The Notorious Canary-Trainers
A Scion of the Baker Street Irregulars
for friends and fans of Sherlock Holmes
-- celebrating our 40th year!

We're celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle's 150th birthday anniversary. First film trailer for "Sherlock Holmes" released 5/15/2009

Arthur Conan Doyle and Mr. Holmes meet again

LATEST! Here's the first trailer for the new Robert Downey Jr.-Jude Law film, "Sherlock Holmes," to be released Dec. 25. This trailer was released May 18.

WE NEXT MEET SUNDAY, JUNE 21, when we'll be discussing our case study of the month, "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone." For background on the case, click here.

Here's our meeting schedule for the next few months. We meet at Booked for Murder, 2701 University Ave., unless otherwise noted.
July 19: The Creeping Man
August 16: The Lion's Mane
September 20: His Last Bow.

There's no charge to attend our monthly case study meetings which are open to the public. (You also don't have to be a Sherlock Holmes expert.)

HAVING BEGUN CELEBRATING OUR OWN 40TH ANNIVERSARY IN APRIL, we met Sunday, May 17, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sherlock Holmes' creator (or for those who "play the game" Dr. John Watson's literary agent), Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born May 22, 1859. Click here for an excellent introduction to Doyle. You can view the Wikipedia entry here.

To help mark the 150th anniversary of Doyle's birth, we show in above a visual pairing of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. It was created for the "Better Holmes and Gardens" exhibit of architectural design and practice based on stories and characters from the Doyle/Holmes Canon, in 2002 at the Wilson Library of the University of Minnesota.

Dozens of scholars from across the country and overseas gathered at Harvard Univerity May 7-9 for a major symposium entitled "'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Sesquicentennial Assessment." You can read a report online at here.

READ ABOUT OUR 40th anniversary celebration here. A report on our 40th Anniversary meeting may be found here where the special 40th anniversary edition of our newsletter, the Tweet Sheet, also is available as the next item. (Scroll down to the end of the "M" section.)

THE LATEST -- APRIL 2009 -- ISSUE OF THE TWEET SHEET, our newsletter, now is available online, as is the most recent (May 17) meeting report. Download either or both here.

CHECK OUT THE LATEST MUSINGS ON THE BAKER STREET BLOG at the bottom of this page.

CHECK OUT SOME VIDEOS WE'VE RECENTLY FEATURED ON OUR WEB SITE. Click here.

INTERESTED IN SHERLOCK HOLMES BOOKS BY AUTHORS OTHER THAN ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE? Wikipedia offers its list here.

MEETING HISTORY COMPILED. We've compiled and posted a record of our meeting dates, locations, and cases considered from January 1992 through April 2006. This record has not been available before except to members and only upon request. You'll find it for downloading here.

READ ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GROUP from its founding in 1969. Click here.

FIVE BASIC BOOKS FOR EVERY SHERLOCKIAN. Whether you're just beginning to explore the Sherlock Holmes adventures or are looking to build your Holmes collection, check out one Sherlockian's ideas about five basic books you should have to supplement the Holmes stories. Click here for his suggestions.

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INTERESTED IN MORE ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES? Click here for an excellent Internet starting point for your explorations. It's maintained by the University of Minnesota.