2018 New Year; New Adventures!
Welcome to the home of the U.S.S. Lafitte! We are a local Star Trek/Sci-Fi Fantasy club out of Lake Charles Louisiana. Our group is also a proud member of Starfleet International the premier Worldwide Star Trek Fan Group. Our ship resides in Region 3 of this fantastic organization.
In 2017 our staff took a year to reflect and work on much needed projects and catch up on life itself. Last year presented a lot of challenges and of course great rewards as well. With so many things going on our website and events pages were neglected which happens when life gets in the way.
2017 was a great year in many respects, and also not so great. Last year we had a few new members join us and some that moved on to new adventures. We attended many local and nationwide conventions such as CyPhaCon and DragonCon; along with our annual trip to the Texas Renaissance Festival. On a rare occasion we even had an impromptu adventure to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to see the Apollo 11 exhibit. Let’s also not forget the epic winter snowfall event in Lake Charles with 3.5 inches of snow in December! But in retrospect we also had a lot of bad and unfortunate things happen, such as health problems, financial and dealing with some of the aftermath of Harvey.
For 2018 we are going to try and be more up to date and make sure you know what is going on with the Lafitte crew. With this in mind we have completely updated our events/club meeting information under our Club Meetings page and Convention/Events page for 2018.
Our goal for 2018 is to have more like minded people join us at events big or small so we can all geek out together. Many upcoming events will actually give you the chance to talk to us one on one and get to know the crew. One upcoming event is CyPhaCon here in Lake Charles. The Crew of the USS Lafitte will be hosting panels along with our friends from the USS New Orleans. If you ever wanted to know about our group this is your perfect chance! You can find out more information on CyPhaCon here.
The adventure that is 2018 is just beginning, and with that so many wonderful opportunities to meet new people! We look forward to seeing you at our events this year!
October Events!
We had a little break in September as some of our Crew Members ventured to DragonCon in Atlanta. Next year we make the journey again!
For the month of October we have a lot of festivities and activities we will be participating in. So lets get started with our announcements!
October Monthly Meeting, October 1st – Facebook Events Page
USS Lafitte @ Texas Renaissance Festival October 8-9 – Facebook Events Page
Annual Halloween Party! – TBA – Facebook Events Page
We have more in store for the rest of this year! Keep checking back for more updates on our awesome events!
August Events!
August is almost upon us! With a meetup almost every week this is one month you don’t want to miss out. Please join us on our Facebook Page or our Meetup Page.
Friday Night Movie – Suicide Squad – Facebook Event
Standard Monthly Meeting – Facebook Event
As the year continues we will be posting more on our events. The year still has a lot more in store for our group so keep checking back!
July Events!
July is one of our busiest months of 2016! With a meetup almost every week this is one month you don’t want to miss out. Please join us on our Facebook Page or our Meetup Page.
First off we will start with our little 4th of July get together!
July 2nd – Standard Monthly Meeting – Meetup Page
July 4th Party! – Facebook Events Page
July 15th – Friday Night Movie – Ghostbusters – Facebook Events Page
July 22nd – Friday Night Movie – Star Trek: Beyond – Facebook Events Page
Every July we celebrate the founding of the Calcasieu Area Trekkers Society. Did you know we are one of the oldest active Star Trek Fan Clubs in Louisiana? This year we celebrate our 22nd anniversary of our founding in 1994! We are planning an all day Star Trek filled party sometime during the month of July. Details to come, special blog post to be made for our anniversary event.
**For August we are looking to do a group away mission to Johnson Space Center in Houston. This is still tentative.**
June events!
June will be a busy month for the USS Lafitte Crew!
Our Monthly meeting takes place on June 4th at Paper Heroes, we will be watching the Hunger Games Mockingjay parts 1 and 2. Facebook Events Page.
Friday June 24th we will begin our busy weekend with our Friday night movie outing to see Independence Day! Facebook Events Page.
Finally we will be setup at BayouCon with a fan group table all weekend long June 24-26 at the West Cal Cam Arena in Sulphur Louisiana. You can find out more on their events page.
Get ready for an awesome month with the Crew of the USS Lafitte. We will celebrate our 22 year Anniversary the month of July so you don’t want to miss out on our awesome plans! Keep checking back for more details! We have a lot in store for 2016 and you can find it all here on USSLAFITTE.COM!
