Since early January, we've been inviting Browncoats to organize same-day, worldwide screenings of Serenity to be held on June 23, all to benefit Joss' favorite charity -- an event we've therefore dubbed Serenity Now/Equality Now.

As Of 05 May 2006:
33+ Cities (In 5 Countries, On 3 Continents) Planning Charity Serenity Screenings

Can't Stop The Serenity
http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/

June 22

* Fresno CA (USA) - Sierra Vista 6 Theater
* Minneapolis MN (USA) - Riverview Theater
* Montreal QC (Canada) - Pre-Planning
* Raleigh NC (USA) - Raleighwod Cinema Grill

June 23

* Albany NY (USA) - The Palace Theater
* Auburn Hills MI (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Boston MA (USA) - Coolidge Corner Theater
* Charlotte NC (USA) - AMC Carolina Pavilion 22
* Cleveland OH (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Concord NH (USA) - Regal Cinema Concord 10
* Dallas TX (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Denver CO (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Edinburgh (Scotland) - Pre-Planning
* Houston TX - Pre-Planning
* London (England) - Pre-Planning
* Los Angeles CA (USA) - Maemmle's One Colorado
* Melbourne VIC (Australia) - Pre-Planning
* New York City NY (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Ottawa ON (Canada) - Pre-Planning
* Pittsburgh PA (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Portland OR (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Rochester NY (USA) - Pre-Planning
* San Diego CA (USA) - Pre-Planning
* San Francisco CA (USA) - Bridge Theater
* Santa Barbara CA (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Salt Lake City UT (USA) - Pre-Planning (Possible Other Charity)
* Sydney NSW (Australia) - Pre-Planning

June 24 (See Note Below)

* Bloomington IN (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Seattle WA (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Edmonton AB (Canada) - Pre-Planning
* Toronto ON (Canada) - Pre-Planning
* Tuscon AZ (USA) - Pre-Planning
* Vancouver BC (Canada) - Pacific Cinematheque

If you don't see your city listed, it might be up to you to make one happen. There is no central authority doling out screenings to these cities. It is entirely up to fans on the ground to organize a screening where they live.

We are awaiting further information on possible organizing taking place in Buffalo NY (USA), Chicago IL (USA), Richmond VA (USA), Leeds (England), London (England), and somewhere in Georgia (USA). If you are responsible for any of these and they should be considered as "pre-planning" and included above, please contact us.

Note: The ideal remains either coordinated same-day screenings on June 23, or screenings on days during the week leading into that day, in order to be able to announce the grand total on Joss' actual birthday. If you absolutely, positively, cannot find a way to avoid selecting June 24 you will still be included as part of this effort.

No, my city isn't participatin' and no I don't want to make it one....I'm not qualified for such an undertakin'. However, I would definitely purchase tickets for a screenin' were one organized. Anyone willing to take this on in Raleigh, NC?

You know, there really aren't qualifications beyond, say, motivation. ;)

If you got involved, you just might be very surprised at the response. The Fresno Browncoats met on Wednesday to discuss the idea among our small group. The response was great. Now only two days later, we are up and running. It is fun, gratifying, and amazing all at the same time. People are coming out from nowhere to help.

Go to Can't Stop the Serenity for all the information you need to get started. All I did was show our group the FAQ from the above-mentioned site. We tossed around a few ideas and I got a strong sense of interest. Thursday I spent mostly on line and/or on the phone talking to Kirsten, the woman whose idea it was originally. I also posted on FFF.net and our local Yahoo! group. Kirsten's husband set up our email address and today, we received responses from three people who had seen my post and wanted to help. So we are on our way!

Any Fresno/Central Valley people out there who don't know the Fresno Browncoats exist, please go to the fresnobrowncoats Yahoo! group. Join there or email us at browncoats@silver-star.net and tell us you want to get involved.

If you decide to go for organizing a screening on the 23, do it with Browncoaty enthusiasm. You will be rewarded by a great sense of satisfaction. If you can't do that, find one in the planning stages and offer your services. If it's not possible to help in the planning and run-up to June 23, make it your mission to bring as many people as you can to the screening nearest you.

