MoPop Celebrates “Star Trek at 60” With…Wil Wheaton!

August 18, 2026• byMichael Strangeways

Our favorite Space Opera (sorry Star Wars…not really) STAR TREK is turning 60 and Seattle’s Museum of Pop Art is celebrating this September with a big event. AND, special guest star WIL WHEATON from STNexGen!

https://www.mopop.org/events/star-trek-60th-anniversary

Enter the final frontier and journey where no one has gone before in MOPOP’s 60^th anniversary celebration of Star Trek. Make a grand Klingon entrance, share your own piece of Trek history, and spend the day connecting with fellow fans through crafts, performances, and special guest appearances. Resistance is futile.

Whether you’ve memorized every stardate, spent years debating your favorite captain, or are simply curious about what makes Star Trek endure, this celebration is for you.

Your Mission Includes:

Before the event, vote on the day’s episode lineup from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. (No pressure, you’re only deciding on the fate of the galaxy.)
Join Wil Wheaton (a.k.a. Wesley Crusher) for a special TNG screening and behind-the-scenes conversation.
Contribute your own memorabilia, crafts, and collectibles to a fan-curated display.
From Riker’s iconic chair moves to Ferengis making deals for latinum, explore how movement defines and creates characters and species in an interactive workshop.
Take command in a replica of Kirk’s iconic captain’s chair.
Help USS Improvise boldly create a brand-new musical episode where no script has gone before.
Explore hands-on workshops, make themed crafts, and discover stories from six decades of Star Trek fandom.

Want to extend your voyage? Join us Saturday evening for a special Star Trek-themed Supper Fan Club featuring an out-of-this-world menu and an onstage conversation with Wil Wheaton.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.