More great news about Can't Stop the Serenity in Seattle! And an updated Raffle prize list!

Emerald City Comicon is offering a very special prize this year, and you don't even need to buy a raffle ticket to win!
All CSTS Seattle ticket holders will be entered in a drawing to win two weekend passes to Emerald City Comicon 2012 and an exclusive backstage meet-and-greet with one of the media guests (for the winner and a guest)!

The value of the passes alone is a huge donation, but the meet-and-greet opportunity is above and beyond the call of generosity. The meet-and-greet is exactly what it says: exclusive. It will be almost private access to the star (TBD) and an opportunity to take a photo with him/her and get something signed.

The raffle is one of the most anticipated elements of Can't Stop the Serenity. Companies and individuals support our cause by donating all kinds of great things. We separate those items into about 6-10 raffle packs (depending on how many items we get). In front of each pack is a list of what's inside and a little bucket. If you want to try to win that raffle pack, you may drop as many raffle tickets as you want into its bucket. The more tickets you put in a single bucket, the more chances you have to win!

Immediately following the screening of Serenity, we will draw for the raffle winners and call out the numbers on the raffle tickets. You must be present to win. If your number matches, you get to walk away with all that great swag.

We will also be having an extra-special raffle pack with the primo goodies in it for the event ticket holders. We will draw that winner after the live music. (See Events page for details.) Again, you must be present to win.

Raffle tickets cost $1 each and will be available for sale here online and on the day of the event. You can purchase as many as you want after seeing the merchandise.

If you are interested in donating to the raffle, please contact us at info [at] cstsseattle [dot] org.

In addition to the raffle, we have some really top-notch swag this year that will be auctioned off. Prepurchased raffle tickets not used in any raffle baskets can be used at their face value ($1 each) for auction items. In other words, if you buy a raffle ticket and would rather use it for an auction item, you may do so if you win the auction and the ticket is intact (you hold both portions of the ticket).

Some of the shiny swag available this year in raffles and auctions is listed here (in no particular order) (donor in parentheses):

•set of Firefly drawings from Quicksilver Fantasies (Kaylee, Serenity, Mal, Zoe, and Jayne) (Betsy Mott)
•handmade flower barrettes in Jayne hat colors from scarywhitegirl.etsy.com (Dawn Vogel)
•Sci Fried "Future Tense" CD (Seattle Geekly)
•River Triumphant statue (it's out of stock at Things from Another World, but we have one!) (Kikki Amos Harper)
•Norwescon Seattle Browncoat badge signed by writer guest of honor Jim Butcher (Karen Axtell)
•The Book of Joby hardback novel autographed by author Mark Ferrari (Mark Ferrari)
•design a signature drink for Firefly night (mid October) at AFK Tavern (AFK Tavern)
•"Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale" graphic novel autographed by writer Zack Whedon, artist Chris Samnee, and editor Scott Allie (Andrea Howe)
•Lace and Blade and Lace and Blade 2 autographed by editor Deborah J. Ross and authors Mary Rosenblum and Dave Smeds (Deborah J. Ross)
•River Tam and the Fireflies T-shirt (S) (Stephanie Duchin)
•More Firefly and Serenity DVDs and Blu-rays than you can shake a stick at (Bierta Barfod and others)
•Drill Baby Drill T-shirt (XXL) (Stephanie Duchin)
•Chuck seasons 1-3 DVDs (Bierta Barfod)
•closeup of River's eyes "Miranda" poster (Stephanie Duchin)
•Star Trek collectible plates from Hamilton Collection (complete set [8 plates] of "First Ever Star Trek Plate Collection") (Betty Bigalow)
•Star Trek collectible plates from Hamilton Collection (selections from "25th Anniversary Star Trek Plate Collection") (Betty Bigalow)
•2 passes for a Queen of Seattle paddle wheel cruise (Queen of Seattle)
•MisCon SB Charities badge signed by writer guest of honor Carol Berg and trade paperbacks of Flesh and Spirit and The Spirit Lens both autographed by author Carol Berg (Carol Berg)
•SpoCon Patricia Briggs guest of honor badge signed by writer guest of honor Patricia Briggs and a hardback of Bone Crossed autographed by author Patricia Briggs (Seattle Browncoats Charities)
•Set of 4 Firefly advertising posters signed by designer William Pace (laminated) (William Pace of the Utah Browncoats)
•complete, unopened set of Star Trek collectible Pez dispensers (Robyn Haaf)
•2 antique kimonos (1920s and 1950s) (Bierta Barfod)
•Union of Allied Planets passport and CSTS ticket (distributed at LA CSTS) (William Pace)
•Hobbitesque print (165/250) by Mark Ferrari (Mark Ferrari)
•Dragonflight One print (21/250) (1st of 3 covers for a graphic novelization) by Mark Ferrari (Mark Ferrari)
•Fan Club Exclusive Edition Alliance money pack (QMx)
•Startled Wonder print (138/250) by Mark Ferrari (Mark Ferrari)
•Firefly by Mark Henderson poster
•The Guild Tink poster (Things from Another World)
•Bellerephon 2516 Champions poster by John Anderson (Square One Printing)
•Firefly Drinking Songs CD by Bedlam Bards & Marc Gunn
•On the Drift CD autographed by the Bedlam Bards
•Browncoats: Redemption remastered DVD 2-disc special edition (Big Damn Fan Films)
•Reaverized DVD (Illusionext & Square One Printing)
•a pack of shiny stuff (DreamStrands Comics)
•Browncoats pack (beaded bookmark, fabric fortune cookie w/ Browncoat-themed fortune, pair of earrings) (Cats Dreaming)
•Annoy-a-tron (ThinkGeek)
•Serenity hanzi (Chinese characters) pendant (DragonWeave Jewelry)
•Done the Impossible DVDs (Done the Impossible and Mars from the Seattle Browncoats
•Serenity Sake T-shirt (L)
•Serenity Sake pint glass
•Finding Serenity and Serenity Found (Smart Pop Books)
•"One for One" Serenity comic (Dark Horse Comics)
and much more!

