The Omaha Sherlockian Society
* Welcome
* About Us
* Meeting Structure
* The Next Meeting
* Notes to Members and Visitors
* Contacting the Society
* Becoming a Member
The Canon, by first publication date
The Canon, by date written
The Canon, by collection
The Canon, by abbreviation
Previous Meetings
* Meetings in 2023
* Meetings in 2022
* Meetings in 2021
* Meetings in 2020
* Meetings in 2019
* Meetings in 2018
* Meetings in 2017
Users and Visitors
* Visitors are Welcome!
* Registered Users (members)
* Becoming a Registered User
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Welcome This page is the start of your path to information about the Omaha Sherlockian Society, a group of individuals with significant interest in the collection of novels and short stories about Sherlock Holmes and his activities. Although fictional, Mr. Holmes lives on in the minds – and pens (or word processors) of many.
About Us The Omaha Sherlockian Society was originally organized by Carl Wirth in October 2010. The group became a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars on October 24, 2016. It meets on the second Saturday of each month. Meetings usually begin with notes of recent events of interest to Sherlockians, and then proceed to a discussion of either a story from the Canon, or a pastiche. The stories from the Canon are currently covered in the order in which it is expected they were written. As you might expect, during the pandemic our meetings have been almost exclusively remote using Zoom to provide video and audio of the members. But we still manage to meet every month.
Our next meeting will be held on April 9th as a Zoom meeting.
The plan for the meeting is to discuss the fourth and fifth stories in The Sign of Seven (that is, The Dark Carnival by Andrew Lane and The Monkton House Mystery by David Stuart Davies.). The two remaining stories in the collection will be discussed during the May meeting.
The May and June meetings (on May 14th and June 11th) will be held in the large meeting room on the lower level of the W. Clarke Swanson Branch of the Omaha Public Library! Many are already familiar with this location, but we've been absent from there for many meetings. As expected, the meetings are scheduled for two hours starting at 10:00 AM. It is currently not clear if this will be a hybrid meeting (that is, in person for some and by Zoom for others). Details will be announced later.
There will soon be a page from which you can contact us. It's not completely implemented yet, though.
If you think you might enjoy being a member of the society, send e-mail to the site administrator (admin@omahasherlockiansociety.org) and you'll be added to the list of users who can be admitted to the monthly Zoom meetings.