2020

• November 28  2:00pm ET  VIRTUAL  Sherlockian Book Collecting  The Toronto Public Library presents this lecture by Rebecca Romney. Rebecca is a Washington area rare book dealer, co-founder of Type Punch Matrix, and Red Circle member. The talk is free to all. More information is here, and the ZOOM link will be posted at the same location one week prior to the event.
• December 12  1:00pm ET  VIRTUAL  Red Circle meeting. See information and registration button at left.

2021

All events and dates subject to modification/cancellation due to the pandemic

Due to the pandemic, the Sherlock Holmes birthday weekend in New York will NOT take place in person in January 2021. However, a number of virtual events are planned between January 7 and 9 and, except for the BSI Virtual Dinner, are open to all.

• January 7  5:00pm ET VIRTUAL The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture.     The Baker Street Irregulars invite one and all to their 2021 Distinguished Speaker Lecture, which will be given by the renowned historian and biographer Andrew Lycett. A Conan Doyle biographer, Lycett's latest book, Conan Doyle's Wide World: Sherlock Holmes and Beyond, deals with Doyle's travel writing. Registration for this virtual event is free, and is available by clicking here.
  
• January 9  1:00pm ET  VIRTUAL  The William Gillette Memorial Luncheon. Send an email to Jenn Eaker here.
• January 9  5:00pm ET  VIRTUAL  Lost in New York with a Bunch of Sherlockians. Send an email for info
• January 9  7:00pm ET  VIRTUAL  The Gaslight Gala. Send an email for info
• January 10 1:00pm ET  VIRTUAL  The ASH Brunch. Send an email for info                                              

• April 2 - 3  DC National Rare Book and Ephemera Fair   This is the new name for the Washington Antiquarian Book Fair, which was scheduled to be held in April of 2020 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington. It's been rescheduled and will now be held in 2021 and information is here.
• April 19 - 21 221b Con  Back to Atlanta for this popular conference. Details to come.
• April 29 -May 2  Malice Domestic 33  After the unfortunate need to cancel the 32nd edition of Malice Domestic in 2020, the next event is scheduled for April 29-May 2 of 2021. Preliminary information is here.
• June 25 - 27  Sherlock Holmes and the British Empire  This conference, sponsored by the Baker Street Irregulars, which had been scheduled for July of 2020 has been postponed and rescheduled for June 25-27, 2021. The venue has not changed and the event will still be held at the Bear Mountain Inn in the Hudson Valley, near West Point, New York. Registration is expected to open by April, 2021. You need not be a BSI member to attend, and if you would like to receive direct notifications about this and other BSI doings, you can join their email list by clicking here.
• August 6 - 7  A Scintillation of Scions  returns to its live format (pandemic willing) at its familiar home near BWI Airport. Keep up-to-date here.

For a much more comprehensive list of Sherlockian meetings and events around the United States and beyond, see Ron Fish's

Sherlockian Calendar.

REGISTRATION OPEN for Red Circle December 12 meeting with Mattias Boström  We look forward to having you with us for our third virtual Red Circle meeting on Saturday, December 12 at 1:00pm Eastern Time (US and Canada). Our first two encounters in cyberspace have set attendance records, and we're sure you won't want to miss the next edition with Mattias Boström, who'll join us from Sweden to tell us about "Sherlock Holmes in the 1920s." We invite you to see the details here. Pre-registration is required, and it's easy. Just push the button below, fill in the blanks, and you'll get your confirmation email. Note that the logon URL on the confirmation is unique to you and should not be shared, but feel free to invite one and all to register on their own. You'll also see that the start time on the confirmation is listed as 12:30. We open our Red Circle clubhouse a half hour before the start of the meeting for socializing, so feel free to logon early and join in.

Tiny Murders  Back in 2017 this page took note of a fascinating exhibit at Washington's Renwick Gallery called "Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death." As a forensics exercise in the service of detecting and solving crimes, Ms. Glessner Lee built miniature crime scenes in doll houses, and presented them as challenges for real detectives to ponder. Now, Les Klinger points us to a fine and detailed article in Atlas Obscura from the time of that exhibit. This photo of one of the miniature crime scenes contains a very Sherlockain clue, but you'll have to read the article to find the close-up image that reveals it.

The Red Circle had a wonderful time on Saturday, September 5, when more than 130 Sherlockians (and Holmesians) enjoyed hearing about "British Beginnings" with our guest Nick Utechin. You can read about Nick's talk and more in Carla Coupe's meeting notes. Plus, you can watch the video of the meeting by clicking on Nick's picture at the right.

Visitors from afar Many of us know Dr. Marina Stajic, one of New York's stalwart Sherlockians. For many years Marina was the toxicology expert in New York City's medical examiner's office, the perfect perch from which to survey all manner of poisonings in both the the Big Apple and the Canon. These days Marina is in Serbia, and it was from there that she joined us for our September 5 Red Circle meeting. At 4,670 miles from Washington, we reckon that Marina "came the farthest" to be with us, and it was great to have her along. She tells us she had a lot of fun at the meeting. Other international visitors came from Canada, Sweden, Argentina, Germany, France, Ireland and, of course, England. 

Red Circle's First Virtual Meeting Sets Record; Meeting Notes and Video available  Unable to meet in person, The Red Circle shattered attendance records on June 6 when our first virtual meeting welcomed at least 113 Sherlockians and Holmesians from across the US and England too. Special guest Laurie R. King joined us on the eve of the publication of her next Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell adventure, Riviera Gold. Laurie's talk was not only interesting, but comfortable, humorous and warm--a welcome tonic in these troubled times. You can read Carla Kaessenger Coupe's Meeting Notes here. Not only was there a record number of Sherlockians with us for the live meeting, but those who couldn't make it can watch the meeting, including the question-and-answer period with Laurie King by clicking the image at the right.

Red Circle Pins  Tom Fahres reports that a new supply of Red Circle pins has arrived and is availble for order. The pin has been proudly worn all over the Sherlockian world, from Rockville to the Reichenbach, so Red Circle members (which includes everyone who's ever been to a meeting) will treasure having their own. The price is $14.95 each, which includes shipping anywhere. Send an email to Tom to order.

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