Sherlock Holmes Night at The National Press Club

Sherlock Holmes Night at The National Press Club

Location: Reliable Source & Truman Lounge

This event is open only to members of The National Press Club & their guests.

Club House to become Sherlockian gala for an evening, December 7.

On December 7 the Club House of the National Press Club will be transformed into the cozy environs of 221B Baker Street and the more lively Punch Bowl pub as we celebrate Sherlock Holmes Night, replete with Holmesian décor, music, and drinks menu; a Victorian and Sherlock Holmes costume contest; a mystery scavenger hunt; a Holmesian pulp art exhibit; a themed fundraising raffle; and dinner and a showing of the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.

As fans of both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie, and in anticipation of the release of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows on December 16, members of The National Press Club, in conjunction with members of The Baker Street Irregulars and local Sherlockian group The Red Circle, are planning a fun-filled night of mystery and excitement.

Dinner and Happy Hour drinks will begin at 5:30 p.m.; Sherlockian activities will begin at 6:00 p.m.; and Sherlock Holmes will be screened on all four TVs in the Truman Lounge, where members may order dinner or drinks if they wish. The film will begin at 7:00 p.m., and costume contest prizes, scavenger hunt prizes, and raffle prizes will be awarded and distributed during a brief intermission of the movie at 8:00 p.m.

Come to mix and mingle, to show off your costumes, to follow mysterious clues, to see the movie, and for a chance to win fabulous Sherlockian prizes, including signed Sherlockian anthologies and prize packs from Warner Bros. Pictures containing tickets to the December 13 Washington, D.C. advance screening of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

This event is co-sponsored by the Events, Young Members, and Book & Author Committees.

The cost for members and their guests to enter the world of Sherlock Holmes is a wink and a tip of your hat. No other fee is required.

For questions contact Emily Whitten at [email protected].

UPDATE!!
Here is a list of items that will be raffled off at the event.
All proceeds benefit The National Press Club Journalism Institute.
The cost for raffle tickets is $3 for 1 ticket, $12 for 5 tickets, $15 for 7 tickets.

 
8 "Prize Packs" containing a pair of tickets to the December 13 Washington, DC advance screening of "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," and other assorted goodies
Donated by Warner Bros. Pictures
 
"A Study in Sherlock," (anthology), paperback, signed by editor Leslie Klinger and contributor Neil Gaiman
Donated by Leslie S. Klinger
 
"The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," (anthology), paperback, signed by editor John Joseph Adams
Donated by John Joseph Adams
 
3 copies of "On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling," hardcover, signed by author Michael Dirda
Donated by Princeton University Press
 
"The Butlers Did It," 11x17 poster, cover art for "Sherlock Holmes: Year One" Issue #1, by Francesco Francavilla
Donated by Dynamite Entertainment
 
"Beware the Ides of March," 11x17 poster, cover art for "Sherlock Holmes: Year One" Issue #2, by Francesco Francavilla
Donated by Dynamite Entertainment
 
"The Twelve Caesars," 11x17 poster, cover art for "Sherlock Holmes: Year One" Issue #3, by Francesco Francavilla
Donated by Dynamite Entertainment
 
"Ships are Safe in Harbour," 11x17 poster, cover art for Sherlock Holmes: Year One Issue #4, by Francesco Francavilla
Donated by Dynamite Entertainment
 
"Watching the Detectives," 11x17 poster, cover art for "Sherlock Holmes: Year One" Issue #5, by Francesco Francavilla
Donated by Dynamite Entertainment
 
"London's Burning, London's Burning..." 11x17 poster, cover art for "Sherlock Holmes: Year One" Issue #6, by Francesco Francavilla
Donated by Dynamite Entertainment
 
"Sherlock Holmes: Year One" trade paperback, collecting issues #1-6
Donated by Dynamite Entertainment

Signed original art sketch card, Sherlock Holmes profile by Francesco Francavilla
Donated by Emily S. Whitten, Esq.
 
Advance reading copy of Laurie R. King's "The Art of Detection" (2006)
Donated by Peter E. Blau on behalf of The Red Circle of Washington, DC

$50 gift card to GameStop
Donated by Racing for a Dream
 
2 Limited Edition Francesco Francavilla Sketchbooks
Donated by Francesco Francavilla