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2023
- April 28 - 30 Malice Domestic The 35th annual edition of Malice Domestic, featuring mystery books and their authors, including Laurie R. King, will be held at the Bethesda North Marriott. Information is here.
- April 29 - May 21 Ken Ludwig's Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure The Cleveland Play House is the scene of the crime for the world premiere of Ken Ludwig's latest Holmes adventure. Information and tickets here.
For a much more comprehensive list of Sherlockian meetings and events around the United States and beyond, see Ron Fish's


The only known surviving Sherlock Holmes cover art from Classics Illustrated comic books, published by the Gilbertson Company


Peter Cushing portrays Sherlock Holmes in this piece by pop artist David O'Keefe. David is a well known caricaturist who created this image under a commission from Jerry Margolin.

Glen Miranker featured speaker at March 11 meeting The renowned Sherlockian collector
Glen Miranker joined us at our March 11 luncheon meeting, and answered the question,
"Why (Does Glen Miranker) Collect Books?" The meeting was well attended and Glen's talk was enjoyable and much appreciated by all. Read Peter Blau's
meeting notes here. Video of Glen's talk will follow shortly. Watch this space.
Rare (but not stuffy) Books Rebecca Romney and
Brian Cassidy are rare book sellers here in the Washington area. They're the proprietors of
Type Punch Matrix in Silver Spring, and Rebecca has been the rare book guru on TV's
Pawn Stars since 2011. Both Rebecca and Brian are Sherlockians and Red Circle members.
Washingtonian magazine has just published a very nice article about the duo and their book emporium. It's a delightful read.
Punch it up here.
2/7/23 AR
"
Art in the Blood is liable to take the strangest forms," said Sherlock Holmes in "The Greek Interpreter." He went on to reveal that his roots trace back to the multi-generational French family of artists named Vernet. Among them was
Carle Vernet (1758-1836), the detective's second grand uncle.
Mary Burke alerts us that an exhibition of Carle Vernet's work will be on display at the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts through August 27.
Information here.
3/3/23 AR
A "Red Circle" Compendium A lasting Sherlockian legacy of the COVID plague is The Legion of Zoom, an amalgamation of Sherlockians who have participated in more sciontific Zoom meetings than ought to be permissible under international humanitarian law. The Legion, via sparkplug Steve Mason, is providing its members cannily curated compendiums of canonical chronicles, and has graciously allowed us to share with you the edition devoted to “The Red Circle.” It’s great fun to see “our” story’s story, with characters, plot points, publication history, artwork and more wrapped in a handsome package. Have a look for yourself, and enjoy! 2/6/23 AR
The Red Circle meets Artificial Intelligence With all the commotion about artificial intelligence lately, your webmaster decided to see what the now-famous online guru called
ChatGPT has to say about us. On one hand, it's amazing that it got some things right; on the other, well, maybe it needs a little work. See for yourself. ChatGPT's "term paper" is available for you to peruse.
Click here to share the fun.
2/3/23 AR
Dan Stashower nominated for Edgar Award The Mystery Writers of America have announced nominations for this year's Edgar Awards, and The Red Circle's
Dan Stashower is on the list in the "Best Fact Crime" category for his new book,
American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper. Dan talked about the book at the Red Circle's virtual meeting on October 1, and the
recording is available here. The Edgar winners will be announced on April 27 in New York. Good luck, Dan!
1/19/23 AR
The Red Circle luncheon meeting on December 17 was a tremendous success. Read all about the proceedings in Carla Kaessinger Coupe's Meeting Notes here.
AFI Celebrates Barrymore's 1922 Sherlock Holmes with Centennial Screening The American Film Institute's
Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland was the perfect place to present
John Barrymore's star turn in the classic silent film
Sherlock Holmes on the 100th anniversary of its release. A number of Red Circle members joined other film fans at the AFI's showcase theatre for the November 13 event, which was greatly

enhanced by a live musical accompaniment by
Donald Sosin and
Joanna Seaton. Your webmaster was also on hand to introduce the film. The AFI's programming director
Todd Hitchcock was a gracious host, and tells us that he's aiming for more Sherlock Holmes programming at the Silver in the near future. Watch this space!
11/14/22 AR
Red Circle Pins Available The pin has been proudly worn all over the Sherlockian world, from Rockville to the Reichenbach, so Red Circle members (which includes everyone who's ever been to a meeting) will treasure having their own. The price is $14.95 each, which includes shipping anywhere. Send an
email to Tom Fahres to order.
Scuttlebutt: One Fixed Point in a Changing Age Our own Peter E. Blau's monthly Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press has endured for more than 50 years, and has a permanent home right here on our website. It's the most remarkable collection of Sherlockian news and notes anywhere, and your webmaster recommends a monthly visit. The very latest edition is available now, as are past numbers. It's just a click away--use the "Scuttlebutt" button at the top of the page.
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