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“You mentioned your name as if I should recognize it, but beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a solicitor, a Freemason, and an asthmatic, I know nothing whatever about you.” That’s Sherlock Holmes greeting a visitor to his digs at 221B Baker St. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, but Holmes and Watson live on, most particularly in the activities of a worldwide network called the Baker Street Irregulars, who view the detective as real, Watson as the actual author of the manuscripts, and Doyle as merely the literary agent for the series. One of the Chicago chapters calls itself the Dedicated Associates of Lomax (named for a sublibrarian at the British Museum who assists Holmes); the group, along with others in the area, are working to get the new Harold Washington Library well stocked with Sherlockiana. They’re sponsoring a tour of the new library today starting at 3:30, with dinner to follow at Binyon’s Restaurant, 327 S. Plymouth. Special guest is Peter Blau, who’ll speak on “The Adventures of a Sherlockian Collector.” The tour’s free; dinner’s $24.50. Call the group at 738-1933 for details.
It’s one thing to talk about the Bill of Rights, and a much more controversial thing entirely to put its precepts into action. Three pros in this field are being honored at a Bill of Rights celebration today to benefit the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights: Philip Agee, the author of Inside the Company: CIA Diary, the definitive agency expose; Susan Gzesh, a hard-fighting lawyer for immigrants and refugees; and Howard Saffold, an activist and reformer on crime issues. Cook County commish Danny Davis hosts, from 4:30 to 7 at the Ambassador West, 1300 N. State. Tickets are $50. Call 939-0675.
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