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Sessions: 8Class Date(s): 07-06-2021 to 08-24-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Kim Brooks, Holistic Health InstructorTerm: 2021-2Location: Online Class 4This course uses gentle yoga standing poses to improve our balance and make leg muscles and bones stronger. We will utilize poses for strengthening upper body muscles and incorporate neuron training for memory improvement. Each class includes restful breathing sequences to calm the mind and nervous system and leave each participant feeling relaxed and... read more -
Sessions: 8Class Date(s): 07-09-2021 to 08-27-2021Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 1:30 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Aubrey Reinmiller, PT, CPTTerm: 2021-2Location: Online Class 4Improving your balance can help prevent falls and enhance your mobility! Each session will include strength training of your core and legs as well as stretching for common tight areas. You will learn practical strategies and tips for preventing falls while enjoying some fun balance and coordination exercises. Exercises may be performed seated or standing.... read more
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Sessions: 8Class Date(s): 07-12-2021 to 08-30-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Kim Brooks, Holistic Health InstructorTerm: 2021-2Location: Online Class 4Enjoy a blend of Qi Gong and Tai Chi to promote the relaxation response within you. Balance, flexibility, coordination and stress-reduction exercises will be interwoven in easy-to-learn routines that you can practice every day. Routines can be adapted for sitting in a... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-26-2021 to 07-26-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Sheila Griffith, Program Manager, Alzheimer's Association National Capital Area ChapterTerm: 2021-2Location: Online Class 1Does communicating with your loved one frustrate you? Is there a better way to reach a person with neuro-cognitive difficulties? This program will give you real-life tools you can use as you navigate the difficulties of being a care... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 07-26-2021 to 07-27-2021Day(s) of the week: Monday, TuesdayTime: 4:00 PM → 5:30 PMInstructor: Henry George, Engineer, Archaeologist and GeologistTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassHominids have walked the Earth for six million years. About 30 thousand years ago, there was an explosion in the archaeological record of mobile and parietal art – figurines and cave painting. This evidence of symbolic behavior suggests that humans were thinking differently from before. Humans transformed from being just anatomically modern to being... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-27-2021 to 07-27-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Victor Rezmovic, Computer InstructorTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassBroadcast TV and Cable TV have traditionally provided in-home media to US households. We are experiencing a new paradigm in home entertainment as households are discontinuing their cable TV contracts in favor of streaming options, such as Netflix and Amazon. In this class we will examine: •Technical details of how traditional cable, over-the-air TV and... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-27-2021 to 07-27-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Southwestern CollegeTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassAt the heart of many of the world’s wisdom traditions lies the idea of enlightenment. But what is it exactly? Is it a state of consciousness? Is it a religious experience? Is gained only after years of arduous spiritual discipline and practice, or is it a simple and ordinary shift? Do we have to be a Buddhist or a Hindu to experience it? Join us as we... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-27-2021 to 07-27-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 03:00 PM → 04:30 PMInstructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassBorn in 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie immigrated to the United States in 1997. A voracious reader from childhood, Adichie wrote well enough to win prizes, including the coveted MacArthur Fellowship in 2008. Her award-winning novel’s female protagonist also leaves Nigeria in search of the “American Dream” – does she find... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-28-2021 to 07-28-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Barbara Paulson, European Travel SpecialistTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassSo your car’s odometer hasn’t even turned 1000 miles this year and your passport’s gathering dust. Is there a silver lining to travel in the age of COVID? Absolutely: fewer crowds, different options than you may have considered, more reservation flexibility, etc. Consider a “staycation” beyond your own Puerto Backyarda, relive vacation memories,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-29-2021 to 07-29-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Dr. Paulo Gadelha, former President, FIOCRUZTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassBrazilian doctor Oswaldo Cruz was a key player in Brazil’s history of conflict over public health measures. Battling yellow fever, he convinced public authorities to put in place sanitation measures to eliminate the insects' breeding sites. His actions provoked a violent popular reaction but he won the fight in the end. By 1907 yellow fever had been... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-29-2021 to 07-29-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PMInstructor: Allen Pietrobon, Asst. Professor/Global Affairs, Trinity Univ.Term: 2021-2Location: Online ClassOver the past 70 years, the United States transformed from a relatively wholesome and nourishing food system, to what a critic might call a “Cheez-Whiz food culture,” laden with fats, sugar, and ultra-processed unhealthy foods. How did this come to be? And is it really that... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-29-2021 to 07-29-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 4:00 PM → 5:30 PMInstructor: Andrew Lear, Professor of Ancient Greek (Retired)Term: 2021-2Location: Online ClassPère Lachaise is Paris’ great monumental cemetery, with fabulous tombs and many famous “residents” along its shady paths. Oscar Wilde’s tomb (frequently covered in lipstick kisses) is the most visited in the cemetery, but there is plenty more to see, including the tombs of Chopin, Proust, Sarah Bernhardt, Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas, Colette,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-30-2021 to 07-30-2021Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 1:00 PM → 1:30 PMInstructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Southwestern CollegeTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassJoin us for Friday Reflections with Peter Bolland as we go deeper to reveal the wisdom hidden just beneath the surface of our everyday lives. New themes, questions, and readings every week. (For more Friday Reflections, see class #620, #638, and... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-30-2021 to 07-30-2021Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: James Keeline, Historian & AuthorTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassDo you remember reading popular books like Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and the Bobbsey Twins? These were all products of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book packager founded by Edward Stratemeyer in 1905. Through ingenious methods, they produced some 1,400 volumes between 1905 and 1985 in both famous and obscure series. They helped to establish... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-30-2021 to 07-30-2021Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 6:00 PM → 7:00 PMInstructor: Chris Burns, Many-StringsTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassAaron Copland is an American treasure. The spirit of our land permeates his music. He is often referred to as “ the Dean of American Composers.” Awarded a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, a Congressional Gold Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, his creativity is indeed exceptional. And his music has a warm heart: Fanfare for the Common Man, The... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-02-2021 to 08-02-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Oliva M. Espín, Ph.D.Term: 2021-2Location: Online ClassBefore Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), there were a number of anti-slavery novels written by 19th Century Cuban writers. These novels dramatize the destructive consequences of slavery for individuals and society. The Spanish Colonial government prohibited the publication and distribution of these novels in Cuba because of their possible impact on ideas of... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-02-2021 to 08-02-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 4:00 PM → 5:00 PMInstructor: Kim Keeline, Ph.D., Freelance Consultant and WriterTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassShakespeare wrote The Tempest in retirement and the character of Prospero is often seen as a stand-in for the playwright, controlling those onstage. When he gives up his powers and "drowns his books" he is giving a farewell to theater. There are also often parallels drawn to the exploration and colonization of America that was happening at the time.... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 08-03-2021 to 08-17-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Aniko Makranczy, MFATerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassAustrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) was a visionary who used his art to spread his message for a life in harmony with nature. Learn about his brightly colored paintings utilizing organic forms, his designs, and his unique architecture. He was one of the first to create a self-sustaining home in New Zealand with solar panels, a water... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-03-2021 to 08-03-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 4:00 PM → 5:00 PMInstructor: Maria Butler, MA, Lecturer Emerita, San Diego State UniversityTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassThis lecture highlights the roles and everyday life of Mesoamerican women and how they lived before the European conquest, particularly in the region of the Valley of Mexico before 1492. This is an informative lecture covering topics from birth to death: gender relations, marriage, childbirth, and the vital roles “Aztec” women played in... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-04-2021 to 08-04-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Leah M RussiTerm: 2021-2Location: Online Class(Note earlier time this month!) Join Oasis staff for updates, socializing and more. And a special... read more