August 14, 2008 - Austin Browncoats' Annual Board of Director's Meeting
Interested in our future plans for Austin Browncoats? Have suggestions or want to get more involved? Attend our First Annual Board of Director's Meeting. We're getting together at 8PM on August 25th at Epoch Coffee.
Visit our Forum for more information.
August 11, 2008 - Don't Miss Out to Win Big!
Visit 2008's Browncoat Ball Website and register for the Ball on or before August 15th. If you do, you'll be entered into a drawing for a chance to win tickets to Creation Entertainment's Salute to Firefly and Serenity. Tickets can be purchased at our Browncoat Ball website.
Tickets are $150 - All Weekend, $125 - Saturday and Sunday, or $100 - Saturday Only.
Merchandise is available, as well, at our website, including our event t-shirts, posters and event DVD. Go here to purchase event merchandise.
June 5, 2008 - Can't Stop The Serenity Tickets On Sale!
Visit Austin's Can't Stop The Serenity website for information about the event. Tickets can be purchased at our website, or at Alamo Lake Creek's website.
Tickets are $15 - Early bird, or $18 at the Door.
Austin's event is on July 13th at Lake Creek Alamo Drafthouse, with two showtimes: 5PM and 10PM.
Merchandise is still available, including our Big Damn Bag. The BDB will come with a ticket to the event, a Global t-shirt, Poster, as well as special autographed items and some custom Firefly-themed artwork made exclusively for Austin's event. Go here to purchase event merchandise.
June 4, 2008 - Support Austin's Can't Stop The Serenity Event
What is Can't Stop The Serenity?
CSTS is a global series of screenings of the film ‘Serenity,’ held to raise money and awareness for Equality Now, www.equalitynow.org, an international women’s rights advocacy group. Can’t Stop The Serenity events are held on (or around) June 23, which is writer / director Joss Whedon’s birthday, through the ‘Serenity’ Release Anniversary, September 30.
Austin's event is on July 13th at Lakecreek Alamo Drafthouse, with two showtimes: 5PM and 10PM. For information, like when tickets will be on sale, visit our Can't Stop The Serenity Website.
Merchandise is still available, including our Big Damn Bag. The BDB will come with a ticket to the event, a Global t-shirt, Poster, as well as special autographed items and some custom Firefly-themed artwork made exclusively for Austin's event. Go here to purchase event merchandise.
June 3, 2008 - QMx Wants to Give More Back, Continued CSTS Support
QMx was the first vendor to become a Lifetime Supporter of CSTS.
They've done so much to support our events, including making a donation to each city involved in CSTS.
Well, they've decided to take their support one step further. From QMx:
"QMx Proudly Supports Can't Stop The Serenity Quantum Mechanix will donate 10 percent of the price, before taxes, of all purchases made at www.qmxonline.com between June 19th and September 30th to Can't Stop The Serenity. Simply enter "CSTS" in the notes field when you check out to give 10 percent of your purchase to benefit Equality Now. Offer applicable to all products, except Artisan products. Remember, you must enter "CSTS" in the notes field of the order when you check out for the donation to apply. QMx – Bringing The 'Verse to Life"
May 29, 2008 - A Short Stack for Can't Stop the Serenity
June 21st
8am-10am
Applebee's South (Mopac & 290)
$5 (cash, money order, check)
$5.50 (paypal)
All you can eat pancakes and sausage, coffee and orange juice.
Have a great breakfast for a wonderful cause with the proceeds supporting Can't Stop the Serenity and Equality Now. Invite all your friends and family, because everyone loves pancakes!
You can purchase tickets in advance, which we would prefer (so we know how many people to expect) or you can purchase your ticket at the door. Either way, you'll get to eat great food and support an awesome charity.
See you then.
www.cantstoptheserenity.com
www.equalitynow.org
To Pay:
Paypal ($5.50):
www.cantstoptheserenity.com/austin/pancake.html
Mail Check/Money Order ($5.00) to:
Austin Browncoats
Pancake Fundraiser
P.O. Box 203604
Austin, TX 78720-3604
May 28, 2008 - Austin Browncoats Talk To The Signal
Austin Browncoat Chairman, Beth Nelson, was interviewed by Les Howard from The Signal about Can't Stop The Serenity, Browncoat Ball and the Austin Browncoats. Check out The Signal at http://signal.serenityfirefly.com. You can play or download the episode. Go here for the Show Notes.
May 14, 2008 - Graphic Artist Needed
Hi Browncoats!
The Austin Browncoats are in need of a talented graphic artist. This position would be volunteer, but it would also give you a lot of experience doing different art work, including logo design, print ads, flyers, and more. In the past, our graphic artists have been able to make a number of awesome pieces for us, including our logo, a print ads for the Browncoat Cruise, as well as an ad that has been used in the Buffy and Serenity comics from Dark Horse. Please email me, beth@austinbrowncoats.com, if you're interested. If you have a portfolio, send that along, as well. Thanks for thinking of us!
May 3, 2008 - Browncoat Ball Weapons Activity Almost Full!
Bad Guys II - Weapons of the 'VerseThemed Activities 3
4:00PM - 5:30PM
...is almost full. If you want to sign up for that track, do so quickly.
Can't wait to see you at The Browncoat Ball!
