“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.”
— ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’
As we head towards the holidays, we invite you to gather with like-minded friends to share an afternoon of fine food and conversation at the fall meeting of the Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit.
ATTENTA: turnround is tight on this meeting; we encourage you to reply with your intention ASAP.
The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit is pleased to be hosting this rump meeting on the theme of Eastern European influences in the Sherlock Holmes stories. To wit, we’ll be meeting at an authentic Polish restaurant:
Sunday, November 8, 2026
2:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.
2990 Yemans St., Hamtramck, MI (directions)
Restaurant phone: (313) 874-5726
Our repast will include a three-meat buffet, pierogi, potato plus vegetable soup & salad, bread & butter, coffee, tea, and soft drinks. As always, there will also be a cash bar.
As opposed to our usual Lower Vault, we’ll be meeting in the Room Upstairs.
Our assigned story is “A Scandal in Bohemia,” involving a king in disguise and an opera singer and actress who has threatened to release an incriminating photo of her and the king. In the end, she outwits and humbles the detective, in this, the first Holmes short story ever published in The Strand Magazine.
The afternoon’s program will include a Mendicant Minute (or slightly more) covering a piece of our history, plus a brief consideration of the story’s talking points, and a presentation by Sherlockian scholar Rich Krisciunas on why Adler’s beau, Godfrey Norton, was in such a hurry to get married before noon.
Expect a short but informal quiz on elements of Poland and other Eastern European appearances in the Canon.
RSVP
To attend, please make checks for $30 per attendee to: Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit and mail to the address below no later than WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4. Or send $31 per attendee to amateurmendicantsociety@gmail.com via PayPal.
AMATEUR MENDICANT SOCIETY OF DETROIT
c/o Brad Schwartz
2244 Burcham Drive
East Lansing, MI 48823
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—“The Adventure of the Creeping Man.”