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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 Store Learn 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): 05-14-2024 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 Online With 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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Sale!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 Store Poker 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 Class Learn 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: Trip Red 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
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-21-2024 to 05-21-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief, USA TodayTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassSusan Page, the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY and best-selling author, discusses her new book, "The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters." It is the definitive biography of the groundbreaking broadcaster, exploring the professional mountains she climbed, the insecurities that drove her ambition, and the heartbreaks she endured in her... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-22-2024 to 05-22-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis singer/songwriter icon introduced the Caribbean music known as Calypso to the U.S. and went on to become an ardent activist for Civil Rights. From the front line of music fame to the front line of marches and protests, Belafonte was an intense entertainer and leader. We will explore some of the many interesting facets of this complex man, who died at... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-23-2024 to 05-23-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassHumans are conscious beings--at least after our morning coffee. But what is the source of this consciousness? It seems like it has to be the brain, the mind, and/or the soul. It is only in the 20th century that the concepts of mind, brain, and soul were completely differentiated. What do we mean by these ideas? How to they relate to one another? Should we... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-28-2024 to 05-28-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassMary Cassatt is noted as the only American woman within the French Impressionist circle in Paris. From a wealthy Pennsylvania family, she nevertheless carved out a professional career for herself as an artist, defying social conventions of the time. This lecture will put Cassatt in the framework among the Impressionists and their group exhibitions. It will... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-28-2024 to 05-28-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 3:00 PM → 4:30 PMInstructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderTerm: 2024-2Location: Online Class(Please note: We are reading the novel itself; we are not reading the 2020 graphic novel, with the same title.) It took the author over two decades to finish his anti-war novel, inspired by his being an American POW imprisoned in a Dresden slaughterhouse during the Allies’ 1945 aerial bombardment. The work combines elements of autobiography, historical... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-29-2024 to 05-29-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and Online(Please note: The date of this class has been changed from May 8 to May 29.) This presentation will discuss the evolution of American privacy laws, from its origins in Constitutional amendments through to recent case law. There will be a particular focus on media privacy and reproductive privacy rights. The cases discussed will be New York Times Co. v.... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-29-2024 to 05-29-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Charlotte Gray, AuthorTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassIn 1854, Jennie Jerome (future mother of Winston Churchill) and Sara Delano (future mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt) were born. They grew up with incredible privilege but refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives. They lived life on their own terms, but both enabled their sons to reach the epicentre of political power on two continents.... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-30-2024 to 05-30-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Jade Olson, Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Communication, University of Maryland, College ParkTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineSocial movements are behind the most powerful changes in our world. They shift mindsets, enact laws, and influence how we relate to each other. In this class, we’ll address several key questions: What are the features of a movement that can hold leaders' attention and involve millions of participants? What have today’s social movements learned from... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-30-2024 to 05-30-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Leila Thomas, Stroke Research Registered Nurse, NIH Stroke Program/Suburban HospitalTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassThe best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from a stroke is to understand your risk and how to control it. Learn about stroke risk factors and prevention strategies. This webinar will outline a stroke action plan as well as vital signs and symptoms to be aware of using the be F.A.S.T.... read more