Anything we can do toward the effort will result in a memorable night (Serenity on the big screen again), a super birthday present for Joss, and money for Equality Now.

Shinymom

P.S. Thanks, theonetruebix for listing us!

hey.
Yeah in terms of setting upa screening, we are going through the stages now, I hope we can pull it offf. One person is not enough, I am lucky someone else has chipped up support, and a few other shave mentioned of helping out. Which is great.
Echoing the need for help or volunteers, and the interest. For our screenin to really make it worth it, it would be nice if we have enough people to come to our screening. If any of you live in Montreal ,or near by, and willing to go to a screening on june 22/23rd, please let me know. You can click on the link for the Montreal Browncoats message board below or email me at prak80 at yahoo dot com . If I findd there is not enough interest, I will cancel the screening, which would be a shame.

Prakash

Cheyenne, Wyoming is kinda a small population base to get our own screening going (not many theaters either). People around here need to go to Ft. Collins or Denver to do any real shopping anyway, so we can definally support a Denver screening.

I am still trying to negotiate w/ a theatre here in Richmond, VA. I have hit a couple of obstacles as I get shuffled from one person w/ the company to another.

I am swinging by an independent theatre (kind of small, but would meet our needs) this afternoon. I am going to see if I have better luck w/ them.

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FYI, 11 of these cities were among the 35 which hosted special advance screenings of Serenity on June 23 last year.

17+...the number is climbing every day! Go 'Coats!

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Whoo-hoo! Gossi has that Serenity Now/Equality Now Banner Link thingee everywhere here.



Shiny!

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I heard talk of a t-shirt in the works, anyone know anything about it

For this? Or for the other June 23 thing?

Good question, I actually thought they were one and the same, aren't I embarrased. Actually I guess it must be for the other thing. Though I will definately be going to the New York showing.

wow i'd love for the DFW area of Texas to be envolved. Are there enough of us there to make it happen?
come one who likes to be boss, who can make this happen here?

That would be you. ;)

Or check in with any or all of these:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/texasbrowncoats/

http://www.dallasbrowncoats.com/

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/fortworthbrowncoats

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/FireflyDFW/

oh my gosh. reponsiblity! *looks for place to hide*


thanks for the links ..... gotta round up some browncoats

theonetruebix,

Whoo-hoo! Shiny!

Gossi or someone pinned this thread!!!!!

Indeed.

Someone added a Pasadena one! This is way cool, especially since I didn't see the BDM at the cinema before (kind of a newbie). Thank y'all SoCal BC's for making this happen. I will surely be there. Will try to bring a couple of neighbors who fell in love with the FF dvd's I gave them. This is really exciting!

Any further news on the showing in Richmond? I'm in Raleigh and would be more than glad to drive up and bring some good ol NC folks...

R5
www.myspace.com/wakethefallenmusic

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No clue. But you might try the Richmond Browncoats:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

and

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org/

Or, for that matter, see if anyone is actually paying attention to the Carolina Browncoats group:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/CarolinaBrowncoats/

Also, I just found these:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Midatlanticbrowncoats/
"Anyone from New York to North Carolina, Delaware to West Virginia is welcome."

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCFIREFLY/
"This group is for fans of the late great TV show Firefly residing in the state of South Carolina."

(Yes, I know, wrong Carolina, but you never know.)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/browncoats_SENC/
"A FIREFLY / SERENITY fan (flan) group for BROWNCOATS living in Southeastern North Carolina (Wilmington Area) and Northeastern South Carolina (Myrtle Beach) , all points in between , and everywhere in the 'Verse !"

Toronto's planning is coming along. We just need to reach out to those Canadian Browncoats who don't know it's happening! You can see details at our yahoo group.
Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver are also beavering away .

That's kinda how I felt but I'm trying to get one together. I too was pushed to it like that (thank you all) and trust me it sounds difficult but so far it hasn't been.


No problem. I'm gonna try to have it in a theater in this huge mall and I'm gonna pass out flyers around to all they stores maybe try to have some on the walls of the movie theater, post it on a thread here . people will come!

