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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-23-2024 to 07-23-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 3:30 PMInstructor: Ken Ow, AARP VolunteerTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreDrivers who complete this course may receive a multi-year discount on their auto insurance, depending on state regulations. Exciting new content includes information on brain health, railroad and animal crossings, plus expanded information on car technology and updates on the many new laws in Maryland. A number of tips will be offered to help reduce your... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-23-2024 to 07-23-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 3:00 PM → 4:30 PMInstructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassIt’s July, in Michigan, first during 1988 and then during 2020. First it’s the Tom Lake summer stock company performing Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”, and then it’s the female lead Lara and her family harvesting their cherry-orchard farm while isolated on their own in the pandemic. It’s the third time we’re turning to Oasis crowd-pleaser Ann... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-24-2024 to 07-24-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AMInstructor: Jenna Febrizio, PhD, Curator and Director of Education, Heurich House MuseumTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineLocated in Dupont Circle, the Heurich House Museum explores the American Experience through the legacy of German immigrant Christian Heurich and his Washington, DC Brewery and creates an equitable path to success for local small-scale businesses. The Heurich family lived in the Victorian-era mansion from 1894 to 1956. The house included many... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-24-2024 to 07-24-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineAll Americans know the game football. However in most other countries, other than Canada, the term "football" refers to the game we call "soccer." But we don't have to leave the U.S. to find different interpretations of the same word or phrases. There are often differences in how Black & White Americans perceive and interpret the same words. This class... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-25-2024 to 07-25-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Ralph D Buglass, Montgomery HistoryTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis is a follow-on to a February Oasis presentation spotlighting lesser-known places of interest in Montgomery County. Through illustrated slides, participants will learn about the county's national landmarks -- including three houses in which notable women lived -- as well as other out-of-the-way fascinating structures. Did you know, for example, there... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-25-2024 to 07-25-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Ken Ow, AARP VolunteerTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreIn this workshop, you'll learn how to utilize the latest high-tech safety features in your current car, what technology to look for when shopping for a new car, the safety benefits of blind-spot warning systems, forward collision warnings, lane departure warnings, smart headlights, and more! Limit:... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-26-2024 to 07-26-2024Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Mona Kaleem, MD, Wilmer Eye InstituteTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassLearn about glaucoma and its effect on eye health. Dr. Kaleem will detail how it is diagnosed, prevented and how to treat... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-29-2024 to 07-29-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AMInstructor: Bernardo Vega, Investigator, Office of Consumer ProtectionTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineDigital payment platforms allow us to send money quickly without the hassle of carrying cash. However, because of this convenience it’s important to slow down and be mindful of who you are sending money to. Much like cash, your money can be hard to get back once you have sent it. We’ll discuss payment app options and best practices for using them... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-30-2024 to 07-30-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassThe Transatlantic Slave Trade was the largest forced migration in human history. In all, more than 12 million African men, women, and children were kidnapped, enslaved and made to board European ships destined for the New World. However, this talk turns this history inside out, examining the huge varieties of African resistance to this 400-year-long... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-30-2024 to 07-30-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassVisit an English Anglican church in the heart of this most French North American city; check out a former prison, later college, now historical society headquarters; view hundreds of fresco murals depicting everything from fairy tales to the1889 landslides to fishing trades; peruse the medical instruments collection from the oldest hospital in North... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-31-2024 to 07-31-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Nikki Haddad, Alexandra Hardee, & Marla Caplon, Montgomery County Senior Nutrition ProgramTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreWhether you eat with others or alone, healthy meals can be quick to prepare and light for digestion. Let’s share some ideas and try a few easy and tasty... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-01-2024 to 08-01-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, with one of the greatest collections of Western (European) art in the world, is impossible to appreciate in one visit, or even two or three. In this two-part virtual tour, we’ll skip effortlessly from gallery to gallery to highlight some of the masterpieces of painting and sculpture in the Met. Moving... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-06-2024 to 08-06-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis famous avant garde composer was forced by the Nazis to relocate to New York City in 1933. There, Weill reinvented himself as a Broadway composer, working in a new style, a new language and with new collaborators. amous pieces include "Threepenny Opera", "Lady in the Dark", "Lost in the Stars", "Street... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-06-2024 to 08-06-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassDr. A.C. Barnes made his fortune marketing patent medicine in “Mainline” Philadelphia. In establishing the Barnes Foundation, he sought to use art as a tool to teach students how to think critically. To that end, from 1912 until his death in 1951, Barnes purchased hundreds of works of art – from Impressionists to African masks – which he arranged... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-07-2024 to 08-07-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Kim Levone, Producer, and CastTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreBack by popular demand. We're turning Oasis into a comedy club, again! Comedy as a Second Language is a live, interactive comedy show featuring the stand-up comedy of immigrant and 1st generation performers. Audiences love this show! Lots of fun with our comics as they share stories and jokes about their lives, families and their relationship with their... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-08-2024 to 08-08-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassAre there thoughts we cannot think and if so, how can we think about them? What are the limits of thoughts? Are they indicative of aspects of the world or simply arbitrary boundaries of our neurological wiring? We can surely think of thinks that are false, but can we imagine that which is impossible? Could there be truths that we cannot know and if so, how... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-08-2024 to 08-08-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, with one of the greatest collections of Western (European) art in the world, is impossible to appreciate in one visit, or even two or three. In this two-part virtual tour, we’ll skip effortlessly from gallery to gallery to highlight some of the masterpieces of painting and sculpture in the Met. Moving... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-10-2024 to 08-10-2024Day(s) of the week: SaturdayTime: 10:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Marianne Starr, Naturalist, Locust Grove Nature CenterTerm: 2024-2Location: TripLevel of Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 This natural trail includes a beautiful waterfall and plenty of trees to keep you in the shade. Its namesake, Rachel Carson, was an outstanding American writer, environmental activist, and Montgomery County resident. Burnt Mills West Special Park, 10700 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD. Poles are optional. ... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-13-2024 to 08-13-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Briana Thomas, Historian, Journalist and Tour GuideTerm: 2024-2Location: Online ClassBefore chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington’s Greater U Street was known as Black... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-14-2024 to 08-14-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis class will focus on the top dozen cases, both civil and criminal, heard by the Court during the past year. Special emphasis will be placed on evolving trends and voting blocks on the Court. As always, issues related to criminal decisions will be discussed in... read more
