Greetings, Crew! Although I missed it by a day, May the Fourth Be With You!! And happy Cinco de Mayo today!! And don’t forget tomorrow: The Revenge of the Sixth!! Geez, it’s a big week… We hope you’ll join us for this weekend’s virtual General Membership Meeting (the Zoom link… More inside…
Here’s the link to this week’s meeting. Please join a little early to check your tech. Non-members are most welcome – just contact a board member to forward you the link. After the meeting, we’ll have our Virtual Scavenger Hunt. It’s a hoot, so we hope you’ll join the fun.… More inside…
Did you ever wonder what happens to the blood we donate – and help others to donate – at our blood drives? Thanks to the club’s efforts, thousands of blood products have been sent to help patients in need. Here’s a fun message that came in this week, showing five… More inside…
Did you miss Captain Kirk the last time he appeared at GalaxyCon? He’s coming back on May 9th with his buddy Kruge, aka Christopher Lloyd. Meet them with GalaxyCon Live at 2pm ET on Saturday, May 8th. You can Video Chat One-to-One, Get Personalized Autographs, and see a FREE Live… More inside…
Mark Uecker is a good friend and supporter of the Nokomis, in addition to being a member. The National Lutheran Choir is very important to Mark, and you can imagine how hard this COVID year has been on the entire organization. Here is the information from the NLC about “Light… More inside…
Greetings, Crew! This week we celebrate the International Day of Human Space Flight. April 12th, 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin. On April 7, 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations declared April 12th as the International Day of Human… More inside…
Starting this week we’re having another online party and the proceeds will go to charity. This time our chosen recipient is Feed My Starving Children. We’ve had a long-standing tradition of packing food in January and July at their locations in Coon Rapids and Eagan. This January we couldn’t go,… More inside…
The C.A.T. Show at our April membership meeting was a blast. Interestingly, the Zoom format was a plus, as we could get up close and personal to the creations and see their detail. Our members are quite talented, as we’ve always known, and they shared many accomplishments great and small.… More inside…
We are thrilled to welcome a new little one to our group! Over the last 37 years we’ve had many members. Most of them have been old enough to find us at a convention or event. Of course, the best days are when babies are born! Here is the wonderful… More inside…
Monday was First Contact Day, and two important revelations were made during the panels. First, Star Trek: Picard dropped a new teaser trailer that gave away the big surprise. Check it out HERE and get excited! Once you do, you can catch the discussion between Patrick Stewart, Wil Wheaton and… More inside…