You can add Auburn Hills, Michigan to the preplanning list for JUNE 23.

mistakes:

thanks for the links ..... gotta round up some browncoats


No problem. I'm gonna try to have it in a theater in this huge mall and I'm gonna pass out flyers around to all they stores maybe try to have some on the walls of the movie theater, post it on a thread here . people will come!

QUOTE(grrr_arrgh @ Apr 21 2006, 08:08 PM)

oh my gosh. reponsiblity! *looks for place to hide*


Yeah *laughs*. I am a mouse. I am quite (exept on here), shy, nervous, anxious, have problems talking with people, am a procrastinator, lazy, like to hide, and don't like a lot of responsiblity. I'm trying to get one together. I was unsure of my bieng able to pull this off or not do it justice and I still am. If I can at least try to one of these things together, anyone can. Time for a little story. I wore a browncoats t-shirt to a pizza place and the second the waitress (waitresess have a hard job, doesn't look hard to some but it is hell to be a waitress. Be nice and tip good) saw the shirt ! We spent the whole time talking about Firefly and Serenity. I put up a thread on here under Shindigs and so far a few people posted and have helped a great deal (thank you guys so much). This thing has power. Mab said to me "post it, they will come", they did.

*laughs*
Yeah if I can try to get one together anyone can.

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Sweet! Thank you sooo much for working towards a screening in Michigan! I for one will be there.

gbg

Sweet

Whose in charge of the PDX Browncoat effort? Someone let me know - pretty good at making stuff happen - which is "of use."

lucymac

Thanks!!!
R5

That would be me, if I can get the preferred venue to return my message so I can give them the full Portland-specific pitch (since there are some useful pieces of information that are unique to Portland's position).

does any irish browncoat know of a suitable cinema??
i know that the Kino in cork could be up for it. anyone in my old home town wanna check?

Any info about any screenings in London or South UK? Do you know who is organising/ helping to organise the screenings over here??

I would go check/ask over on

http://forum.cantstopthesignal.co.uk/

Thanks

Hi, sorry to go off topic, but where oh where did you find this smiley? I borrowed it to use in another thread cuz it's so adorable. I'd love to see the whole set. *ahem* Also I can't wait to go to the Pasadena screening on June 23.

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28 cities scheduled or planning. A smattering of others (in the paragraph below the listings) that I think, some of which anyway, should probably be moved into the list as pre-planning. Made it 5 countries (ditching "UK" and using "England" and "Scotland" instead.)

COOOOOL!

I am in Santa Barbara county and whomever is planning the event in Santa Barbara please keep us updated as I am THERE!!!

I'm actually in Solvang, but that is still in Santa Barbara county. So PLEASE let me know when and where!!

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Hey there y'all! Been out of the world for a bit. Now I am back. Is there anything planned or does anyone want to plan something for around St. Louis area? I would be willing to help but I have no clue how to start. Let me know, please.

I would check in with Browncoats St. Louis.

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/browncoatsstl/

So WHO is doing the Santa Barbara screening?

Anyone out there?

Bix, I suggest an email address contact for each screening on the website

Here is the Santa Barbara Organizer's thread:

June 23rd Santa Barbara Screening Needs Help!, its just me right now. get aboard
http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/fo...?showtopic=4017

If you go to the Apr 14 2006, 03:32 PM entry, you will see the email address to reach
the organizer.

Anonymous/Bix,

Any word on who or if a Georgia screening is being planned? I've seen several postings from fellow Georgian BCs and a couple good folk in Alabama willing to come this way if there is to be a showing.. Let us know if there is someone we need to be contacting if you have any info.

Thx for coordinating and doin' the good work.

I'm not coordinating. I'm being Anonymous as usual. Coordinating/Anonymous don't go together.

Where was that post about Georgia Browncoat wanting to organise a screening. Deep buried in this
thread from Browncoat SEBA
Sunday, April 16, 2006
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&...72#286372286372

I'm starting a post over on www.fireflyfans.net to try and find out what is happening.

No coordinating here....

If someone knows where the Pittsburgh showing is gonna be, could they drop me a PM? I'd like to hit this one if I could...