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2016, CSTS Global, eBay Auction, Equality Now

Auction ends Monday afternoon, Pacific Time

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  • We’ve told you about the wonderful items in the auction.
  • We’ve emphasized how rare or downright awesome they are.
  • We’ve shown you pictures and demonstrated how they are only a few of the many items we’ve got.
  • We’ve told you about the items signed by Ben Edlund, Felicia Day, Alan Tudyk, Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, Jewel Staite, James Marsters, Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Leary, Emma Caufield, Clark Gregg & Ming Na Wen.
  • Oh yeah, and some guy named Joss Whedon
  • We’ve mentioned the pillow, the jewellry, the Tshirts, the prints. The action figures, the postcards, the buttons.

And now we’ve run out of time. The auction ends tomorrow starting around noon Pacific
if you haven’t checked it out, you owe it to yourself to do so.… Read more…

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So much to bid on!

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Browncoats are a generous bunch. And so are the companies whom make wonderful things to sell to us.

Take for instance Loot Crate who sent us the Zoe Loot Crate full of exciting things like the Zoe figure, a Serenity Journal, a mystery QBits figure and so much more.

Right at this moment it is still under $30.00. At twice that amount it would still be a steal.

We have a lot of auction items like that – currently going for much less than they are worth. Check them out.

Bid.
Tell your friends and family to bid. Make the world a better place by supporting Equality Now through our auction.

The auction is here.
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2016, CSTS Global, eBay Auction, Equality Now

eBay Auction Oct.17 – Sunday Oct. 23

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Joss Whedon’s influence reaches far. Ben Edlund wrote for Whedon on Firefly and Angel. Now he is finally bringing his own creation, The Tick, to TV. This promotional poster is clearly intended for CSTS. We feel pretty confident is asserting that no one else will have a poster remotely like this!

Clark Gregg aka Agent Phil Coulson is currently staring in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He has signed this picture of Coulson and his beloved car Lola.

And these are just two of the many items that will be up for auction starting Monday Oct. 17. Our great thanks go to the California Browncoats who have once again allowed us to use their eBay account for our auction.

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Much like winter, Serenity is coming…..to Santa Fe

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Can’t Stop the Serenity is coming to Santa Fe New Mexico for the first time ever on October 15th at the marvelous Jean Cocteau Cinema, owned by famed, “Game of Thrones” author, George R.R. Martin.

Organiser Charlie says “The Albuquerque Browncoats are pleased to present “Serenity” on the big screen and proud to support Equality Now and our local charity UNM Children’s Hospital.

We’ll have a pre-show short film surprise, food, fun, merchandise, raffles, costume contest and more at the beautifully restored Jean Cocteau Cinema!”

To celebrate the inaugural CSTS in Santa Fe, all attendees will receive a mighty fine swag pack featuring a CSTS 2016 button.

Please join them as they aim to misbehave for a good cause!… Read more…

2016

Orange County Browncoats show they’re a real power for good this weekend

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The Orange County Browncoats are back with their eighth Can’t Stop the Serenity event on Saturday 8th October, at the AMC Woodbridge 5 Theatre.

Organiser Dawn says “This is our eighth CSTS-OC, and we are excited to be back! We will be screening Serenity on the big screen (of course), plus the afternoon includes a cosplay contest, an auction of shiny items and prize drawings. Browncoat merchandise will also be available. The event will start at 2.15pm and end at 6:00ish. It’s a perfect time of day to allow Browncoats to meet up if they want to extend the fun before or after our shindig.”

When asked why she got involved in CSTS, Dawn says “Several years back, I had a great time at CSTS-LA, and I knew San Diego had a CSTS going, and I thought, why not Orange County?… Read more…

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This weekend is going to get pretty interesting in Adelaide

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Adelaide will be holding their second CSTS event on Saturday 8th October. This year they’ve been lucky enough to have donated space so will be showing Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog as well as holding a raffle and cosplay competition then finishing off with the BDM.

Organiser Emma says “The very generous people at the Palace Nova cinema in the middle of the city have donated a screen to our event so we were able to get the approval to show Dr Horrible fairly easily. We’re going to be handing out interactive bags to all the Browncoats on the day – we’ve billed it as Joss Whedon meets Rocky Horror and we’re very confident that it will be a lot of fun!”

“We have some amazing raffle prizes thanks to some awesome donations from bigger organisations such as Supanova and Oz Comic Con down to individual Browncoats who have offered personal items or things they have created themselves, like the awesome Serenity cufflinks made by Get Your Geek On.”… Read more…

2016

The Kentucky Browncoats are bringing the fun in on the 5th October!

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The Kentucky Browncoats are bringing a whole heap of fun to the Kentucky Theatre, Lexington on October 5th for their Can’t Stop the Serenity event.

