Our theater has new digital projection equipment this year and several of us on the planning committee went down to the theater last weekend to test it out. I personally am a fan of 35mm, so I was pretty skeptical, especially after a similar test last year yielded less than spectacular results. We’ve been very fortunate with the 35mm prints for our past shows; apart from the expected wear at the end of each reel (and the once we got the “Doom” trailer spliced on the beginning of the first reel!), the quality has typically been pretty good, so I wasn’t exactly champing at the bit to make this change.

However, after seeing some sample scenes using the new equipment, I have to say that it looks pretty fabulous, very bright and sharp, and the sound also seemed to be an improvement over the film we used last year. Even just plain ol’ garden-variety DVD looked great, and we plan on bringing in Blu-ray for the event for even better resolution.

Slightly off-topic, but I also wanted to mention that this year’s show may wind up running a bit longer than usual — we have a lot of fun stuff planned for the evening! If you’re taking public transportation to the theater, you might want to keep that in mind, and plan accordingly.

See you at the show!

Mary & Laura
Co-organizers, CSTS Chicago 2010

P.S. There are still some pre-show mini-shindig tickets available – get yours now before they sell out!
http://tinyurl.com/2g4ynxe

You can still buy regular tickets and Pre-Show Mini-Shindig tickets and patches.  We’ll add the advance priced Unisex Tshirts button on Monday (onle 1 color will be available). You can now order Unisex Tshirts in Jayne Green (while supplies last).

http://www.chicagolandbrowncoats.com/cant-stop-the-serenity/merchandise/

If you have any questions or have any problems placing your order, please email laura @ cantstoptheserenity.com

Thanks!!

CSTS Chicago

http://www.chicagolandbrowncoats.com/cant-stop-the-serenity/merchandise/

There are unisex, women’s style tshirts and hoodies in various colors available for pre-order ONLY if you order by Monday, JUNE 7th so buy
now to get the color/style you want.

::::: Unisex tshirts in limited color(s) will still be available after JUNE 7th ::::::

We also have our Pre-Show Mini-Shindig tickets on sale. There are only 30 tix available!

If you have any questions or have any problems placing your order, please email laura @ cantstoptheserenity.com

Thanks!!

CSTS Chicago

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The 2010 Can’t Stop the Serenity Screening will be Saturday, Aug. 28th.

Details to follow.

From the Global CSTS site:

We’re celebrating the end of another year of fantastic events, so the Global 2009 Can’t Stop the Serenity Team, in conjunction with the California Browncoats, are proud to give you the chance to win some fantastic prizes in our online “Last Hurrah” auction. Money raised from the auction will be included in the CSTS 2009 Global Donation Total, which currently stands at US $128,000. Your bids will help us to reach this year’s goal of US $150,000 raised for charity!

95% of the proceeds of this auction will go straight to Equality Now. The remaining 5% will go toward covering any eBay and/or Paypal fees. The California Browncoats will pay any remaining fees in addition to donating their services in carrying out these auctions. If there is any of the 5% left over after fees, CABC will donate it to Equality Now.

This is a wonderful opportunity to own an awesome prize, and help Equality Now fight for the rights of women and girls who can’t fight for themselves, so bid high and bid often!

The various items include:

• Serenity mini-poster signed by Joss Whedon
• Gorgeous photo signed by Dichen Lachman
• Dr Horrible print singed by NPH, Fillion and Day
• Dollhouse Costume Department Tour and signed Felicia Day photo
• and more!

http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/auction09/

Bid now! the auctions will end in about 3 days!

With your help, we raised a 2009 total of:

$4,153.88

$3,115.41 = 75% for Equality Now
$1,038.47 = 25% for The House of the Good Shepherd

I have already given Amy the check for The House and will be writing out and mailing the check to Equality Now tonight.

Once again, thank you so much to everyone who attended this year’s 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!

Thank you to our local sponsors:

• Graham Cracker Comics
• Busy Beaver Button Co

…and to those of you who donated items during our event!

• Dave Boyd
• Sydney Orr
• Acme Design, Inc
• Nina Marie
• Christopher Esterhammer-Fic
• …and more (need to find my notes!!)

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!

Thank you to everyone who showed up to support Equality now and The House of the Good Shepherd.

A big thank you to those who showed up with some absolutely fabulous last minute donations for our auction table!!

We’ll be writing up a more detailed thank you and we’ll be posting the total raised within about a week or so.

The Chicago CSTS Team

Here is the schedule:

• 6 PM to 7 PM – Pre-Show Mini Shindig (only Pre-Show ticket holders)
• 7 PM – Will-call and Box Office open
• 8 PM – Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog
• Costume Contest
• Global Prize finalists announced
• Silent Auction closes at 9:30 PM. Live auction to follow if necessary
• Door prize giveaways
• 10:30-ish – Serenity

Tickets and merchandise are cashy money only.

We will have some local area maps marked with ATM locations as well as some local restaurants, at the Box Office. You can also check the google map on the Theater page.

Remember – we are collecting much needed items for The House of the Good Shepherd too!

See you there!

Get your advance priced tickets here until tomorrow, Aug 26th @ midnight.

Tix are $10 in advance / $15 at the door (cashy money only!)

We’d also like to remind you that we are collecting much needed items for local charity The House of the Go0d Shepherd (a shelter and recovery program for battered women and their children).

Bring the items to the theater and we’ll receive the items either at Will-call and/or we’ll have one of our cars outside with a sign.

Below is a list.  If you have anything not listed that you would like to donate, please contact Amy at amy@chicagolandbrowncoats.com so she can make sure the items can be used.

See you there!