The Störling Dance Theater in Overland Park, Kansas will be presenting "Underground": a visual tapestry based on true stories of the Underground Railroad February 18th with TNG's LeVar Burton. LeVar won't be performing, but rather the special guest at the “Underground” performances as well as a VIP at a reception and dinner. “Underground” will begin at 8:00pm on Friday, February 18, 2011 at The Carlsen Center - Yardley Hall on the campus of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.

There are a couple ticket options for you to have a VIP reception and/or dinner with LeVar starting at $100. The tickets also include orchestra seating for the performance. Check out the options below.

VIP | $200: Reception & Dinner with Levar Burton & Orchestra Seating
Gold | $100: Dinner with Levar Burton & Orchestra Seating
Orchestra/Box: $50
Terrace: $30
Balcony: $20

Let me start-off by giving a huge thank you to all of you who have donated to the Daryl Frazetti Fundraiser thus far. We've made a good step forward in meeting Daryl's needs, but he still needs our help! There’s still a ways to go before his medical costs can be paid.

There’s a new addition to the cause! For those of you who donate (or have donated previously) we here at Subspace Communique would like to send you a couple of our stickers as a small way of saying thank you for your wonderful generosity. We want to be able to give back to you for all of the help you are sending to Daryl. All it takes is a donation from you and we will send a couple of our stickers to your PayPal shipping address (or an alternate address, if provided). It’s that simple!

Click here for the details on the Daryl Frazetti Fundraiser.

A Houston Texas area convention nearly slipped past our radar, with Marina Sirtis & Tony Todd listed as guests! Called Comicpalooza, the Houston based convention started in 2008 as a simple signing event set to coincide with the release of "The Dark Knight". In 2009, it grew to a two-day comic book festival set in a local mall, focusing on promoting creators, connecting with the media, and fostering new growth in the fanbase. In 2010, Comicpalooza moved to the George R. Brown Convention Center as a multi-format convention celebrating not just comics, but also sci-fi and fantasy, horror, steam punk, New Media, movies, film, and gaming of all types.

Honestly, we love just about anything having to do with Sir Patrick Stewart. Most recently we reported on his return to the Royal Shakespeare Company in a production of "The Merchant of Venice". Sir Patrick is obviously a marvelous actor, but he also has an interesting since of humor. According to a recent Q&A session with UK's The Guardian, he would love to be remembered "For being funny" but adds " I don't think that will happen." His Star Trek & Stage career may overshadow his sense of humor, but several of Sir Patrick's answers were rather humorous and all of them were very interesting. Check out an excerpt below.

When were you happiest?
A year ago, after only four lessons, skiing alone in the Sierras.

UPDATE - Anyone that donates to the Daryl Frazetti Fundraiser, will get free Subspace Communique stickers as a thank you from us.  Check out the full details here.

Sir Patrick Stewart is heading back to the Royal Shakespeare Company to play Shylock in the bard's "The Merchant of Venice" this spring. With over 60 RSC productions under his belt, Sir Patrick will be reuniting with director Rupert Goold for the production as a part the RSC's 50th birthday season. The play will run from May 19th to September 26th 2011 and preview on May 13th.

According to Whatsonstage.com; Goold and Stewart previously worked together on the RSC’s 2006 production of The Tempest, which transferred to the West End, and most famously, on the multi award-winning 2007 Chichester production of Macbeth, which transferred to the West End and Broadway and was subsequently filmed. Following Macbeth, Stewart returned to the RSC in 2009 to play Claudius to David Tennant’s Hamlet, which also transferred to the West End and which won Stewart both Olivier and Whatsonstage.com Awards for Best Supporting Actor.

Check out day 2 of our live blogging coverage of the "Women of SciFi" convention in Plano, Texas below.

Check out our live blogging coverage of the "Women of SciFi" convention in Plano, Texas below.

Star Trek's Mr. Spock is making a guest appearance in the Dallas Metroplex this May with a few other special guests including comic book legend Stan Lee. Called the Dallas Comic-Con, the convention is scheduled for May 21st & 22nd (2011) and includes not only Nimoy & Lee, but also David Prowse (Darth Vader: Star Wars IV, V, VI) and a slew of artists, writers, & publishers from the comic book world. Check details below.