Browncoat Saloon in Winnipeg

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ALMANAC

Thursday, February 1, 2007 8:18 PM

I'm currently involved in setting up a Firefly/Serenity-themed consuite at Keycon here in Winnipeg, and I thought I would enlist the help of this board's many talented Browncoats...

(Some of you may be aware that I also organised the Raise-a-Reader Charity Auction at Keycon last year, featuring several items from Firefly castmembers.)

The con is Victoria Day weekend (i.e. May 18-20 this year), so there is still some time to prepare, but it seemed best to get some assistance before things go down to the wire. I also came across a rather disappointing Serenity suite at Valleycon in Fargo this past October, so I'd like to avoid the sort of underwhelming minimalism I saw there.

If any of you have any advice to offer on how to successfully pull off this sort of suite at a con, feel free to join the Browncoat Saloon Community on LiveJournal:

http://community.livejournal.com/browncoatsaloon/

Similarly, you can also join the Browncoat Saloon on MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/browncoatsaloon

The Browncoat in charge of this shindig has posted on some Whedon-related boards as X.G., so you could also send her a message that way, though it may take longer for her to see it...

In particular, I know she is looking for help in replicating one of Inara's costumes from Serenity, so it would be great if someone could point her in the right direction(s).

Thanks in advance...I appreciate any and all help you have to offer, and I know we can all make sure this goes off well.

Edgar Governo
Historian of Things That Never Were
http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html

ALMANAC

Friday, March 16, 2007 10:25 AM

I'm just giving this a quick bump, for those who might not have seen it the first time...

I'd also like to ask for some more specific help:

We need a "clean" graphic version (i.e. black kanji on a white background) of one or both Chinese translations out there for the word "Browncoat" to give to the person designing our logo, as opposed to the Chinese text display on Ying's site (for example).

If anyone could help me out with that (ASAP, if you could), please feel free to email me through the site linked below...

Thank you very much in advance.

Edgar Governo
Historian of Things That Never Were
http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html

ALMANAC

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:46 PM

This is just another quick bump, with the opening of the Saloon fast approaching...

Edgar Governo
Historian of Things That Never Were
http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html

PIRATECAT

Friday, April 27, 2007 7:08 PM

Make sure you have pics so we all can see when your done. Been through Winniepeg nice town, sorry about the NHL pulling the Jets out. Too bad.

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

MISSTRESSAHARA

Saturday, April 28, 2007 2:14 AM

Never knew you were a fellow Winnipegger Almanac, ola.

Thank God that cold snaps gone huh?

Oh, btw Piratecat, it's Win-ni-peg. No Extra E.

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PIRATECAT

Saturday, April 28, 2007 3:33 AM

Winnie the POOH, WINNIE THE PEG.

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

ALMANAC

Friday, May 11, 2007 6:31 PM

This is another update...now with pictures!

The Browncoat Saloon is opening in Winnipeg next week!

We're well along our way to finishing up everything...and don't worry, we took care of the kanji issue mentioned in another thread of mine.

One of the main items we got out of the way was building all of the set pieces for the suite, which involved taking a weekend out of town for some serious carpentry. If you're interested, you can check out our work in progress on this LiveJournal post:

http://community.livejournal.com/browncoatsaloon/12922.html

Here's a preview, as I get my orbital sander on:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchtowhere/483287707/

Whether or not you have a LiveJournal, I'd take it as a personal kindness if you could post a comment on that community entry...so at least I know that people are reading this.

Any help in getting the word out (or in the suite itself, if you're in Winnipeg for Keycon) would also be most appreciated...

Edgar Governo
Historian of Things That Never Were
http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html

SIGMANUNKI

Friday, May 11, 2007 8:19 PM

Dammit. I just moved from there a couple months ago. I'll have to drop you guys a line if I'm ever in town

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ALMANAC

Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Dammit. I just moved from there a couple months ago. I'll have to drop you guys a line if I'm ever in town

I'm sorry we missed you...

This is the first iteration of the Browncoat Saloon, but judging by all the signs, it definitely won't be the last.

Edgar Governo
Historian of Things That Never Were
http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html

SIGMANUNKI

Saturday, May 12, 2007 2:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Almanac:

This is the first iteration of the Browncoat Saloon, but judging by all the signs, it definitely won't be the last.

Cool. I've got your livejournal bookmarked. So, if I ever come back I should be able to find you guys.

Have fun

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"We don't fear the reaper"

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