September 8th sees the Chicagoland Browncoats holding an event packed screening. They have great auction items including a Firefly script signed by Tim Minear. They are also looking forward to a costume contest with any character from the Whedonverse. Everything gets started at 6:00 p.m. and ends with the screening of Serenity.
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Houston has jumped onboard and will be showing Serenity, not once, but twice on Sept. 8th. They have linked to one of the original trailers to the movie- don’t watch it if you haven’t seen the movie! It gives quite a bit away.… Read more…
We asked our sponsors why they support Can’t Stop The Serenity.
This is what Steven Zimmerman of Think Geek had to say.
“”Because our coats are brown.
Because life should be shiny.
Because everyone can be a big damn hero.
It might be cliche, but we’re fans above all else. ThinkGeek does what it does because everyone here has an interest in the culture and community that surrounds and astounds us.
CSTS is no different. To see such a dedicated group going out year after year not only rallying around a beloved movie and show, but harnessing that power and turning it to the forces of good is a sight to behold.
We’re all in this one together and we’re proud to stand side by side with other Browncoats the world over.”… Read more…
It’s another full weekend for Can’t Stop The Serenity Cities.
The New Melbourne Browncoats have an afternoon packed full. There will be a raffle, auction, door prizes, Dr. Horrible will be shown and the New Melbourne Browncoats plan to beat Philadelphia’s record with their own Hero of Canton karaoke.
They will also be showing a special interview with Sean Maher filmed just for this event!
Of course, Serenity will be the main attraction..
Their Online auction on Ebay is also going strong. Be sure to check it out.
The Seattle Browncoats are showing Serenity 2 nights in a row at the Browncoat friendly Wayward Coffee house.The Festivities start with Geek Bingo.
On Aug. 17th and 18th, Halifax, NS will hold a CSTS event with a 2 day long silent auction, an Evil laugh contest each day, Dr. Horrible shown each event and yes, Serenity 4 times.
You can choose an afternoon event or an evening, Friday or Saturday. The final Saturday screening will be a “Special Hell” version.
Each event will also have a Trivia contest with sections such as complete the quote: “We applied the cortical electrodes…” It’s at a new theatre this year; Carbon Arc is now at the Museum of Natural History Auditorium.
Personally speaking, I think Mal Reynolds pretty much hit the nail on the head when he said “It ain’t about you, Jayne. It’s about what they need” at the end of “Jaynestown” and I believe that the same can apply to CSTS in that it was created to support a charity that truly acts on the global stage bringing issues, distasteful and disturbing, that would normally pass the news agencies by whether it be how women are depicted in video games for the domestic Japanese market to the rape laws of Morocco. Equality Now continues its work both diligently and tenaciously giving women a voice in countries where they either have none or it is a scared whisper to those whose society ought to know better.… Read more…
Chelmsford, UK is new to CSTS but you’d never know it by all they have on offer on Aug. 8th. They are showing Serenity & Dr. Horrible, running a Fancy Dress competition, and running a raffle. Food includes themed cupcakes and cocktails.
Pittsburgh is not only showing Serenity, they’re playing games and attendees can win raffle tickets playing those games! They have incredible prizes including artwork, handmade crafts, & unique themed items. All this and more on Aug. 11th.
Minneapolis has been running CSTS events for all 7 years and they haven’t slowed down! This year they are showing Serenity 3 different nights, each accompanied by a different movie such as Dr. Horrible or the Guild. For a detailed schedule, head over to their website. … Read more…
Australia, Canada and the United States are all holding CSTS Screenings this weekend and not one event is the same!
The Browncoats of Shoalhaven, NSW, Australia are running their very first event. They will have a raffle, prizes for Best Dressed and will show Dr. Horrible as well as Serenity. The excitement is running high for this August 3rd screening!
The San Francisco,U.S. Browncoats have been running CSTS events since the beginning. Now in their 7th Year, they are rightfully proud of their new venue, the Delancy St. Screening Room. Among its many charms are the ergonomic chairs! The SF events will feature Dr. Horrible as well as Serenity. Don’t forget your Jayne Hat – there will be a Jayne Hat mob photo!
It’s a busy weekend July 27 – 29 with multiple events happening.
Perth starts it off with a CSTS Shindig that promises much merriment and a costume contest and probably a drink or two.
Staying in Australia, there is another Affilate event by the New Melbourne Browncoats. They are showing Season 3 of The Guild on Saturday, July 28th. Everyone is welcome to head out for dinner afterwards.
