Why Sherlock, How You’ve Changed

TV, movies, books, stories … and balls with people in pink rabbit costumes. “Fans of Sherlock Holmes — Irregulars and other smaller Holmesian societies from across the country — have been convening in Manhattan every January to celebrate his presumed birthday: Jan. 6, 1854. They host lectures, cocktail parties, brunches, lunches, dinners, costume galas and presentations of scholarly papers.”