A hearty view halloo to Mendicants far and wide!
The encyclical is back (our first one of 2025), and we’ve got a good deal of information for you, so read on!
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Three sections are ahead:
Executive Committee
“a new commission of trust for me to execute” — ‘The Naval Treaty’
We announced the expanded Executive Committee of the Amateur Mendicant Society at our April 5 meeting. The committee is responsible for ensuring the vibrancy and solvency of the group, selecting topics and venues for our gatherings, and ensuring that we offer appealing Sherlockian content.
Members of the Executive Committee are as follows:
Chris Music — Commissionaire
Chris Jeryan — Tidewaiter
Rob Musial — Tantalus
Rich Krisciunas — At-Large Member
David MacGregor — At-Large Member
Scott Monty — Gasogene
If you have any feedback or ideas for any of us, we’d love to hear from you! You can leave a comment below or get in touch with us via email at amateurmendicantsociety@gmail.com.
Attend a Sherlock Holmes Play
“a well-staged performance” — The Valley of Fear
Rich Krisciunas has identified a Sherlock Holmes play at Williamston Theatre (located at 122 S Putnam St., Williamston, MI 48895 — click for a map) and is generously organizing an outing to see it on Saturday December 6 at 2:00 p.m.
He is organizing this as a join meeting between the Greek Interpreters of Lansing, The Ribston-Pippins, and the Amateur Mendicant Society. A small group plans to meet for lunch at noon before the play.
Sherlock Carol by Mark Shanahan is described as follows by the theater:
Two beloved classic tales. One thrilling new mystery. When a grown-up Tiny Tim asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate the peculiar death of Ebenezer Scrooge, the Great Detective must use his tools of deduction to get to the bottom of the crime. But it is a dark and treacherous Christmas Eve, and once again the holiday is haunted by the spirits of the past, present, and future. Reunite with the characters you love from Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, brought together in a story of intrigue and suspense, with a holiday helping of Christmas cheer.
Tickets are $45 with a service fee minus one or two dollars depending on the number of tickets sold. Rich will order tickets this week when they go on sale.
Let Rich know if you would like to order tickets. His email is rkrisciu@yahoo.com.
At this point, he only needs to know if you intend to go; you can send him a check later.
October 26th Meeting
“October, a time when these strange events began to move swiftly towards their terrible conclusion” — The Hound of the Baskervilles
Please hold the date for our next meeting: Sunday, October 26 at 1:00 p.m. at Rocky’s (41122 Seven Mile Road West, Northville, MI 48167 — click for a map).
The theme of the event will be The Hound of the Baskervilles and we’ll be sharing information about next year’s 80th Anniversary dinner, which will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
Stay tuned for more information in a separate communication in the next week.
Please share this with any Sherlockian who might be interested (they needn’t live in Michigan).
The game’s afoot!
Scott Monty, BSI
Gasogene