Also on Saturday, the Rocky Mountain Browncoats are back for another year. There will be a costume contest before the showing of Serenity, so come prepared! The Cinema Grill is a full service restaurant and bar, so the shindig will start as soon as you enter! After the tragic event in Aurora on July 20th, Denver CSTS will be giving 25% to the Aurora Shooting Victims Fund and they ask those who can’t make it to the screening to still give via the donate button on their website.… Read more…
We asked our sponsors why, year after year, they support Can’t Stop the Serenity & Equality Now. This is what Scott Allie of Dark Horse had to say.
“We’ve always loved the fact that Can’t Stop the Serenity started here in Portland, the same as Dark Horse. We deal with a lot of different kinds of fandom in comics, and it’s amazing when this silly fantasy stuff that we all love so much can generate real good in the world.
What the Browncoats achieve with CSTS and all their charitable efforts is humbling and adds to our pride in contributing to the world Joss created.”… Read more…
On Friday July 20, Arlington has their first of 2 screenings of Serenity, along with a Costume Contest, an auction and a raffle. The next day, Saturday the 21st, they do it all again but with the added content of Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog.
Get a ticket to one or both days.
Fort Lauderdale is running their event on Saturday July 21st. Not only is Serenity being shown but they also have a special performance by South Florida Taiko Dojo, a Japanese Drumming group who so wowed the audience last year they are back to do it again.
The event is being held at Cinema Paradiso
Both Fort Lauderdale and Arlington are running their events in a space with a full bar!… Read more…
The Albuquerque Browncoats have decided that one screening of Serenity is just not enough! So they are holding 2, one on Saturday July 14th and one on the 15th.
There’s a special discount if you buy a tickets to both and you get sumthin’ extra if you show up in costume.
Each screening will also have a raffle & you just know they are giving away some good stuff.… Read more…
We have been asking our sponsors why they support Can’t Stop the Serenity. This is writer/producer Jane Espenson’s answer:
I support Can’t Stop the Serenity because they’ve taken something that was made with a generous heart, and magnified that generosity a thousand times over.
Philadelphia is packing in loads of merriment with live music courtesy Sean Faust, Sci-Fi trivia with a surprise twist and a Special Hell screening of Serenity. You are not only allowed to talk at the theatre, you will be encouraged to.
Meanwhile, Lawrence is back for the 2nd time this month.You can double your fun with a screening of both Serenity and Dr. Horrible. There will also be a raffle with some awesome prizes.… Read more…
Many will recognize this Tshirt as one that Joss has frequently worn. Now he has made the design available for a very brief time. Equality Now UK has put 5 up for auction on eBay UK. One each in sizes small to extra large.
As an added bonus, they are signed by Joss
This ships only to the UK and the auction is over in 16 hours – that’s about 8:00 p.m. GMT, June 23, 2012.
To Celebrate Joss’ birthday we have 9 Screening events going on this weekend in three countries.
Saturday, June 23 starts off in Gateshead, U.K. at 10 a.m. with Serenity, an auction and an awesome sale of film posters including Cabin in the Woods and Avengers Assemble before everyone heads to a shindig for more fun including a tough Whedonverse quiz!
Gloucester, UK’s screening is special as they have a couple of speakers from Equality Now. This is Equality Now’s 20th Anniversary so their talk is sure to be interesting! Dr. Horrible is also showing, there is a silent auction and they expect to set up a live link with another CSTS city.
Charleston is having its first Can’t Stop The Serenity Event and it promises to be a good one. Besides the Big Damn Movie, Charleston will have raffles, trivia and a costume contest.
Local artists, restaurants and shops have donated items for the silent auction.
So bring your cashy money and head over on Sunday July 17th. Details at the website.… Read more…
I organized the first Raleigh screening in 2006, because I loved Firefly. I loved it with all my heart and soul, in a way I’d never loved any TV show before. At the time, I didn’t expect to raise money for Equality Now. I expected to pay hundreds of dollars for the venue rental and movie rights out of my own pocket, to sit in a theater with maybe twelve other people and watch Serenity on the big damn screen again.
Instead, the 200-seat theater sold out. We had a costume contest, and several people actually showed up in costume. People bought raffle tickets. A donation was made to Equality Now. And I made new friends who have become like family.
Over the years, I learned more about Equality Now, and I found out about Kids Need to Read.… Read more…
Pull on your Jayne hat, and grab your brown coat because Can’t Stop the Serenity is officially ON! This weekend sees events kick off in three countries.
Friday, June 8 will see an Affiliate event in Lawrence, KS. It will be live streamed so that we can all watch the fun.
Saturday, June 9th is the first full Serenity screening in Vancouver, BC with both a silent and live auction and a costume contest with a twist. Vancouver has at least one item in their auction that you will not be able to get anywhere else.
Finally, on Sunday, Nottingham, UK will also be showing Serenity. They’ll have a raffle and then do what we do best – have a shindig! (and show Dr.
