Event

Tribute to Leonard Nimoy

The Riverside Saginaw Film Festival is pleased to announce a tribute to No.1 Vulcan Leonard Nimoy, who died this past year. On, Nov. 11 the festival will show two of the most popular "Star Trek" movies on the big screen at the Temple Theater.

Showing at 5pm is "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982). With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis (Kahn, played by Ricardo Montalban) from using a planet-generating device. In this installment, Nimoy's Spock dies.

And showing at 8pm is "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986) To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to 20th century Earth to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it -- the now extinct humpback whales. Nimoy also directed as well as starred.

In between the films, diehard Trekkies dressed in their "Star Trek" best are invited to parade across the stage in a contest. First place $50 and a festival T-shirt, second place $25 and a festival T-shirt, third place a festival T-shirt. Organist also will play between shows on the theater's historic Barton pipe organ.

$10 admission for the evening. Festival passes not accepted.

Films sponsored by Janet I. Martineau, a Trekker from the beginning.