We’re celebrating the five years of Can't Stop the Serenity, and our wonderful sponsors, in conjunction with the California Browncoats, are proud to give you the chance to win some fantastic prizes in our online auction for Equality Now. Money raised from the auction will be included in the CSTS 2010 Global Donation Total. Your bids will help us to reach this year’s goal of US $150,000 raised for charity! The first round of auctions runs from 17 August 2010 to 24 August 2010 on eBay. This is a wonderful opportunity to own some awesome prizes, and help Equality Now fight for the rights of women and girls who can’t fight for themselves, so bid high and bid often! Highlights include: Serenity: Float Out cover art signed by Joss Whedon, Jo Chen & Alan Tudyk Serenity: Float Out original page art by Patric Reynolds Two Weekend Passes to the Browncoat Ball in Charlotte, NC Autographs from Firefly and Serenity cast members, as well as Jane Espensen, Greg Edmonson and the cast of The Guild Click here for a full list of the auctions. Proudly brought to you by: 2010 Browncoat Ball - Charlotte NC - California Browncoats - Creation Entertainment - Dark Horse Comics - Greg Edmonson - The Guild - Jane Espensen - Jo Chen - Patric Reynolds - The Browncoats - ThinkGeek

As we reach the middle of the Can’t Stop the Serenity season and begin to slide gently into the fall, we start thinking of the other big event on the Browncoat calendar.  I speak, of course, of the Browncoat Ball.  The Browncoat Ball gives Browncoats from all over the globe a chance to gather together and turn our gaze inward and celebrate our fandom. We also are afforded a wonderful opportunity to visit the home cities of our fellow Browncoats and see what makes them who they are. This year the Ball will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, from October 22nd through the 24th.  The Charlotte Browncoats have pulled out all the stops, offering three different tracks to attendees.  There’s the Core Tour, which is perfect for history buffs.  Folk who take the Core Tour will get to see some of Charlotte’s historic sites and ride a trolley through the city.  If you’re the sort who’s attracted to a bit more danger, the Thrilling Heroics track is for you.  Take a chance on a zipline, or go rappelling down a 46-foot spire at the U.S. National Whitewater Center.  Finally there is the Hard Burn track, where those with a taste for speed can visit the NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum and learn about all the drivers that have made NASCAR famous.  All the exciting entertainment is of course capped off by the main Shindig, the Browncoat Ball, which starts at 8PM on Saturday, the 23rd. We here at the Can’t Stop the Serenity Global Committee hope you will take th

5 Years on and CSTS is still going strong The 2010 Season is in full swing, and with so much going on, let's take a moment to look back on an amazing 5 years of Can't Stop the Serenity. Since 2006, this amazing event has taken place in 90 Participating Cities in 9 countries spanning 3 continents! Every year, we keep growing! From 41 cities in 2006, 42 in 2007, 45 in 2008, 50 in 2009 and in 2010 there are already 50 cities holding events with more to come! Over $400,000 raised for charity And the events are continuing to raise incredible amounts for charity. Since 2006, $416,616.22 has been raised for Equality Now and other worthy charities! 2006 raised $65,900.24, 2007 nearly doubled that raising $106,165.69. In 2008, CSTS events raised $107,219.15 and in 2009 increased that to raise $137,331.14! Can we make it to $150,000 in 2010? 5 Year Veteran Cities There are 21 cities who have been with us from the very beginning, and have stayed with us each and every year. Special thanks to our 5 Year Veteran Cities: Arlington, VA US Atlanta, GA US Austin, TX US Boston, MA US Charlotte, NC US Chicago, IL US Dallas, TX US Denver, CO US Madison, WI US Melbourne, VIC AUSTRALIA Minneapolis, MN US Philadelphia, PA US Phoenix, AZ US Pittsburgh, PA US Portland, OR US Raleigh, NC US San Francisco, CA US Seattle, WA US Tucson, AZ US Toronto, ON CANADA Vancouver, BC CANADA Participating Cities since 2006:

Float Out, Patton Oswalt’s Wash-centric comic, comes out June 2nd. To celebrate, Can’t Stop the Serenity is auctioning an original page of the comic by Patric Reynolds. Thanks to Patric Reynolds for this generous donation! The original page is black ink on white paper. We will auction this page, along with a copy of Float Out this month. Don’t forget, we are also auctioning Jo Chen’s original cover art for Float Out. This is shaping up to be a very exciting year for Browncoats! Thank you to our generous sponsors who have given Browncoats these opportunities to own memorabilia from this exciting new piece of the ‘verse!

More exciting news for Browncoats! Gene Ha has very generously donated a piece of Captain Hammer original artwork and a bonus color print for auction. So this year a lucky Browncoat will be the owner of an autographed, original artwork of our favorite (anti)superhero! Gene Ha is a talented comic artist. He has worked on such projects as Top 10 and Justice League of America.  For more information visit his website, www.geneha.com. Gene designed the cover for the HERO comic initiative, and has graciously donated an autographed pinup to CSTS.  The pinup & print will be auctioned in June as we kick off our events and will get the ball rolling for 2010’s awesome screenings! The original art is India ink on 11"x17" Strathmore archival acid-free bristol paper.

We're very excited to announce that the good folks behind Browncoats: Redemption - A Fan Film for Charity will be giving every CSTS event a chance to show a sneak peak of their film, which will be released in September 2010. Browncoats: Redemption takes place three months after the events on Miranda and we find Captain Laura Matthews and the crew of Redemption unintentionally thrown into a situation that some view as the potential catalyst for the second unified rise of the Independents against the Alliance, since Unification Day. The Alliance is looking for a scape goat for Miranda while those unhappy with the Alliance are looking for a rallying cry to take action. Through all this, a secret about Laura is exposed that shakes the very core of the crew, threatening to break it up, challenge the trust that she’s earned with the Browncoats, and undo all the efforts she has put into place to keep a sense of peace in her life since the first Unification War. Browncoats: Redemption Trailer 3 from browncoatsmovie on Vimeo. Seven lucky cities have also been chosen to receive an early "rough cut" of the film, thanks to an essay contest that saw event organisers from across the globe share how their city fits into the Verse. The lucky winners are... drum roll please... : Congratulations to the lucky attendees of Can't Stop the Serenity events in: Charlotte, NC USA Lawrence, KS USA Lebanon, TN USA Boston, MA U