Austin CSTS Pre-Post-Mortem

Austin’s Can’t Stop The Serenity 2010 has officially come to a close. We want to thank everyone for their support, well wishes and donations! We’ll post a proper post-mortem soon, but we wanted to let everyone know that we definitely raised more than $20,000 this year! We also want to thank Ron Glass for visiting with us, dining with us, signing over 100 autographs and doing two amazing Q&A sessions!

Thanks for everything, Browncoats! Keep flying!
Beth Nelson
Chairman – Austin Browncoats

Austin CSTS Tickets Available Now!

Now is the time to get your tickets to this year's Austin CSTS - September 11th and 12th - held at Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek. Tickets are on sale online now! They are $15 if purchased online and $18 at the door. We highly recommend you purchase your tickets online, since we always sell out before the screening! Go to our official CSTS website to get your tickets: www.cantstoptheserenity.com/austin/theatre.html

This is THE year to attend Austin CSTS if you are a fan of Firefly, Serenity, and giving to charity. Our special guest this year Ron Glass, who portrayed Shepherd Book in the Firefly/Serenity 'Verse, will be signing autographs and answering questions during our events on Saturday (Only the 12PM and 5PM screenings). All proceeds from the autographs will be going to charity, including The Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center. The Center provides a safe after-school environment for hundreds of boys and girls in South Central Los Angeles, and is the championed charity of Ron Glass himself.

Our full schedule of events is available at our website. We have a fun filled day planned on Saturday, complete with costume contests, charity auctions, and raffles. In addition to Serenity, we will be showing Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog again this year. For those who may not be able to attend our events on Saturday, our Sunday event will include only a screening of Serenity and Dr. Horrible at 12 PM.

So what are you waiting for? Get your tickets now! And don't forget to check out our 2010 CSTS merch also available on our website. We have our coveted Big Damn Bags on sale again. They include a ticket to the event, a CSTS 2010 event shirt, a custom piece of 'Verse artwork...and more! You can pre-order shiny CSTS T-shirts, posters, Jayne Hats, and even pre-donate for your Ron Glass autographs.

Together we can make this years Austin CSTS the best one yet! Last year, Austin Browncoats raised almost $26,000 for charity. This year, we want to donate over $30,000! You guys make this possible, so we can't wait to see you soon! If you're busy on the 11th and 12th, check out our San Antonio screening here: www.cantstoptheserenity.com/sanantonio.

Keep flyin'!
Austin Browncoats

Pancake Breakfast

Austin Browncoats will be sponsoring another Pancake Fundraiser!

We will be hosting our annual "Cant Stop the Serenity" event to benefit Equality Now on September 11th. To get the fund-raising spirit underway, the Browncoats will be providing some Grade A Foodstuffs for your enjoyment!

The Austin Browncoats support several local charities yearly, including SafePlace, Kids Need To Read, Emancipet, Equality Now and The Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center.

See you there and thank you!

Where: Grace Methodist Church (www.gracemethodistaustin.org) 205 E Monroe St, Austin, TX 78704
When: 8:30 AM - ???, August 21st
Cost: $6 (cash, money order, check), $6.50 (Paypal)

To read more about the Austin Browncoats, feel free to visit our website: www.austinbrowncoats.com

For more details on our special Can't Stop the Serenity event: www.cantstoptheserenity.com/austin

To get your tickets in advance, click here: www.austinbrowncoats.com/pancakes.php

Ron Glass (Shepherd Book) to Attend CSTS ’10 in Austin

Ron Glass, known to fans of Firefly and Serenity as Shepherd Book, has agreed to participate in Austin’s Can’t Stop The Serenity (CSTS) event on September 11, 2010. He will do one hour of autographs between our 12PM and 5PM showing with all proceeds going to charity, as well as two 30 minute Q&A’s, one at our 12PM screening and one at our 5PM screening. The event will once again be held at the Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek theatre, and will also have showings of the Serenity movie at 10pm on Saturday as well as a Sunday afternoon showing. Tickets will be available shortly and will be found at here at our official website.

We’ll also be auctioning online two seats at a dinner with Ron Glass on September 10th. Location and time to be announced shortly.

Austin CSTS tickets available soon!

It's that time again! Time to get ready for Austin's Can't Stop the Serenity! September 11th and 12th are the days, and we'll have more information about our schedule and ticket purchases available soon!

We also have a very special guest announcement coming up very soon. Believe us when we say that you won't want to miss CSTS Austin this year!

Geek Tweetathon for Kids Need to Read

From our friends at KNTR:

It is no secret Kids Need to Read has a special place in its heart for geeks! Our foundation sprang from the minds of geeks, including author PJ Haarsma, actor Nathan Fillion, and many Browncoats. We even hold an annual Geek Prom at a comic convention (Phoenix Comicon) to celebrate our inner geekiness. In turn, Geekdom often rallies to support our mission to inspire literacy in disadvantaged children of all ages.

However, this has to be one of the geekiest (AKA awesome) events anyone has ever conducted for KNTR — a 36 hour Tweetathon by Scott West of Hyde & Geek! Scott began sending out tweets every ten minutes on Tuesday, August 3rd and will continue to do so for thirty-six hours through Wednesday, August 4th at 10:00 PM ET. His goal is to raise $4,000 for KNTR and he is doing great so far!

Be sure to follow Scott @hydeandgeek and join the fun! Use #36hrtweetathon to keep up with all of the charitable tweets and place your pledge at Hyde & Geek’s First Giving page. He has been keeping himself going by watching episodes of Firefly. (So very geek!) What other activities might he do to keep himself awake? Just how loopy will he get near the end of his thirty-six hour Tweetathon? Stay tuned to #36hrtweetathon for all of the answers!

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