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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-31-2022 to 12-31-2022Day(s) of the week: SaturdayInstructor: Oasis Computer InstructorsTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreDo you want to advance a computer skill, fill in gaps in your knowledge, or solve a computer problem? An Oasis technology tutors can help you with your laptop or other portable device (e.g. phone, tablet) in a private session here at Oasis, outdoors at your favorite coffee shop OR online if appropriate, lasting up to two hours. You will be contacted by... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-30-2022 to 11-30-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Douglas Stowell, Principal, Market Research AssociatesTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassRemember when "1984" was the future? Then 2001, the New Millennium, was the future? So what's the next future? First, we'll take a quick look back, just to set the stage. (Remember how you did things before the Smart Phone?) Then we'll explore what's likely to happen in the next 8 - 10 years. We'll look ahead at transportation, healthcare, education,... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-30-2022 to 11-30-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassArchitects shape our daily lives in ways we often don't notice or understand. Learn to look critically at the architecture of the present as well as that of the past -- classical temples, Gothic cathedrals, modern skyscrapers. See how designers manipulate building materials, space, light and volume to influence the way we experience the built... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-30-2022 to 11-30-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreArchitects shape our daily lives in ways we often don't notice or understand. Learn to look critically at the architecture of the present as well as that of the past -- classical temples, Gothic cathedrals, modern skyscrapers. See how designers manipulate building materials, space, light and volume to influence the way we experience the built... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-01-2022 to 12-01-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassWerner Heisenberg was one of the figures who created quantum mechanics, the strange theory of matter at its smallest levels. We will delve into this theory, explaining wave/particle duality, the measurement problem, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. We will examine Heisenberg's own life, including questions around his participation in the Nazi nuclear... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-01-2022 to 12-01-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Daniel Stashower, Author, and Scott Sedar, ActorTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassAuthor Daniel Stashower’s new book, American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper, explores a gripping, little-known chapter of the storied career of a legendary crime fighter. Join Stashower and actor Scott Sedar as they bring this American icon to life, from his early exploits in Chicago as leader of "The Untouchables" to... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-02-2022 to 12-02-2022Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Barbara Paulson, European Travel SpecialistTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassALL NEW CONTENT! Skip Westminster Abbey; try a 12th c. Knights Templar church. Skip the decorative arts at the V&A; view a retrospective of English living rooms from the past 500 years or the Fan Museum (yes, those things you flap around to cool off). Skip the British Library; visit Charles Dickens' or Samuel Johnson’s home and library. Skip the Cutty... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-02-2022 to 12-02-2022Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 6:00 PM → 7:00 PMInstructor: Chris Burns, Many-StringsTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassA regular experience of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos is an essential ingredient to a life well lived. They are magical! Enchanting! And we are very lucky to have them at all! They almost disappeared forever. Felix Mendelsohn to the rescue! With their rediscovery, Johann Sebastian Bach became Baroque... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-05-2022 to 12-05-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Barbara Evans, Independent Lecturer in Art HistoryTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassIn the 1920s, Johannes Vermeer was a newly discovered master whose genius was appreciated, but whose known oeuvre remained extremely small. In the eagerness to learn more about the artist and his work, and to expand his oeuvre beyond the few securely attributed paintings, many scholars uncritically accepted works that suddenly appeared in the art market.... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-05-2022 to 12-05-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Blaine Davies, MA, Professor of U.S. HistoryTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassAt the turn of the 20th Century, Los Angeles was stuck. Without access to a reliable water source, the city could grow no further. In one of the greatest civil engineering feats in American history, William Mulholland designed and built the Los Angeles Aqueduct which transported water 233 miles from the picturesque Owens Valley south to Los Angeles.... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-06-2022 to 12-06-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Julie Kurzava, Music Faculty, Loyola UniversityTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassJulie Kurzava continues her discussion of the transition of American popular songs from Frank Sinatra to R&B, Rock and Roll and the Folk Music Revival. Bob Dylan's music combines the generational shift to protest music and the transition from acoustic instruments to electric. This class will examine his enduring impact, from a historical context to... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-06-2022 to 12-06-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Julie Kurzava, Music Faculty, Loyola UniversityTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreJulie Kurzava continues her discussion of the transition of American popular songs from Frank Sinatra to R&B, Rock and Roll and the Folk Music Revival. Bob Dylan's music combines the generational shift to protest music and the transition from acoustic instruments to electric. This class will examine his enduring impact, from a historical context to... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-06-2022 to 12-06-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Philip R. Pryde, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus SDSU, Author, LecturerTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassMary Magdalene is among the most famous of women, yet little is actually known about her. Two common depictions of Mary, as a reformed prostitute or Jesus' wife, are now both known to be false. But then who was she? Might she have been an early advocate for gender equality? What are the Gnostic Gospels, and can their depiction of Mary be accepted? What... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-07-2022 to 12-07-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassThe Hudson River School — a loose group of American landscape artists — was neither a school nor confined to the Hudson River Valley. Beginning in the early 19th-century, American painters finally paid significant attention to the uniqueness of landscape around them. The Hudson River School drew inspiration from America’s unspoiled landscape,... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-07-2022 to 12-07-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Jane Ellen, Performer, Composer, and Recording ArtistTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassSam Cooke is arguably the inventor of the soul music genre, in which he worked as both singer and songwriter. He had 30 Top 40 hits between 1957-64, and it’s clear that his relaxed and effortless vocals influenced an entire generation. He was murdered at the age of 33 just as his success as a crossover artist - combined with his involvement with the... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-08-2022 to 12-08-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassThe presentation will focus on the development of our right to privacy as it relates to reproductive freedom. The State’s Attorney will be discussing the judicial decisions on the right to privacy from Griswold v. Connecticut to Roe v. Wade. He will also discuss the impact Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will have on criminal justice and... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-08-2022 to 12-08-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe presentation will focus on the development of our right to privacy as it relates to reproductive freedom. The State’s Attorney will be discussing the judicial decisions on the right to privacy from Griswold v. Connecticut to Roe v. Wade. He will also discuss the impact Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will have on criminal justice and... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-08-2022 to 12-08-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Bill Keene, Urban HistorianTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassThe Hudson River Valley was originally settled by a diverse mixture of peoples in the colonial period. Later it became home to generations of prominent families like the Livingstons and Roosevelts as well as famous authors such as Cooper and Hawthorne. It also became synonymous with an entire school of painters. In a richly illustrated lecture, Bill... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-09-2022 to 12-09-2022Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AMInstructor: Ori Fox, Instrument Scientist, Space Telescope Science InstituteTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store Dr. Fox has been involved in the telescope’s launch, commissioning, and ongoing research as an instrument scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute. He'll give us a behind-the-scenes look at the $10-billion telescope from its launch to its first looks deep into space and time. He’ll display some of the magnificent images produced by the... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 12-09-2022 to 12-09-2022Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AMInstructor: Ori Fox, Instrument Scientist, Space Telescope Science InstituteTerm: 2022-3Location: Online Class Dr. Fox has been involved in the telescope’s launch, commissioning, and ongoing research as an instrument scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute. He'll give us a behind-the-scenes look at the $10-billion telescope from its launch to its first looks deep into space and time. He’ll display some of the magnificent images produced by the... read more