Doors open at 6pm for Shindig Mingle Bingo, cosplay previews and a Jayne-worthy singalong then at 7pm Captain Nyorissa Kel will do an intro from the Jiu Hai Shen. There is also a costume contest and from 7:30 they’re showing the BDM itself.

When asked about her motivation for being involved in Can’t Stop the Serenity, organiser Ria said “ The Kentucky Browncoats originally started in 2009, but had been fairly inactive when I found it at the end of April of this year. My family and I moved to Kentucky from Florida in May and I was networking in the area online via social media prior to the move.… Read more…

2016

Platteville are taking to the skies this weekend

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The Browncoats in Platteville, Wisconsin, are excited to bring back Can’t Stop the Serenity for the third straight year.

The event will take place on 2nd October at the Avalon Cinema in downtown Platteville starting at 2 pm with doors opening at 1:30 pm.

(Note that this is NOT coincidentally the Green Bay Packers bye week.)

Organiser Annie says “Joe and I are fans of the Firefly/Serenity universe and wanted to see it on the big screen again after Madison stopped holding their event. There were false starts the first few years, but it finally got off the ground in 2014. Angie Pfaff, who I met through Family Connections, agreed to help out this year after coming to the Platteville event both of the past two years.… Read more…

2016

You can’t stop the New England Browncoats

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The New England Browncoats present the 11th Annual “Can’t Stop the Serenity” Event at The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA at midnight on Saturday, October 1, 2016 to benefit Equality Now and Rosie’s Place.

Organiser David says “In the last eleven years, the New England Browncoats have raised over $25,000.

This year in addition to raising money for Equality Now, we will also be collecting non-perishable food items for Rosie’s Place (www.rosiesplace.org), a sanctuary for poor and homeless women that offers emergency and long-term assistance to women. In the past seven years the New England Browncoats have collected over 3,000 lbs. of non-perishable food for local charities. Anyone that brings a donation on the night will be eligible for raffle prizes.

Tickets for this event will be $15 in advance and $20 on the night.… Read more…

2016

We will rule over all this land! And we will call it… Arcata!

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The HSU Browncoats are the Humboldt State University student arm of the Humboldt (County) Browncoats in Arcata, California and they have had a CSTS event in Arcata for 4 years now

This year’s event is on the 25th September and is at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G Street in Arcata.

Organiser Craig says “The organising team is Craig (me), Humboldt Browncoats and retired advisor to the Humboldt State University Browncoats, Raven (Capt) and Kelsey (Mechanic).”

“Our CSTS event will feature a trivia contest, cosplay, and a prize drawing, including Firefly games, talking dinosaurs, and a complete set of the Firefly Board Game.”

Mechanic Kelsey says “I have identified as a Browncoat for many
years now. Ever since watching the show I have been hooked!… Read more…

2016

Horrible happenings in North Texas this weekend

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The North Texas Browncoats are proud to present their 11th annual Can’t Stop the Serenity event on Sunday 25th September at the Alamo Drafthouse, Richardson with doors opening at noon.

Organiser Annie (also the Can’t Stop the Serenity Global Event Co-ordinator) says “This year’s shindig will include all our traditional games and entertainments, including the Big Damn Movie, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog,* contests, auctions and more!

It’s never too early to start painting your parasol or brushing up on your evilest laugh for our fun (and often fierce!) competitions! Kids are welcome at our family friendly event, and will have separate, kids’ only versions of the costume and Evil Laugh contests. Our new pub style trivia will also be making an encore appearance this year, so take some time this summer to marathon ALL the Whedon shows!”… Read more…

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There’ll be no hungry Browncoats in Denver on the 24th

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This is the 11th year Denver has held a Can’t Stop the Serenity event and sounds like they have a great evening planned.

Organiser Krystmas says “We’re pleased to be back at the amazing Alamo Drafthouse in Littleton. The Alamo Drafthouse is a state of the art theater that also offers food and drink service at your table. The full menu would make Kaylee happy and means no hungry Browncoats. Activities include a screening of Serenity, costume contest, raffle, a pre-screening shindig, and more.”

With all money raised being donated to Equality Now , the doors will open at 5PM on Saturday 24th with registration / check-in and a Shindig in the Alamo Drafthouse Lounge.

Serenity starts at 7PM with the raffle to follow.

Check out their Event Activities / Schedule page for more information on activities and updates.… Read more…

2016

No power in the ‘verse can stop the Browncoats in Milwaukee

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Milwaukee’s second Can’t Stop the Serenity event is on Saturday September 24th at the 42 Ale House, Saint Francis.

Between 2pm and 11pm they will be screening Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and Serenity, holding a live auction and 3 silent auctions, a trivia competition, costume contest, and more. They will also have door prizes and merch for sale.

