Senior Peers Actively Renewing Knowledge (SPARK) partners with the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival and the Kansas City Public Library, to offer a series of lectures about the Bard’s The Merchant of Venice. The lectures take place on four consecutive Mondays (February 23 – March 16) in Truman Forum on the lower level of the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St. Monday, March 2 The Merchant of Venice: Behind the Scenes Presented by Sidonie Garrett, executive artist director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, and various staff and cast members Monday, March 9 The Merchant of Venice - The Humanity of Villains: meeting Shylock Presented by Park University’s Adam Potthast Monday, March 16 The Merchant of Venice: Shylock in the Movies Presented by UMKC’s Joan Dean