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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-11-2023 to 04-11-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Ken Ow, AARP VolunteerTerm: 2023-1Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store Please register for this class through AARP using the link provided. In 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... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-07-2022 to 11-07-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Eleanor Tanno, MDTerm: 2022-3Location: Online Class Getting your end-of-life documents together can be intimidating! Dr. Eleanor Tanno, a local board certified primary care physician, will walk you through one of the key documents -- the Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Form. The MOLST form is a two page cheat sheet for doctors to quickly know your medical preferences in the event you are... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-07-2022 to 11-07-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Vincent Rossi, Historian & AuthorTerm: 2022-3Location: Online Class The City of San Diego was profoundly changed by World War II. The population nearly doubled between 1940 and 1943. During that period, 1,500 people per week were moving into San Diego and entire new neighborhoods, such as Linda Vista, grew up. Balboa Park was rapidly transformed into a navy training base and San Diego became a hub for military activity in... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-08-2022 to 11-08-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Henry George, Engineer, Archaeologist and GeologistTerm: 2022-3Location: Online Class Columbus is credited for discovering the New World, but in reality, the New World was settled many millennia before by settlers from North East Asia. This lecture will examine the Clovis-first settlement of the New World featuring a three-migration hypothesis —The Paleo-Indians from the Lena River, The Athabaskans from Dyuktai, and the Eskimo-Aleuts from... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-08-2022 to 11-08-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 3:00 PM → 4:30 PMInstructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Term: 2022-3Location: Online Class Why is Monet such a popular artist today? And why do so many of us love his works of art? For instance, do you count his paintings among your favorites? In this 3-part series, beloved Oasis art history instructor Joan Hart combines lecture and discussion, seeking answers to these questions by taking us on a journey into the world of Monet. In this session,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-09-2022 to 11-09-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PMInstructor: Brian Rose, Professor (ret.), Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham UniversityTerm: 2022-3Location: Online Class Since the beginning of motion pictures, making audiences laugh has been one of film industry’s chief box office attractions. Skilled acrobatic comedians were enormously popular in the silent era, as were their more verbally dexterous talking picture successors. Comedy exploded once movies could talk, from screwball to romance to social satire to musicals,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-09-2022 to 11-09-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianTerm: 2022-3Location: Online Class When it comes to Rock'n'Roll guitarists of the 1950s, Chuck Berry's name jumps out ahead of everyone else's name as being the man who created Rock'n'Roll guitar playing from which all guitar players of that genre evolved. In this class we'll take a look at some of the other great but lesser known players of that... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-09-2022 to 11-09-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store When it comes to Rock'n'Roll guitarists of the 1950s, Chuck Berry's name jumps out ahead of everyone else's name as being the man who created Rock'n'Roll guitar playing from which all guitar players of that genre evolved. In this class we'll take a look at some of the other great but lesser known players of that... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-10-2022 to 11-10-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Ken Ow, AARP VolunteerTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store In 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): 11-10-2022 to 11-10-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PMInstructor: Allen Pietrobon, Asst. Professor/Global Affairs, Trinity Univ.Term: 2022-3Location: Online Class Norman Cousins is probably best remembered as the long-time editor of the influential American weekly magazine Saturday Review. But Cousins was also engaged in secret missions behind the Iron Curtain to conduct high-stakes negotiations directly with the Soviet leadership. In the shadow of the nuclear arms race, Cousins worked tirelessly to slow... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-10-2022 to 11-10-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Imani Y. Haynes, Education Program Manager, and Lauren Bokor, Archaeology Education InstructorTerm: 2022-3Location: Trip This park in North Bethesda, MD is significant because of its association with Reverend Henson, whose 1849 autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s landmark novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This two-part program includes a presentation about Reverend Henson, followed by a tour... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-11-2022 to 11-11-2022Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Christine Bitzer, LICSW, LCSWTerm: 2022-3Location: Online Class We all wish to sustain our quality of life and remain active and engaged as we age. Learn how to safeguard your health while enjoying the activities and social relationships which bring you happiness. In order to continue an active lifestyle, one needs both physical and mental capacity. Learn the concrete steps one can take to minimize your health risks and... read more