May 3, 2008 - "Can't Stop the Serenity" 35mm shortage does not effect events.
In recent days, there has been some growing concern about the status of many “Can't Stop the Serenity” events. While it is true that three quarters of the Serenity 35mm prints in the U.S were accidentally destroyed recently, it is also true that this is a problem those running CSTS can and are handling. In fact, we are still hoping to add additional cities to our slate. So, if you are interested in putting on an event please go to www.cantstoptheserenity.com to find out how to get started.
Regarding the shortage, it is important to note that the only events being affected are those in the United States. All events outside the U.S. have not had any prints of the film destroyed, and are thus unaffected. Furthermore, Universal will be shipping in a number of prints from around the globe to help account for the shortage, at cost to them, which is incredibly generous. When this, and the fact that a number of events are, and many are switching to using a DVD format projector for their event, the shortage becomes no more than a minor inconvenience and a matter of shuffling the available prints around to different cities. There may need to be some minor tweaks to the dates of some CSTS screenings but again these changes should be minor.
Can't Stop the Serenity is an organization with a superb set of leaders who are more than capable of handling this inconvenience. There has already been $10,000 raised for this year which is a strong start to attaining our goal of raising $150,000.
The CSTS Organizers are working tirelessly to gather data and overcome these challenges. We encourage all Browncoats to band together to ensure the success of CSTS 2008. When Browncoats unite, no power in the 'verse can stop us.
Elizabeth Nelson2008 Global Organizer
Can’t Stop The Serenity
www.cantstoptheserenity.com
April 8, 2008 - Global Can't Stop The Serenity Is In Full Swing!
Global Can't Stop The Serenity is in full swing! We even had an ad in the most recent edition of Dark Horse and Joss Whedon's Buffy Season 8 comic! Want to see the ad? Well, go out and buy Buffy #13!
Want to get involved in Can't Stop The Serenity? Join the forums: www.cantstoptheserenity.com/forum.
Are you in Austin? Want to volunteer or donate to our event? Email beth@cantstoptheserenity.com.
March 12, 2008 - Bedlam Bards Concert! - Friday, March 14!
Join us for a concert and potluck on March 14 from 5-10PM at the Avery Ranch Pavillion: http://www.averyranch.com/amenities.html
Performers will include:
Marian Call
www.mariancall.com
www.myspace.com/mariancall
Bedlam Bards
www.bedlambards.com
This is a St. Patrick's Day themed event. Due to the pool in the area, NO GLASS will be permitted in the Pavillion area. Attendance is limited to the first 50 people due to capacity restrictions. Freewill donations will be accepted, but certainly not required - hence the "freewill."
Sept 30, 2007 - Austin Picked To Host Your 2008 Browncoat Ball
Hi-Yo Serenity!
When the Rim was young and danger lay at the end of every course, The Browncoats brought not so much law and order to the length and breadth of the Western ‘Verse!
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear and the far flung future.
The Browncoats ride again!
This, my friends, is no Alliance town. It’s where the Old West meets the Final Frontier.
We are Austin.
We are Browncoats.
And we aim to misbehave!
Join us for three days of entertainment in the most exciting, yet laid-back city in America! From October 10th thru 12th, 2008, you’ll get the chance to meet and hangout with your new and old best friends in the ‘Verse! Visit our website for more information about what lies in store for you when you get together with the Austin Browncoats and Aim to Misbehave!
Sept 30, 2007- We Aim to Misbehave!
Austin Picked To Host Your 2008 Browncoat Ball
The Austin Browncoats are proud to announce that we are going to host your 2008 Browncoat Ball. We have an amazing committee that is ready to get this Ball on the road! Elizabeth Nelson will head the committee, with the help of two lovely Browncoats, Co-Assistant Chairmen Rita Sanders and Sheena Harden.
The Browncoat Ball will be held on October 10-12, 2008 at the lavish Downtown Omni Hotel only a few blocks away from the Capitol of the most Independent State in the Union! This, my friends, is no Alliance town! Get ready to experience the Old West meets the Final Frontier! We'll have track activities for everyone, and... want to know more?
More news available at the Browncoat Ball site on November 1st!
Sept 30, 2007- Global CSTS Announcement
The Austin Browncoats are proud of their Chairman, Elizabeth Nelson, for being chosen as the Global Organizer for 2008’s Can’t Stop The Serenity! 2008 is going to be a hectic year for the Austin Browncoats, but it will also be a rewarding one. If you are local and are interested in volunteering to help with either Austin’s Can’t Stop The Serenity or volunteering for the Global Committee, please contact Elizabeth “Beth” Nelson.
Thank you for your support!
The Austin Browncoats
Sept 30, 2007- The Geek Calendar
Tired of those muscle calendars? Not into firemen or biker chicks? Would you prefer an all-geek calendar? Your local Austin Browncoats and our friends are getting together to make a Geek calendar filled with some of your favorite sci-fi, adventure and comic characters, as well as some original characters from popular geeky themes! We’ll have Starbuck, Angel, Poison Ivy, as well as some tricky faeries trying to run away from a Barbarian! Think that’s all? Well, we still have 8 other months to cover!
We are looking for models, make-up artists and costumers that would be interested in working on the project. This is all for charity, so we wouldn’t be able to offer you monetary compensation, but you will have a creative credit for the project.