Seattle Browncoats Charities is proud to present the 6th annual Can't Stop the Serenity in support of Equality Now!

What's in store this year? Here's the plan... however, as any Browncoat knows, "what you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar."

When: Saturday, September 17th @ 4:00 pm
Where: Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
Why: Charity event for Equality Now

Tickets for the full evening are on-sale now for $30, and are available until midnight, September 1, 2011.

Ticket link: http://www.cstsseattle.org/tickets.html 

The Event ticket includes admission to Serenity, light refreshments after the movie, and admission to the concert.

Movie-only tickets will be available online through September 15 for $15 and at the door for $17.

Commemorative T-shirts and tote bags will be available for pre-purchase online and at CSTS.

NOTE: All tickets and pre-purchased merchandise will be distributed at the theater on September 17.

(no, we will not be mailing tickets. please pick them up at Will Call).

 For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.cstsseattle.org.

Schedule of events:

4:30 p.m. - Doors open. Concessions, Browncoat swag, and musician CDs will be available for purchase.

5 p.m. - Serenity will begin (Blu-ray).

7 p.m. - Directly after the film, we will hold the main raffle drawing. You must be present to win!

7:30 p.m. - For those remaining for the full event, we'll head upstairs to mingle, share food and drink, and marvel at the splendor of costumed individuals.

8:30 p.m. - Back by popular demand! Live music by Vixy & Tony, Betsy Tinney, and Sunnie Larsen. Their Firefly-inspired and original tunes are always crowd pleasers!

9:30 p.m. - A special raffle drawing

10:00 p.m. - A fun-filled evening comes to a close, and your generosity has benefitted many fine charities.

This year CSTS Seattle proceeds will be distributed as follows: Equality Now (75%), SB Charities (15%), Northwest Harvest (5% plus food donations), and MOHAI (5%).

MORE INFO FOR THE CURIOUS:

Can't Stop the Serenity Global: 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.

Equality Now: Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses.

RAFFLE SWAG

The raffle is one of the most anticipated elements of Can't Stop the Serenity. Companies and individuals support our cause by donating all kinds of great things. We separate those items into about 6-10 raffle packs (depending on how many items we get). In front of each pack is a list of what's inside and a little bucket. If you want to try to win that raffle pack, you may drop as many raffle tickets as you want into its bucket. The more tickets you put in a single bucket, the more chances you have to win!

Immediately following the screening of Serenity, we will draw for the raffle winners and call out the numbers on the raffle tickets. You must be present to win. If your number matches, you get to walk away with all that great swag.

