Chicago’s Can’t Stop the Serenity

Once again we are hosting the event at the fantastic Portage Theater on August 20, 2011. We are holding our event in collaboration with the Global Can’t Stop the Serenity events taking place all around the world.

Our schedule and all the details of our event can be found at the Theater page

We will be holding a drive for food and other items for The House of the Good Shepherd. Details are here.

Please join us for Serenity, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, a costume contest, prizes, auction and a performance by special guest The Great Luke Ski!

See you there!

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With your help, we raised a 2010 total of:

$4,148.36

$3,111.27 = 75% for Equality Now
$1,037.09 = 25% for The House of the Good Shepherd

Once again, thank you so much to everyone who attended our 2010 event and and to those who brought items in for our collection drive for The House.

Another big thank you to our volunteers!  We arrived at the theater to set up at 1pm and you guys worked tirelessly at making sure everything was set up and ready for our attendees and really kept the event running smoothly!

We would really appreciate any comments/suggestions/complaints you might have regarding this year’s event, so please email us or comment at the forum.

THANK YOU!

Can’t Stop the Serenity – Chicago

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In 2006 Chicagoland Browncoats raised $2,600 with only 10 days of planning. In 2007, we raised $4,032.90.  2008 brought in $3,463.04 by our generous attendees.  2009 raised $4,153.88  ($3,115.41 = 75% for Equality Now and $1,038.47 = 25% for The House of the Good Shepherd.)

Chicagoland Browncoats are participants of the Global Can’t Stop the Serenity charity event which has, since 2006, raised about $250,000 for Equality Now.

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.

— Joss Whedon

Serenity (@ imdb.com)

Starring: Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Ron Glass and Chiwetel Ejiofor

Summary: A passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run.  An assassin in pursuit.  When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless might of a totalitarian regime that will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girll back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space.  But the greatest dander of all may be on their ship.  From the mind of Joss Whedon (TV’s Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) comes a new edge-of-your-seat adventure loaded with explosive battles, gripping special effects and fantastic new worlds!

(about 2 hours long)