This year, the calendar is aligned just right for the original air dates of the eleven episodes of "Firefly" that debuted on the Fox television network to fall on a Friday, just as they did when the series aired for the first time 22 years ago. The last time this little coincidence happened was 2019. It won’t occur again until 2030. You might be wondering why I’m fixated on this calendrical phenomenon.

Pittsburgh is the only city that has held a live, in-person CSTS screening every year since the event’s inception in 2006, and even after nearly two decades, folk in the ‘Burgh are still coming out to watch Serenity together and help them as might need it. As of this year, CSTS Pittsburgh has raised over $18,000 for local and global charities. There really is no fandom quite like the Browncoats.

I will never get tired of seeing Serenity in a real theater on a real movie screen-- even if I’ve done it now more than a dozen times-- and having the chance to see it with other Browncoats makes the experience even shinier.

"Well, okay, I’ll admit maybe calling the summer dead and buried is a mite premature, but our summer days of taking things leisurely are certainly coming to a middle. That’s why it’s important to make the most of the ones we have left, and to that end, if you’re a Browncoat (and if you’re not, just why exactly are you reading this blog?), there are a couple of shiny events on the horizon you should know about."

…Let’s take a moment to talk about what we Pittsburgh Browncoats do best: Can’t Stop the Serenity. We are the only city in the world that has held a live screening every year since the beginning, and we have no intention of stopping in 2024. The 19th annual CSTS Pittsburgh charity shindig will happen on August 10 at the Grand Theatre in Elizabeth, PA…