The Executive Committee of the Amateur Mendicant Society met recently and has selected three dates for meetings in 2025:
Saturday, April 5
Sunday, August 3
Saturday, October 25
Please set these dates aside in your calendar.
And be sure to join our email list so you can be sure to receive future updates:
Spring Meeting
The Spring meeting of the Amateur Mendicant Society is open for all to attend! We’ll be meeting at 6:00 pm on Saturday, April 5 at The Commonwealth Club, 30088 Dequindre, Warren, MI.
The story for the evening is “The Speckled Band,” that iconic tale of noises in the night, a frightened sister of another sister who died under mysterious circumstances, a cheetah and a baboon, and an evil stepfather. “It is a nice household,” as Holmes said.
We will have details about the menu, cost (usually about $35 or so) and other goings-on, so save the date and prepare to reply to our announcement next week.
We Want YOU!
We would like as many people to attend who can make it, so please share this with your fellow Sherlockians and other like-minded people. We’ve had lots of locals as well as travelers join us in the past, and we look forward to more.
We also have an open call for presenters and discussion leaders. Rich Kriscuinas will be presenting “Drs. Palmer and Pritchard: The First of Criminals,” about the two dastardly medicos mentioned by Sherlock Holmes in “The Speckled Band.” We have room on the program for a second presentation as well.
If you are interested in leading the story discussion — a 5-10 minute review of the story in which you lead the audience through the plot, asking questions and sharing your knowledge along the way — we would encourage you to raise a hand.
For papers, presentations, and story discussion leads, simply reply to this newsletter, email us at amateurmendicantsociety@gmail.com or click the button below.
More about the details of our event coming soon!
The game’s afoot!
Scott Monty, Gasogene