Organiser David says “As of right now we have over 300 items up for bid on 9/24, with more still coming in. It’s a little amazing! Autographs from the Walking Dead, Arrow, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Sons of Anarchy, Adventure Time, True Blood, Buffy, Angel, Firefly (Jewel & Summer), Lord of the Rings, Agents of SHIELD, Daredevil, and many more! Art, art, and more art! Trinkets and jewelry!… Read more…

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Ni Hao to the Browncoats of Harrogate holding their first CSTS event this weekend

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Harrogate are holding their inaugral CSTS event on 21st September at Major Tom’s Social in Harrogate.

Organiser Reg says “Essentially, I run the finest (and to be fair, only!) comic shop in our little town which is a very genteel place with lots of tea rooms and posh people. Steve, my partner in crime in this endeavour runs a “Geek Pub Quiz” every month at the venue we’re using for CSTS. We’re both big Browncoats and have talked about running a CSTS event for a while, and this year we’ve decided it’s about time we just did it!”

The event starts at 6pm and is free to enter, the guys are raising money with a raffle, Steve’s Quiz, and from the sale of various Serenity related items.… Read more…

2016

The road so far leads to CSTS Lawrence this weekend

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In addition to being the home of the Winchester brothers, Lawrence, Kansas is also the home to a Can’t Stop the Serenity event this weekend.

Organiser Michael says “CSTS Lawrence are lucky enough to be showing Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog alongside the BDM itself and we’re also having a raffle.”

The fun starts at 7pm on the 16th September at Liberty Hall, Lawrence.

For more information contact the CSTS Lawrence team via their Facebook page.

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2016

The California Browncoats are going back to Serenity Valley this weekend

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Grab your grenades Browncoats because on the 17th of September the California Browncoats are going back to Serenity Valley!

Organiser Susie says “We are excited to announce that CSTS-LA will feature Francis Hamada’s epic fan film Browncoats: Independence War, a prequel to Firefly and Serenity.

We are going non-traditional (you might even say Independent-like) by showing this film for Can’t Stop the Serenity, but we believe in this movie and want to give Browncoats a taste of a whole new chapter in the ‘verse (unofficial).”

The film is set in the year 2511 in the Valley of Serenity on the distant Planet Hera, and rebel fighters aka “the Independence Army”, intent on secession, are fighting their last skirmishes against the superior and well-supplied Alliance Forces. Experience the drama and sacrifice of the battle of Serenity for the first time as seen through the eyes of the brave men and women of the 5th Battalion of the 76 Combat Brigade.… Read more…

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Come play in Narre Warren, Victoria

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Global’s very own Julia is aranging an evening of Browncoaty fun in Victoria, Australia.

She explains “This is the second year I’m doing ‘Come Play in the ‘Verse’, it’s just a few friends and I getting together to play some of the many Firefly boardgames.”

“We started last year as we were trying to get as many events happening for the 10th year as possible and it was a great excuse to get some fellow Browncoats together to play games. Everyone had so much fun last year at the end of the night it was decided we should do it again next year.”

There’s a $10 entry fee for the evening and they have a ‘pun jar’ to help with the fundraising. Julia is also hoping to do some themed food and drinks as well.… Read more…

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Thrilling heroics in Grande Prairie

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Holding their 5th event this year, the Grande Prairie Browncoats have found a shiny new location which will allow them to add a twist to the Can’t Stop the Serenity format.

Organiser Nyssa says “Besides the normal viewing of the BDM, costumes, and an auction, our new venue Card’s board game Café will let us also have several Firefly games going on to make this the best event ever.”

“With Fluxx, an RPG adventure, Out to the Black, Shiny Dice, Tall card and our multi day Firefly the board game tournament, there will be no shortage of action going on.”

Nyssa finishes by adding “This will be our best event ever, combining Thrilling Heroics with family fun.”

The event is being held on Thursday 8th September.… Read more…

2016

Grab a spork and join the Utah Browncoats at Salt Lake Comic Con this weekend

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On Saturday, September 3rd, the Utah Browncoats and Salt Lake Comic Con will host their second major CSTS event of the season.

They will be holding their popular screening of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog at the Salt Lake City Comic Con. All proceeds from this fan favorite event are being donated to Equality Now.

Organizers William Pace and Kerry Gisler explain, “People literally run up to us with excitement when they see us selling tickets because they consider this their ‘Salt Lake Comic Con tradition’.” With a seating capacity of nearly 900 seats, it is one of the largest venues of the CSTS season. Screening Dr. Horrible is a true team effort. The room is donated by the fine folks at Salt Lake Comic Con and many faithful volunteers from the Utah Browncoats help make this event a success year to year.… Read more…

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A Horrible event coming up in Melbourne

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The New Melbourne Browncoats are holding a special event for those Browncoats who attended their recent Serenity screening.

