Sponsors
2012 GLOBAL SPONSORS
Can’t Stop the Serenity is grateful for the helping hands that have stepped forward over the past seven years in support of Equality Now and the Fans of Serenity. Our Global Sponsors support all of our events and contribute to the global success of Can’t Stop the Serenity. We are also fortunate to have many local sponsors, who support the individual Affiliate and Screening events. Along with our lifetime sponsors, we’re welcoming new and returning sponsors from last year. Click here for information on how to become a Global Sponsor.
Lifetime Sponsors
Global Prize Pack Sponsors
These wonderful folks have donated items that can be used as prizes at local events in raffles, auctions or competitions to assist our local organizers raise money for Equality Now.
Auction & Prize Sponsors
These fine folks have donationed items for our Global eBay Auction, including memorabilia, autographs and other unique items. Auctions will be held in August and September
Merchandise Partners
Our Merchandise Partners enable local organizers to purchase merchandise at a discounted rate to sell at local events to raise money for Equality Now.
Media Partners
Our Media Partners are hard at work promoting Can’t Stop the Serenity!
- Browncoats: Redemption
- Buffyfest
- Done The Impossible
- Mikey Mason
- Sending A Wave
- The Signal
- Whedonopolis
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS
The Browncoat Ball started in Chicago in 2004 and has since been hosted by mighty fine Browncoats in a different city every year. The 2011 Browncoat Ball will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, RI about eight miles outside of the state’s capitol, Providence, on October 21st-23rd. Home of the first Browncoat rebellion against an overbearing Alliance, New England abounds with great history, art, culture, food and entertainment. The New England Browncoats group has been active for six years hosting regular shindigs, CSTS screenings, and more. We have a full weekend in store, which should be a wicked good time, as we say up here.Our theme for the October weekend: Call of the Ball, Halloween, Cthulhu & Fancy Dress in The ‘Verse.”
Website: www.browncoatball.com
Browncoats: Redemption is a Firefly/Serenity fan film that was created to raise money for the five charities supported by the cast and creator of the TV show and movie. Browncoats: Redemption takes place three months after the events in the film Serenity where we find Captain Laura Matthews and the crew of Redemption unintentionally thrown into a situation viewed by some as a potential catalyst for the second unified rise of the Independents against the Alliance. The Alliance is looking for a scape goat for Miranda while those disenfranchised 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.
Website: www.browncoatsmovie.com
Buffyfest is a collaboration of 3 writers, artists and activists who have created a place to share news and thoughts about the works of Joss Whedon. Based in NYC and LA, Buffyfest has readership in over 170 countries and has conducted over 60 interviews with the cast and crew of the Whedonverse. The founders of Buffyfest have proudly sponsored Can’t Stop the Serenity since 2009.
Website: buffyfest.blogspot.com
Done The Impossible: The Fans’ Tale of Firefly & Serenity is available on DVD and CD soundtrack through DoneTheImpossible.com and Amazon.com. Done The Impossible has had the distinction of being an Official Selection at many film festivals around the world. The DVD, hosted by Adam Baldwin with voice-over by Jewel Staite, features interviews with Joss Whedon, the cast, crew, and most important, the fans themselves. The story chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of the cult TV show “Firefly” as told from the perspective of the fans who helped save it. Fans share what inspired them to become passionate about Firefly, to help save Firefly, attend shindigs, participate in message boards, donate to charities, and become Serenity extras. The CD soundtrack features seven outstanding artists and crosses multiple genres including Celtic and filk: The Bedlam Bards, Brobdingnagian Bards, Dan Sehane, Emerald Rose, Michelle Dockrey, Rob Kuhlman, and Tony Fabris.
Website: www.donetheimpossible.com
J. L. Hilton is a storyteller and jewelsmith whose art is featured in the books “Steampunk Style Jewelry” and “1000 Steampunk Creations.” Her cyberpunk romantic thriller “Stellarnet Rebel” is the first book in the Stellarnet Series published by Carina Press. Browncoats know her as the founder of the Raleigh-CSTS event and 2009 global sponsor JLH jewelry.
Website: stellarnetrebel.com/
Joss Whedon is certainly our first Lifetime Sponsor. He has delighted fans since he began writing episodes for Roseanne and on beloved movies like Toy Story. Since then he’s given us jewels like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Doctor Horrible’s Sing-along Blog and Dollhouse. Of course, for us here at CSTS, Joss is THE MAN responsible for giving us the very shiny Firefly and her big damn companion movie, Serenity – the flagship of our Can’t Stop the Serenity efforts.
Kids Need to Read works to create a culture of reading for children by providing inspiring books to underfunded schools, libraries, and literacy programs across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children.
Website: www.kidsneedtoread.org
Quantum Mechanix specializes in the design and manufacture of licensed high-quality replicas of vehicles, props, and other artefacts from television and motion pictures. The Official Serenity Blueprint Reference Pack, The Malcolm Reynolds Stunt Pistol and the Blue Sun Travel Posters are just some of the fine Qmx products from the ‘Verse, with many more to come! Licensed franchises include Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Classics of Sci Fi, and Universal Monsters.
Website: www.quantummechanix.com
Sending A Wave is the first UK based Firefly/Serenity podcast, going strong since 2006. Subscribe now and join hosts Wendy and Odile for all the latest news about the verse and all things Joss Whedon fresh from the United Kingdom.
Website: sendingawave.wordpress.com
The Signal is an award winning podcast covering all things Firefy and Serenity. Since 2005, the dedicated Signal crew have entertained and educated Browncoats across the world with special features, news, reviews, interview, chat, and anything else they can think of relating to the universe of Firefly and Serenity.
Website: www.serenityfirefly.com
Smart Pop (an imprint of BenBella Books) is a line of smart, fresh, funny essay anthologies on the best of pop culture tv, books, and film, with a particular focus on science fiction and fantasy television and literature. Since 2003 they’ve published over 4 dozen titles on everything from Star Wars to Gilmore Girls to the work of Joss Whedon (including Finding Serenity, Serenity Found, and The Psychology of Joss Whedon). Check out the rest, and read a new free essay every day from their line, at their website.
Website: www.smartpopbooks.com
Thomas Grooms is a Firefly enthusiast and prop collector. He is better known as Punctated on Fireflyprops.net and has created various Firefly universe-related paper prop items. He is especially proud of his latest creation, the Ten Credit Alliance Coin.
The Utah Browncoats are long time supporters of Can’t Stop the Serenity and the Firefly fandom at large. They gather every year to host events and screenings around the state and raise awareness for the charities of the Big Damn Heroes and Joss Whedon’s work.
Website: www.utahbrowncoats.com
Whedonopolis – a subsidiary of Fandom Charities – is dedicated to promoting the Whedonverse and everyone involved in it, whether cast, crew, writer, director, producer, or what have you. We feel it’s our job to help you keep track of what’s going on with the people that made the fictional universes we love so much. Whedonopolis was founded by C. Kelly Amor, Alison Frankel, Patti Hutchens, Ray McDermott, Marsia Powers, Shan Ray, Brian Rubin and Susan Weber.
Website: www.whedonopolis.com
