Joss Whedons Birthday screening: SERENITY
Rated Unknown; Director:Joss Whedon
Location: Alamo Downtown
JOSS WHEDON BIRTHDAY SHOW - SERENITY FUNDRAISER
Featuring a Whedonverse Costume Contest before the movie!
With special Serenity Menu items available!
There’s nothing worse than when your favorite TV show goes off the air. Fans of Joss Whedon’s FIREFLY got the rarest of rare treats in 2005, though, when SERENITY hit the big screens. Perhaps even more amazing than the way a group of fans was able to get the movie made through sheer force of fandomness, however, was the fact that in no way did the feature film version disappoint at all. Whether you were a fresh off the block newcomer to Joss’s universe or a hardcore fan from the days of the first Buffy movie, SERENITY didn’t disappoint.
It’s only been two years since the crew of Serenity first made their onscreen debut, but fans have already started a strong annual tradition – every year on Joss’s birthday, a dedicated group of Browncoats calling themselves Can’t Stop the Serenity host screenings of SERENITY all over the world and donate the proceeds to Equality Now, Joss’s favorite charity. Last year, fans helped raise $65,000. This year, the goal is to hit at least $100,000. Dedicated Browncoats from around the world, under the leadership of Devin Pike, have put together an amazing set of national raffle prizes, featuring two tickets to the Browncoat Cruise. But perhaps most awesomely of all, all donations you make will put you into a *local* raffle to win a blow up of Buffy Season 8, Issue #1 signed by Joss Whedon and Jo Chen, the artist! Here in Austin, we're hoping to lead the pack of donating cities, and under the leadership of our Regional Event Organizer, Elizabeth Nelson, along with the loyal Joss fans here at the Alamo, we might just have a shot at that.
Head over to www.austin.cantstoptheserenity.com to check out more information on the raffles and T-shirts and posters that Elizabeth’s putting together. For our part here at the theater, we’re making sure this is a birthday party to remember by making this so much more than just another screening of the movie.
When SERENITY first hit our screens at the Alamo South Lamar, the menu specials we had were some of the most popular dishes we’ve served ever. So for this special charity screening, we figured we’d package them together, add in a few twists, and have an entire smorgasbord of foods from the Firefly world available. Check back soon for the full menu!
And of course, Joss has given us more than just the world of SERENITY, so we’re going to continue the festivities through the night with a full on Whedonverse triple feature! Join us at 9:45 for the last BUFFY SING-ALONG at our Colorado Street location, featuring HUSH as the warm up episode, a special Buffy preshow, and all the usual accoutrements that have made that show so fun. Then at midnight, because it IS the last Saturday at this theater, we’re going to watch the Series Finales of both BUFFY and ANGEL. Pick up a triple feature ticket in the special items section of the SERENITY web page and join us for the whole night!
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Kid Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.
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