This is the first in a series from our sponsors. We asked them why, year after year, they support Can’t Stop the Serenity & Equality Now.
First up, one of our Lifetime Sponsors, Andy Gore, CEO of Quantum Mechanix:
“We all got on this boat for the same reason: To make awesome stuff for the greatest TV show ever and to serve the community of Browncoats (to which we belong).
Some folks said we were crazy to put all that love into a show that only lived half a season. But we didn’t listen, because miracles happen only when you push ahead against the odds. And maybe only when you’re crazy. But gorammit, if it didn’t work. So here we are, seven years later, still honoring Firefly the best way we can and loving every minute of it.… Read more…
When I Speak was performed at Equality Now’s 20th Anniversary Celebration. It was written by Joss Whedon and performed by three young women who embody just one of the many struggles women and girls face everyday in countries around the world.
It is a stark and moving reminder of why Can’t Stop The Serenity supports Equality Now.
The Hollywood Reporter has put together a great piece on Joss Whedon – Exploring the Whedonverse: Inside the Cult Hero Fame of ‘Avengers’ Director Joss Whedon. With Joss currently in the headlines for the amazing success of The Avengers, there are no shortage of articles celebrating his career – but not many take the time to also look at what his fans do to celebrate him and his creations. In addition to the many mentions of how Joss’s fans have been vocal in their support and passionate in their enthusiasm, THR has kindly recognised the efforts of Browncoats to support Equality Now through Can’t Stop the Serenity. Thanks THR!… Read more…
Here are a couple more of the entries we had when we ran a contest in March. We asked people what their first memory of Firefly was.
Anna wrote:
If you want to be technical, It was a Saturday morning, a long time ago. I was watching cartoons, and an ad came on. There was a girl, fighting, guns. Serenity, the movie was called. I thought that was weird. Then my show came back on, and I forgot all about it.
It was years later that I first heard of Firefly, sitting in a religion class, before school started. A classmate quoted something, and the teacher laughed. The classmate, a boy named Kory, was knitting something, a hat. Red and gold, orange. My teacher called it a “Jane” hat, whatever that was.
For the next 2 1/2 weeks, an auction is being held online for Equality Now. Mutant Enemy, aka Joss Whedon, has donated some great items to the auction.
Want to have dinner with Joss in London or LA? Bid on it. The LA dinner comes with a signed Buffy crew sweatshirt. Maybe you’d like to go with three friends to the New York premiere of The Avengers. That auction is over April 20th as the premiere is April 28th.
Today a slate from the Avengers, signed by the cast, was added. Or if you want to freak out guests to your home, you will want the Alien Egg prop from Alien Resurrection.
There are a lot of other great items there too. Breakfast with Tom Brokaw or meet designer Nicole Miller at her showroom in New York City!… Read more…
Here are a couple of entries to the contest we ran in March asking people what their first memory of Firefly was.
First, from Randy of North Carolina:
I was a church pastor trying to decide which movie our youth group should see. The other counselor said, “Take the kids to Serenity, it is like Star Trek.” That was good enough for me, so we went to see this unknown movie. The memory stuck with me and I really liked the movie. About 6 months or so later I was at Best Buy looking at DVD covers. There was Serenity! I bought it and watched it at home. Looking at the special features was the first time I heard of Firefly the series. I immediately found it and bought it.
On March 5, we launched the first of our Firefly 10th Anniversary contests, asking you to share your first memories of Firefly. We’re pleased to announce that the winner is Lauren, from Chicago IL. Congratulations Laurenon your winning entry. Thanks to the generosity of the New Melbourne Browncoats, she has won a copy of Firefly:The Official Companion, Vol I.
My first memory of Firefly…
I love Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Battlestar Galactica,etc. etc…. but honestly, I started watching Firefly to impress a guy. He was a dreamy Nathan Fillion lookalike, and I knew he was into the series. I really wanted us to have something to talk about.
I didn’t expect to love Firefly, but I did.
I annihilated the entire series in about a week, some eps multiple times.
Can’t Stop the Serenity (CSTS) is a unique opportunity to indulge your geeky side while doing some good! Since 2006, fans have organized screenings of Joss Whedon's Serenity to raise funds and awareness to support Equality Now in their work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Join us as we aim to misbehave for a good cause!
There are two ways to fight a battle like ours. One is to whisper in the ear of the masses, try subtlely and gradually to change the gender expectations and mythic structures of our culture. That’s me. The other is to step up and confront the thousands of atrocities that are taking place around the world on an immediate, one-by-one basis. That’s a great deal harder, and that’s Equality Now. It’s not about politics; it’s about basic human decency.
