Just a reminder that the "early bird" discount for the "Holmes Under the Arch II" get-together in St. Louis May 20-22, designed to consider all things...
This month's case for review for the Notorious Canary-Trainers is "A Case of Identity," which begins with a visit to 221B Baker Street by a Miss Mary ...
Sherlock Holmes is "that most popular and least believable of all crime solvers," says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's television writer, Joanne Weintraub, in...
FYI, ABC's "Nightline" today takes a look at Edwardian England from a "new" perspective, as explained further in this message I've just received from ABC. You...
The Baskerville Beast - The MusicalFYI, in case anyone is headed to London later this month, knows someone else who is going, or is looking for an excuse for a...
I'm a little slow updating the Notorious Canary-Trainer Web site this month, but it has finally been revised to provide information about, and links to, this...
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As we already know from reading "The Dying Detective" -- this month's case study for the Notorious Canary-Trainers -- a very ill Sherlock Holmes expresses...
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Apr 16, 2005 10:44 pm
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Here's news about two newly-published pastiches involving Sherlock Holmes. The first, "The Italian Secretary," by Caleb Carr, was released April 10, and is the...
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Here's a recent essay (March 28) by Lawrence Block in The Village Voice newspaper (New York City) that provides a nice overview for those who sometimes wonder...
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USA Today Monday devoted a feature article to the new Fox series, "House," which follows a sharp, always tough and often obnoxious doctor named Gregory House...
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Apr 19, 2005 6:27 pm
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I failed to point out, in my previous e-mail about the TV show "House," that this week's episode airs at 8 p.m. CDT tonight (Tuesday). In Madison, it's...
In looking online for something completely unrelated, I stumbled across another Yahoo Group devoted to the TV show "House." According to the group's...
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The Notorious Canary-Trainers Web site at http://communities.madison.com/canary has been updated with information about and links to our case study for May 15,...
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Charles Marowitz' play, "Sherlock's Last Case," is scheduled for production at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace from July 29 to Oct. 2. According to...
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May 4, 2005 6:16 am
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Here's something that may be of interest to those wanting to learn more about Sherlock Holmes. Sherlockian Peter Blau reports that "John Sherwood has been...
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This year's well-known and well-regaded Canonical Convocation and Caper in Door county will take place Sept. 23-25. If you don't know about it, you can get a...
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May 5, 2005 6:35 am
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Imagination Theater produces weekly audio dramas, and one of the characters they feature is Sherlock Holmes. You can listen online at ...
The Notorious Canary-Trainers Web site now has been updated with information about and links to our case study for June (and July), "The Valley of Fear." Two...
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On this date (June 13) in 1892, actor Basil Rathbone -- who IS Sherlock Holmes for many fans who grew up with the Sherlock Holmes movies with Rathbone as...
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Jun 14, 2005 1:46 am
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The latest (July) issue of 50 Plus Lifestyles, advertised as the magazine for Dane County's active 50 Plus population, profiles that Notorious Canary-Trainer...
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Jul 2, 2005 5:34 pm
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There was a full-color painting done of Sherlock Holmes that Arthur Conan Doyle stated depicted best his vision of Sherlock Holmes. I read this many years ago...
The Notorious Canary-Trainers Web site has been updated with information about our case of the month, for August --"The Yellow Face" -- and our Aug. 21 meeting...
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Jul 31, 2005 6:13 am
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FYI, Sunday (Aug. 7) was the anniversary of the first of the murders committed by Jack the Ripper It took place in London's East End on this date in 1888. For...
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Aug 8, 2005 5:56 am
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Just a reminder that we meet at 3 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 21) at Barnes & Noble West Towne for this month's case study, "The Yellow Face." Also, our Sept. 18 meeting...
Four Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce will be shown Tuesday night on the TCM (Turner Classic Movies) cable channel, starting at 7...
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Hi, I'm new. I'm feeling abit mervous because all of you have probably been Sherlockians for like ten years or something. I've only been one for two. I live in...
PBS's Masterpiece Theater on Madison's Channel 21 at 9:30 p.m. tonight (Sunday) again airs "The Hound of the Baskervilles." The two-hour program first aired in...
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Aug 28, 2005 5:59 pm
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The Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts -- a radio recreation group -- will reenact an episode of the old Shelock Holmes radio show Sept. 18, a Sunday, according...