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Essays and Articles

Expert essays and articles written by Peoria Riverfront Museum staff, guest curators, and content experts.

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Juice Steals Earth’s Momentum

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Charles White’s Challenge

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Ideogram

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A New Crater on the Moon

Douglass

Frederick Douglass in Peoria

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Danaïde

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Webb Finds the Lightest 'Failed Stars'

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We The People: A New Constitution

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Art Through Trauma

Field of Dreams

Phil Alden Robinson's 1989 "Field of Dreams"

Nothing but a Man

Michael Roemer's 1964 "Nothing but a Man"

Defending Your Life (1991)

Albert Brooks' 1991 "Defending Your Life"

Nashville (1975)

Robert Altman's 1975 "Nashville"

Demme Double-Feature

Who Am I This Time/Stop Making Sense

Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

Nancy Meyers' 2003 "Something's Gotta Give"

Crooklyn (1994)

Spike Lee's 1994 "Crooklyn"

The Apartment

Billy Wilder's 1960 "The Apartment"

MTV

America Never Looked at Music the Same Way Again

Einstein

Atomic Age Began on Illinois Squash Court

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Peoria to the Moon

America 250

Ulysses S. Grant and the Promise of Liberty

Lou Ye’s 2000 “Suzhou River”

Lou Ye’s 2000 “Suzhou River”

Wong Kar-wai’s 2000 “In the Mood for Love”

Wong Kar-wai’s 2000 “In the Mood for Love”

Céline Sciamma’s 2019 “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

Céline Sciamma’s 2019 “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1972 “The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant”

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1972 “The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant”

Gus Van Sant’s 1995 “To Die For”

Gus Van Sant’s 1995 “To Die For”

Joseph Losey’s 1963 “The Servant”

Joseph Losey’s 1963 “The Servant”

Chantal Akerman’s 1975 “Jeanne Dielman”

Chantal Akerman’s 1975 “Jeanne Dielman”

Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1964 “Woman in the Dunes”

Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1964 “Woman in the Dunes”

David Lynch’s 2001 “Mulholland Drive”

David Lynch’s 2001 “Mulholland Drive”