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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-04-2024 to 05-04-2024Day(s) of the week: SaturdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Marianne Starr, Naturalist, Locust Grove Nature CenterTerm: 2024-2Location: TripLevel of Difficulty: 1 out of 5 We'll look for late blooming spring flowers, look for insects and talk about their importance to the ecosystem, and wildlife in and around the canal and river. Participants are responsible for their own transportation. Follow signs off the Clara Barton Parkway to the Carderock C&O parking. Park in the Carderock... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-06-2024 to 05-06-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Katie Sagayo, Volunteer Manager, Manna Food CenterTerm: 2024-2Location: TripEstablished in 1983, Manna Food Center distributes approximately 12,000 pounds of food daily. More than just a food bank, Manna is a center of distribution and nutrition education. For this volunteer event, participants will go to Manna’s warehouse and help check expiration dates and sort non-perishable food items into designated bins. Volunteers... read more
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Sessions: 6Class Date(s): 05-06-2024 to 06-17-2024No Class: May 27Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Nancy Kay, Mah Jongg InstructorTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreLearn the Great Game of China. We will learn American style Mah Jongg using the National Mah Jongg League rules. You will learn how to read the card, the names of the tiles, how to pick a hand, do the Charleston, build a wall, and play defensively. Make new friends and have fun playing this game of skill and luck. This class is for people new to Mah... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-07-2024 to 05-07-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassThe Constitution is a much beloved document, a charter that many Americans regard with pride, reverence, and awe. Yet, over the past half-century, several historians have argued that many of its innocuous-sounding articles offered a dramatic giveaway to slaveholders. This program will help you determine where the truth lies. We’ll follow the framers of... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-07-2024 to 05-07-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PMInstructor: Brian Rose, Professor (ret.), Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham UniversityTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassFor more than seven decades, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks made America laugh—either through their remarkable solo careers or their legendary partnership. Whether together or apart, they were giants of American comedy, who basically conquered every field they entered, whether television, movies, Broadway, or records. This presentation will examine their... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-08-2024 to 05-08-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Beth Kimel, FacilitatorTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreHave you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Here's Julian Treasure to help you fix that. As the sound expert demonstrates some useful vocal exercises and shares tips on how to speak with empathy, he offers his vision for a sonorous world of listening and understanding. We will watch this TED talk together and then engage in dialogue... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-08-2024 to 05-08-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Joseph White MD, Vascular/Endovascular Surgeon, Suburban HospitalTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassPeripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a narrowing of the arteries outside of the heart and brain. What are the risk factors associated with peripheral vascular disease and what are treatment options ?available to... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-09-2024 to 05-09-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Nikki Haddad, Alexandra Hardee, & Marla Caplon, Montgomery County Senior Nutrition ProgramTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreAs we age, selecting foods that support healthy cognition are important to good overall wellbeing. Let’s learn, discuss, and try a few simple recipes that can boost brain... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-09-2024 to 05-09-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Dan Sherman, PhDTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineFor more than 50 years, Julliard-trained composer Peter Schickele assumed the mantle of P.D.Q. Bach, a forgotten and musically incompetent son of the great Johann Sebastian Bach. Both onstage and on many records, Schickele created wonderful parodies of classical music. The jokes Schickele created drew widely on classical music and satirized musicology... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-13-2024 to 05-13-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Seth Kibel and FriendsTerm: 2024-2Location: F. Scott Fitzgerald TheaterSummer is just around the corner! Join us to kick off the new term with a bang! Join Seth Kibel and Friends for a whirlwind tour of music from Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and beyond. This musical journey will set your toes tapping and your spirits flying! Doors open at 12:30 pm. This event is sponsored by AARP Maryland with... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-14-2024 to 05-14-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army Signal CorpsTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineWith all of the recent WWII presentations that focused on various campaigns in Europe, we sometimes lose track of an equally hard-fought war in Asia. For nearly four years British and Indian forces fought a very arduous campaign in southeast Asia, not only against the Japanese but against hunger, disease, jungle conditions, mountains, and monsoons. And... read more
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Sessions: 6Class Date(s): 05-14-2024 to 06-18-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Marilyn Lichtman, EdDTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StorePoker was first played in New Orleans in saloons and steamboats. It was usually played by men. Today, Poker has become a very popular game for men and women. Even Beyonce is in on the action with her latest hit "Texas Hold ‘Em." This class is about poker basics. After this 6-session series, you will NOT be ready to play with the big money players. ... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-14-2024 to 05-14-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Gary A. Rendsburg, Distinguished Professor, Jewish Studies, Rutgers UniversityTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassLearn the story of the groundbreaking discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, including the explorations of the caves and the excavations at Qumran, and the progress of scholarly work in the subsequent 75 years. We also will look at the key documents themselves, with an eye to uncovering the salient features of the Essene community which produced these... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-15-2024 to 05-15-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThere is no doubt that Irving Berlin’s life and career is the quintessential immigrant story. Arriving from a foreign land as a small child with nothing, he channeled his talent, ambition and hard work to become the standard bearer of American culture. Come hear a great story, as Julie Kurzava shares the history and music of Irving Berlin’s... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-15-2024 to 05-15-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Term: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis program is based on a recent exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art called "Making Her Mark, A History of Women Artists from 1400-1800". Discover some of the leading woman artists of their time, who have been overlooked until recently from the Italian Renaissance to the Dutch Golden Age to the Rococo... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-16-2024 to 05-16-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Jim Resnick (retired Battalion Chief), Program Manager, Senior Outreach & Education, MCFRSTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineDoes your home safety equipment need a checkup? You probably get a regular checkup for your health from a healthcare provider. Your home deserves the same care and attention. You might be able to check (and perhaps correct) some things in your home, but what do you really know about your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms? MCFRS Fire Safety Educator Jim... read more
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Out of stockSessions: 4Class Date(s): 05-16-2024 to 06-06-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Judy Goldstein, Retired MCPS Special/Alternative Education TeacherTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreExpressive art is all about the process not the product. In this course, you will be introduced to a number of different artists, styles and methods. In each session, you'll have an opportunity to create art "in the style of" (e.g., Monet, Seurat, Matisse, Picasso, Van Gogh). No previous art experience required. As instructor Judy Goldstein says,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-17-2024 to 05-17-2024Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 10:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Becca Roe, Volunteer CoordinatorTerm: 2024-2Location: TripRed Wiggler is a sustainable Care Farm where people with and without developmental disabilities come together to work, learn, and grow healthy food. Volunteers join us for a variety of farming tasks. Depending on the time of year and time of day, we might be weeding, harvesting, planting, or doing other field maintenance. Volunteers will work side-by-side... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-20-2024 to 05-20-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PMInstructor: Adam Brookes, Journalist and Foreign CorrespondentTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis class is a talk with slides presenting Adam Brookes’s work of narrative non-fiction FRAGILE CARGO: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China’s Forbidden City. FRAGILE CARGO tells the true story – for the first time in English – of the brave curators and art historians who saved the imperial art collections of China from devastation... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-21-2024 to 05-21-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Officer Demond Johnson. Community Services Officer, 2nd District, Montgomery County Police DepartmentTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreOfficer Johnson will share an update about our local Police Department. You'll have time to ask questions and discuss public safety concerns. Coffee will be... read more