Registration and reservations are now open for the BSI's conference to be held Friday November 8, 2019 through Sunday November 10, 2019 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. "Building an Archive: A Celebration of the Arrival of the BSI Archive at the Lilly Library" will feature more than 20 leading Sherlockian collectors, librarians, booksellers, authors … Continue reading Building an Archive: 2019 Conference
The BSI 2020 conference "Sherlock Holmes and the British Empire" will be open to all Sherlockians, and will be held on July 17-19, 2020. The conference will be at the Bear Mountain Inn, near West Point, NY. We plan to open registration in late January 2020, and it will include special room rates for the … Continue reading Save the Dates: Our 2020 Conference
Celebrating the 165th birthday of Sherlock Holmes, the 2019 BSI Weekend took place in New York City with events from January 9-13, including the BSI Dinner on Friday January 11. Of special note was Mike Whelan's announcement that Michael Kean would be the next leader of the Baker Street Irregulars. He will officially become the … Continue reading The 2019 BSI Weekend Report
Registration and reservations are now open for the BSI Weekend to be held from Wednesday January 9, 2019 through Sunday January 13, 2019 in New York City. Sherlock Holmes's birthday is celebrated every January in New York City. The Weekend is always fun, filled with formal and informal opportunities for Sherlockians new and old to … Continue reading The 2019 BSI Weekend
The 2018 Silver Blaze Saratoga Springs, New York August 11-12, 2018. Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes story "Silver Blaze" and its namesake racehorse, the Baker Street Irregulars present their triennial horserace and gathering. Pre-purchased tickets through the BSI are required. This event is open to all Sherlockians and their friends. The event commences on Saturday, … Continue reading The 2018 Silver Blaze
Registration and reservations are now open for the BSI Weekend to be held from Wednesday January 10, 2018 through Sunday January 14, 2018 in New York City. Sherlock Holmes's birthday is celebrated every January in New York City. The Weekend is always fun, filled with formal and informal opportunities for Sherlockians new and old to … Continue reading The 2018 BSI Weekend
The Mind and Art of Sherlock Holmes. Chautauqua, New York September 9-12, 2016. Conference Programme. A limited quantity of the printed program of the Baker Street Irregulars' recent Conference is available for purchase. In addition to half a dozen brief articles on the Chautauqua Institution, William Gillette, and the 19th century spiritualism movement, the program … Continue reading The Mind and Art of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes: Behind the Canonical Screen. Edited & introduced by Lyndsay Faye and Ashley Polasek. Sherlock Holmes: Behind the Canonical Screen was the third Baker Street Irregulars' officially sponsored Conference, and the first held on the West Coast. This 2012 event was a unique collaboration between the BSI and the UCLA School of Theatre, Film … Continue reading Sherlock Holmes: Behind the Canonical Screen
Saratoga: At the Rail - From "Silver Blaze" to "Shoscombe Old Place." Edited by Candace J. Lewis and Roger Donway. The Baker Street Irregulars Press has published a third collection of delightful and ground-breaking essays to mark the triennial running of the "Silver Blaze" Race at Saratoga Raceway. The new volume focuses on the two … Continue reading Saratoga: At the Rail
by Matt Laffey. From The Baker Street Journal, Vol. 64, No. 1 (Spring 2014), pp. 51 – 59. Sherlockians gather in New York every year to celebrate the birth of the world's greatest detective. The BSJ reports on many of the events, including the BSI Dinner. Matt Laffey wrote about the 2014 Birthday Weekend in … Continue reading The 2014 Birthday Weekend
