WRI to bring Great Books program to Arkansas

The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute is bringing the St. John’s College Great Books program to Arkansas. Dr. Victoria Mora, vice president of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, N.M., will lead the seminar, which will be on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. It will take place Friday, June 12, through Saturday, June 13. The seminar will include sessions with Mora both days, plus meals and overnight accommodations at the Institute. The seminar will precede a performance of the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre’s “As You Like It” the following weekend, on Saturday, June 20, at the Institute. For more information, visit rockefellerinstitute.org/institute-programs/greatbooks. For information on the upcoming Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre season, visit arkshakes.com.