2021 

• September 25  Red Circle Picnic at Glen Echo Park. See registration information at left
• October 2  First Annual BSI Trust Lecture  VIRTUAL  This lecture, which is free and open to all, will be delivered by Roberta Pearson, Professor of Film and Television Studies in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham. The lecture will begin at 2pm Eastern Time, and Zoom registration is now open. Click here to register.
• October 6  Sherlock Holmes Under the Magnifying Glass: The Game's Afoot VIRTUAL  It's always fun when our own Dan Stashower teams up with actor Scott Sedar to do a presentation at the Smithsonian Institution. And this one is virtual, so Sherlockians and future Sherlockians from near and far have a chance to see Dan's latest offering. It happens at 6:30 Eastern Time on October 6, and details are here.
• November 6  A Saturday with Sherlock Holmes  In a gratifying sign that things are beginning to return to normal, this traditional and popular event will be held live at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, beginning at 11am. Details to follow. Save the date.
• December 15 - 19  DisCon III, The 79th World Science Fiction Convention, will be held at the Omni Sheraton Hotel in Washington. Will there be any Sherlockian content? Time will tell. Information is here.

2022

• January 11 - 16 Sherlock Holmes Birthday Weekend returns to New York City, live and in person. The BSI dinner (invitation only) will be held on January 14. All other events will be announced in due course, and as always, will be open to all. The schedule is likely to be similar to years prior to 2021 and will be posted here as details become available.
• July 29 - 31  Sherlock Holmes and the British Empire  This conference, sponsored by the Baker Street Irregulars, which had been scheduled for 2020 has been postponed once again and rescheduled for July 29 - 31, 2022. The venue has not changed and the event will still be held at the Bear Mountain Inn in the Hudson Valley, near West Point, New York. You need not be a BSI member to attend, and if you would like to receive direct notifications about this and other BSI doings, you can join their email list by clicking here.

For a much more comprehensive list of Sherlockian meetings and events around the United States and beyond, see Ron Fish's

Sherlockian Calendar.

Routes from the Reichenbach captures worldwide audience  The July 10 joint meeting of The Red Circle and The Reichenbach Irregulars of Switzerland boasted some 150 participants from at least 15 countries. It was a grand launch party for the new book from the Reichenbach Irregulars, Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle and Switzerland. Drawn from one of the book's main themes, the program for the day was "Routes from the Reichenbach," as three experts on both Sherlock Holmes and Switzerland's challenging terrain presented their views about how Holmes managed to foil Moriarty's henchmen and travel safely from the falls to Florence after the professor's precipitous plunge from the precipice. The research and creativity of our special guests Eva Iggland, Guy Marriott and Bryan Stone were evident as they each mapped a different route, and their exuberant turns at playing the Grand Game were appreciated by all. In the USA, the book is available from amazon; in Europe it's available from Books on Demand. And, the highly entertaining video of the event is available simply by clicking the screen.

Sherlockian Societies info and interactive map are featured on the new and extremely useful website from the Beacon Society. Most Sherlockians know that the Beacon Society focuses its light on bringing the exploits of the Great Detective to young people. To advance that cause--and to provide an excellent resource for all Sherlockians--the Beacon Society's new website includes great information about Sherlockian societies along with a map pinpointing active groups and giving contact information for each. The Sherlockian Society page is here, and the home page for the new website is here.

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.

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