They will be screening Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blogon Saturday Sept 3rd at the Alchemist’s Refuge (located downstairs at Games Laboratory, 328 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne).

Organisers Chris and Jen tell us “This horrible event is exclusively available to Can’t Stop the Serenity ticket holders, and is an additional fundraiser for two special charities, Equality Now and WIRE – Women’s Information Service.

There’ll be a horrible amount of fun as well as cosplay, raffles, collectables auction and best of all, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog!

Tickets cost $15 online (or $18 at the door with proof of CSTS ticket) and this extra special event is limited to 50 tickets so if you haven’t got yours yet, what are you still doing reading this!!… Read more…

2016

An epic night of shiny fun ahead for Edinburgh

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The mighty Edinburgh Browncoats are holding their second event of the season this weekend – Saturday 20th August.

Join them from 9pm at the Cameo in Edinburgh as they present Serenity flying again in all her glory on the big screen.

Organiser Graeme says “As well as all the thrills and spills of the BDM we plan to bring you a repeat of our charity auction, raffle, merchandise, and hopefully a surprise or two for our lucky attendees. Our auction runs before the film starts and we are welcoming back the awesome Jollyboat as our auctioneers.”

They have a variety of prizes on offer including signed headshots of various sci-fi luminaries as well as an original piece from Gary Erskine commissioned especially for the event. Gary is probably best known for his work on the Rogue Squadron comics for Dark Horse.… Read more…

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Jing tsai! A Serenity poster signed by Joss Whedon up for grabs in Melbourne

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New Melbourne Browncoats (NMB) are back for their 11th Can’t Stop the Serenity Screening event on Saturday 13th August but it may be the last.

Organiser Christopher explains “The NMB team has been working tirelessly over the years to bring this event to life, but attendance has been waning in the past few years. And this year, ticket sales are lower than ever. So if you’ve been meaning to attend our CSTS screening and have been thinking “well, there’s always next year”, then now is the time to get on board. We’d really like to go out on a high, and not only break even (cost wise) but make a significant donation to our two chosen charities – Equality Now and WIRE.“

WIRE stands for Women’s Information and Referral Exchange and women across Victoria (Australia) contact WIRE for support, information and referrals on issues, such as family relationships and legal issues, domestic/family violence, homelessness and mental health issues.… Read more…

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Sending a wave to Fairfax, Virginia

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The Browncoats in Fairfax are back at the Arlington draft house for this year’s Can’t Stop the Serenity event. Their event runs from 2.30pm until 5.30pm on Saturday 13th August and features some awesome raffle prizes plus the Big Damn Movie all in a venue with food and beer on tap! This does mean that Browncoats under 21 will need to be accompanied by an adult of course…..

They’re also running a costume contest where you can dress as anyone from the Whedonverse. The two characters that receive the most votes will battle it out for an enviable prize in a heads up trivia competition.

Organiser Ray explains “There are five levels of tickets available at https://cant-stop-serenity-dc.ticketleap.com/csts/ ranging from $10 to $100. The different levels include various bonuses such as additional general raffle tickets or entry into an additional exclusive raffle for an autographed action figure available only to Captain Tight Pants’ level viewers.”… Read more…

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Can’t stop the Browncoats in Minneapolis

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The Can’t Stop the Serenity team in Minneapolis are excited to present their event on August 11th at the historic Riverview Theater in Minneapolis. The Riverview, a beautifully restored Art Deco treasure, has hosted their event since the inaugural event in June 2006.

In addition to raffles of Firefly and Serenity merchandise and t-shirt sales, they’re having a costume contest for adults and under 13s.

Organising team member Barbara says “All of our funds go to Equality Now but at the same time we provide a platform for many local members of fandoms to appear in costume and promote their own charitable endeavors. The 501 Legion, Royal Manticoran Navy and USS Nokomis send contingents to our event.”

The team are all involved because they believe in the mission of Equality Now – that women and girls deserve to live in freedom and dignity and have the right to education and good health.… Read more…

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Just regular folk tryin’ to do good works in Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh is one of the cities that has held a CSTS screening every year since it all started back in 2006 and they are rightly very proud of this fact.

This year their event is going to be held on Saturday, July 30 at the historic Hollywood Theater in Dormont, PA (which is featured in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” during the Rocky Horror scenes).

Doors open at 5pm for an evening of games, raffles and live entertainment, topped off with a showing of “Serenity” on the big screen at 7pm. Admission to the event itself is free, but a minimum $10 donation to Equality Now is required for admittance to the film. And of course costumes are encouraged!

The Hollywood Theatre is a classic movie theatre with a balcony and a stage in front of the screen.… Read more…