For this final presentation in the Silver Screen Saturdays series featuring prohibition and gangster films, the Peoria Riverfront Museum will show The Untouchables.  

This event is co-sponsored by OLLI at Bradley, and our own Cinema Committee Chair Carol May will moderate a pre-film discussion.  Don't miss your chance to see this classic on the Giant Screen, featuring Robert De Niro as Al Capone himself.

Click here to purchase your tickets in advance!
 

To register for any of these learning trips, click here to utilize our online system, or call Gwen at 309-677-3900.

On this trip, we will learn about the some of the hidden gems at Wildlife Prairie Park.  We'll see how students from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine are progressing in a new program that provides exams for all the park animals.

Komatsu America is the second-largest manufacturer and supplier of construction equipment in North America.  On this tour, we'll see a large truck frame welded
from start to finish and walk through the assembly line of mining trucks. We will be walking and on our feet for the entire tour; per Komatsu regulations, it is imperative that you meet the activity level requirements.

Menold Construction and Restoration is a multifaceted, award-winning restoration contractor serving a large area of Central Illinois. On this trip, participants will tour Menold's state-of-the-art restoration and construction facility in Morton. 

$25 - includes lunch, gratuities, tour, and shuttle transportation

In this group, we'll explore how and why art is thriving in our town and the role of women in that growth.  Four Peoria women artists - Dana Baldwin, Jaci Willis, Cathie Crawford, and Barb Hoffman - will join our discussions over the last four weeks. 

To register online, please click here, or call Bonnie at 309-677-3900.

The Interrupters

During a turbulent and violent period in Chicago, The Interrupters follows the moving and surprising stories of three "Violence Interrupters," who try to protect their neighborhoods from the violence that was a daily part of their lives. The film's main protagonists are Ameena
Matthews, daughter of one of the city's most notorious gang leaders, Cobe Williams, a good-natured young man moving down the wrong path after his father's murder, and Eddie Bocanegra, who is haunted by a murder he committed when he was seventeen. The three Chicagoans work for an innovative organization, CeaseFire, which believes that the spread of violence mimics the spread of infectious diseases, and so the treatment should be similar: go after the most infected and stop the infection at its source. Using their street reputations, the "Violence Interrupters" attempt to intervene in conflicts before they explode into violence. Recommended reading material will include online articles related to gang violence in Chicago. 

Guest speakers will include Judy Huff, former Director of the Human Services Program at Illinois Central College and Facilitator of Poverty Simulation Programs, and a representative from the Peoria Police department's "Don't Shoot" Initiative.

To register for this group online, please click here, or call Gwen at 309-677=3900.

Advance registration is not required; parking will be available in the Main Street parking deck or in the Visitor's parking lot.

Continuing Education hosts a popular summer camp for gifted and talented students in June and August called World of Wonder, which provides a fun and challenging opportunity for a younger generation of lifelong learners!

Our teachers love to use clean, recyclable materials in their hands-on class projects, including the following:

- paper towel, toilet paper, and wrapping paper rolls

- shoe boxes

- cereal and snack boxes

- plastic containers and lids

- egg cartons

- newspapers and magazines (age-appropriate)

If you are able to collect any of the above materials, we would like to take them off your hands!  Materials can be dropped off at our office, located on the corner of Main and University Streets, Monday - Friday, between 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  If you are attending Spring Classes, you may also drop off materials at the registration desk on class days.

Thank you for supporting World of Wonder!

The Bradley Community Chorus will present music for chorus and four-hand piano this Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Dingeldine Music Center (1417 Barker, Peoria).  

Admission is $10 for adults.  This concert is part of the Music Scholarship Series, and all proceeds will go towards scholarships for Bradley music students.  Tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling 309-677-2650.

The Bradley University Center for STEM Education invites the public to this FREE presentation by internationally-known paleontologist, Jack Horner!  Senior adjunct scientist at the Smithsonian Institution and Curator at the Museum of the Rockies, Horner directs the larges dinosaur field research program in the world and has been featured on CBS's 60 Minutes, National Geographic, and The Discovery Channel.  He also served as the technical advisor for Steven Spielberg on all of the Jurassic Park movies and for the FOX television show Terra Nova.

Horner's free presentation at 1:00 p.m. is preceded by morning activities on campus featuring fossil exhibits.  To view a flyer with exhibition details, parking information, and more, please click here.