We will also be having an extra-special raffle pack with the primo goodies in it for the event ticket holders. We will draw that winner after the live music. (See Events page for details.) Again, you must be present to win.

Raffle tickets cost $1 each and will be available for sale here online and on the day of the event. You can purchase as many as you want after seeing the merchandise.

If you are interested in donating to the raffle, please contact us at info [at] cstsseattle [dot] org.

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It's that time of year again. CSTS events are popping up all over the place, and we are no exception. This year's CSTS event in Seattle will be on Saturday, September 17. (Yes, in September!) We'll be back at MOHAI, the Museum of History and Industry, for what might be their last year in that location.

We had wonderful art from a local artist for our CSTS event last year, and we want more this year. We need a T-shirt design and a ticket design. The same artist need not design both (we can have TWO winners this year!).

Each T-shirt design must meet the following guidelines:

For the tickets, you may go all out with full color. We should be able to get four tickets off an 8.5" x 11" page with only three cuts (that means each ticket should be exactly 8.5" x 2.75").

All art should be sent to us at info@cstsseattle.org. The format must be PDF, Adobe Illustrator, or Adobe Photoshop.

The organizing committee for CSTS will choose the winning art.

Selected art will be used in marketing materials, on T-shirts, and anywhere else the Seattle Browncoats desire. Seattle Browncoats will retain ownership of the selected art.

All entries must be received no later than June 1, 2011.

Good luck!

ONGOING EVENTS:

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday Dominoes and Such

 Sundays @ 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM - We'll be upstairs in the "loft".

Upcoming dates: Apr 9th & 23rd, May 8th & 22nd, June 12th & 26th

NEW TEMPORARY LOCATION:                                        Cafe Racer

5828 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA
206 - 523 - JAVA

Google Map link: HERE   

NOTE: Our Browncoat Haven, Wayward Coffeehouse has been dealing with smoke and water damage from a fire at the business next door. Until the cleanup is completed, we won't be meeting there for Dominoes and general mayhem. Join us at the Cafe Racer in the Roosevelt/Ravenna area.

Stay tuned for information as we get it.

Location:

Wayward Coffeehouse 

Hey ALL 'Coats,

Our event is The "Every 2nd & 4th Sunday Domino Day" at the Wayward Coffeehouse Cafe Racer. 

Gather around the table with all your favorite Browncoat crewmates! The conversation is good, the coffee is first rate and the Reavers are off bothering the Alliance.

We aim for 10:30am so we can get started with the bones by 11:00 a.m. but feel free to come by when you can and we'll grab an extra chair for ya. We've also been known to branch out into other games as well so hold onto your Jayne hats and be ready for anything!

 

All experience levels welcome. Mexican Train dominoes is a simple and fast game ya can play and keep a hand free for coffee tasty beverage and/or many snacks.

 

Cheers and *clinkclink*

 

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Sereniversary 2009 - awesome video coverage with Firefly Filk, Vixy & Tony & Sunny at the Wayward Coffeehouse.

Podcast on SeattleGeekly.com talks about Seattle's Can't Stop the Serenity 2009!

Traevynn, organizer for the Seattle Browncoats, was interviewed by Matt & Shannon of Seattle Geekly for the Can't Stop the Serenity charity event happening on July 18th, 2009.  

Have a listen -- http://www.seattle-geekly.com/

The interview is around the 79 minute mark on Episode #22.

Seattle Browncoats Featured in Podcasts for

Serenity Forever/Equality Now 2008!

During the Serenity Forever/Equality Now movie screening - we were fortunate to have not one, but TWO interviews with some fantastic folks who came to our shindig.

The first one was with Jim Granger of Pacific Fen Spotlight - Pac-Fen Spotlight link. Notice the t-shirt in his opening dialogue? Pretty cunning, dontcha think? Jim also has a few minutes with some of our Browncoats in his Norwescon podcast - #105.

Interview number two is with The Movie Guys - Matt and Scott, who traveled all the way from eastern Washington (Yakima - the Palm Springs of Washington?) to take part in our charity event. The interview from the week of June 22nd is approximately 17 minutes into the podcast but it's worth watching from the beginning for the piece on Roslyn's independent movie theater and the reviews on Get Smart and Don't Mess with Zohan.

The Movie Guys podcast link

Watch and enjoy! Send a wave to the shiny podcasters for coming to watch Serenity with the Seattle Browncoats!