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

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!

It’s that time of year again!

Time for the Chicagoland Browncoats 7th Annual Apple Holler Mini-Shindig

Saturday, Oct. 10th

Apple Holler
5006 S. Sylvania Ave.
Sturtevant, WI, 262-886-7100

~ Brunch at 10 AM (brunch ends at 12 noon). Apple Holler does not take
reservations, but please respond at the forum to let me know if you will be attending (and around what time you plan on arriving) so we know how many people we should save table space for.

~ Apple picking at about 12:30 or 1 pm for them as would like to

~ Visit to the Mars Cheese Castle (http://www.marscheese.com/)
afterwards for the finest in beverages that make you blind and a
chance to look at the pretties and stock up on some kind of hot (or
cold) cheese

Directions and more info about Apple Holler can be found at:

http://www.appleholler.com/

Be aware that last year they charged for lot parking.

Hope to see you there!

Amy

forum link: http://www.chicagolandbrowncoats.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=593&start=0

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!

Come for the Maibock! (That’s beer, and it’s got quite a kick! muwahahahah)

Get traditional german brats and sides also. We had a great time last year, and I got totally drunk (like I said, maibock has a kick), so if you want to see that show up! Considering the beer comes in 32oz mugs, it’s a pretty good deal too. 

The music is extremely loud, so we will probably look for a table off to the side somewhere. Also, if a few people would be willing to show up a little early to help me stake out table space, that would be greatly appreciated! I had somewhat of a hard time holding table space last year. Besides, showing up early means you get an early start on the beer! Please post if you are willing. 

This is really easy to get to…get off the brown line at western and you are right there.

Meetup posted here: http://www.meetup.com/chicagoland-browncoats/calendar/10169051/

Mayfest Chicago website for more info on the event itself.

Joss is scheduled to make an appearance on the April 23 episode of the public radio program This American Life. And rumor has it that he will be providing “a special musical performance based around the theme of ‘Return to the Scene of the Crime. (source)

The special episode, which will be performed onstage will be simultaneously broadcast to over 400 movie theaters and art centers around the US.

A few of us have tickets for the 7 pm broadcast at the AMC River East in Chicago and would love to make it a mini-shindig if anyone is interested! Post at the forum if you’re thinking of or are going.

For more info and a link to get tickets, go here

Browncoats will meet for Dim Sum at 11:30 at Won Kow Restaurant (it is located on the second floor and there is no elevator). The food is good and very reasonably priced. The parade starts at 1pm. We will attempt to get a table near the window so we can watch the parade from there. We also want to work in some planning for the Capricon party meetup at the end of the month.  See that meetup for volunteer opportunities.

We’ll try to keep this updated, but you may want to check the Meetup post to be sure you have the latest info: http://firefly.meetup.com/39/calendar/9600867/

Please comment below if you are not a Meetup member and would like to let us know you are attending since seating at the restaurant will need to be arranged.