September 6, 2015 | 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Edmond Town Hall Theater
45 Main Street, Newtown, CT United States

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 September 6, 2015 5:30pm-10:30pm

At Edmond Town Hall

NERD NIGHT in NEWTOWN announces inaugural event

Benefit Movie Screening for Equality Now & Mary Hawley Society

 NEWTOWN, CONN (July 29, 2015) As part of the 2015 Newtown Arts Festival, Nerd Night in Newtown will host Can’t Stop the Serenity, a fundraising movie event for Equality Now, a charity dedicated to promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls worldwide.

A portion of proceeds will also go to the Mary Hawley Society. Can’t Stop the Serenity will take place on Sunday, September 6th, from 5:30-10:30pm at the Edmond Town Hall Theater, 45 Main Street in NewtownConnecticut, located just shy of the flagpole on Newtown’s historic Main Street.

The evening is co-presented by the Newtown Arts and Cultural Commission, helping to support our arts organizations and individual artists in Newtown.

This benefit will feature screenings of Joss Whedon’s 2005 film Serenity (based on the cult television show “Firefly”) as well as the Emmy Award-winning musical web-series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog © (screened by permission from Time Science Blood Club, LLC), which debuted online in 2008.

Newtown’s Can’t Stop the Serenity event will also include a raffle, trivia, door prizes, and a cosplay/costume contest.

Pre-movie entertainment will include programming from Geek & Sundry, plus musical guest Sean Faust, a favorite from several CSTS screenings who will lead the audience with a "Hero of Canton" (written by Ben Edlund & featured in the Firefly episode "Jaynestown") sing-a-long among other offerings. Merchandise and refreshments will be available throughout the event.

Tickets for Can’t Stop the Serenity are $10 in advance; $12 day of the event and are available now at nerdnightinnewtowncsts.bpt.me.  

For those participating in the the cosplay contest - registration starts at 5:30pm, the winners will be announced at the end of the show, and are invited to ride on the Newtown Arts Commission Float in Newtown’s annual Labor Day Parade! (Please be aware - that while we all think “Vera” is truly heroic, she and her friends will not be welcome. In other words, no costume prop weapons will be allowed inside the venue)

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 What is Can’t Stop the Serenity?

Can’t Stop the Serenity (CSTS) is a unique opportunity to indulge your geeky side while doing some good! Since 2006, fans have organized screenings of Joss Whedon's Serenity to raise funds and awareness to support Equality Now in their work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Join us as we aim to misbehave for a good cause! www.cantstoptheserenity.com

 

About Joss Whedon:

Whedon is a well known proponent of gender equality, from his mother being actively involved in Amnesty International and helping to found Equality Now, to the creation of strong female characters in stories like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, Firefly and Serenity. Most recently he has gained great acclaim as the writer/director of Marvel's The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Says Whedon: "There are two ways to fight a battle like ours. One is to whisper in the ear of the masses, try subtly and gradually to change the gender expectations and mythic structures of our culture. That's me. The other is to step up and confront the thousands of atrocities that are taking place around the world on an immediate, one-by-one basis. That's a great deal harder, and that's Equality Now.  It's not about politics; it's about basic human decency."

 

About Equality Now:

Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. For more information, visit

 

About Serenity:

“A passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit. When the renegade

crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything-or anyone-to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But, the greatest danger of all may be on their ship. From the mind of Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) comes a new edge-of-your-seat adventure loaded with explosive battles, gripping special effects and fantastic new worlds!” Written and directed by Joss Whedon for Universal. Released 2005.

 

About Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog:

Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain with his own video blog, is attempting to join the prestigious Evil League of Evil (led by the legendary "thoroughbred of sin", Bad Horse), but his plans are usually foiled by the egotistical superhero Captain Hammer. Horrible's life is thrown for a loop when he falls in love with Penny, a beautiful and optimistic advocate for the homeless he meets at the laundromat, a situation which complicates itself even further when Penny begins dating the boorish, oafish Hammer after he apparently saves her life. Faced with the task of impressing the League, can Horrible overcome his own incompetence to ruin the day, kill the hero, and still get the girl?