We will kick off our weekend with a Welcome to St. Louis night on Friday, August 10th. Participants in the weekend can enjoy our Blues Carbuncle and 221BBQ event upon arrival to town. We will take a group tour of The National Blues Museum and enjoy dinner at Sugarfire Smokehouse in downtown St. Louis.
Saturday will find us at the central branch of the St. Louis Public Library for a big day of Sherlockian discussion. The St. Louis Public Library is home to the new St. Louis Sherlockian Collection, a growing collection of Sherlockian research available for use by anyone in the Rare Books and Special Collections Room. The theme for the day's talks will be "A Curious Collection" and relate to collecting and books. Our keynote speaker is the perfect fit for such a topic: Tim Johnson, curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collection at the University of Minnesota.
Joining Tim at the speaker's lectern that day will be a curious collection in their own right:
Mary Schroeder, founder of the St. Louis Sherlockian collection and longtime St. Louis Sherlockian
Bill Mason, BSI, author of "Pursuing Sherlock Holmes" and former Head Light of the Beacon Society
Tassy Hayden, fan fiction writer and co-host of the wildly popular Three Patch Podcast
Brad Keefauver, BSI, blogger at Sherlock Peoria and author of "The Elementary Methods of Sherlock Holmes"
Don Hobbs, BSI, owner of the largest foreign language Sherlockian book collection
After the speaker program, we will all get together for dinner and socializing outside of the library.
For those able to stick around on Sunday, we will have high tea at St. Louis' London Tea Room and then be treated to a tour of the Becker Medical Library on the campus of Washington University.
We have more to announce, and will do so as soon as they are confirmed, so keep your eyes on the Holmes in the Heartland webpage for updates!
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