.

And Let the Heavens Fall, the first new animated Star Trek in thirty-five years, has been completed and is online at Danhauser’s Guide to the Animated Star Trek website. And Let the Heavens Fall tells the story of what happens when the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise comes across a planet with a pre-industrial civilization that seems to be sending radio transmissions into space. While rendering aid to a crippled courier ship in orbit of the planet, they wonder if the two situations are related.

Created on the Macintosh using iMovie, QuickTime Pro, Adobe PhotoShop and Sound Studio 3, the fan film is a half-hour long and in three parts.

In addition to the newly-finished episode, Danhauser’s site offers an episode guide to Star Trek: The Animated Series, with a synopsis, cast of characters, photos and notes for each episode of the series.