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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-16-2023 to 01-16-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:15 PMInstructor: Michael Suser, Band Leader and Lecturer, and Charlene Cochran, VocalistTerm: 2023-1Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreStart your week at Oasis with coffee and treats, followed by live music and the story behind it. Oasis Musical Mondays are underwritten by the Robin Fields Memorial Fund. The roaring twenties really did roar. Rebounding from the horrors of WWI, America was ready for a good time, and music was a main attraction. Americans would dance, drink and party... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-16-2023 to 01-16-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PMInstructor: Douglas Brinkley, Author and Presidential HistorianTerm: 2023-1Location: Online ClassNew York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley will chronicle the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In his new book Silent Spring... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-17-2023 to 01-17-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre InstructorTerm: 2023-1Location: Online ClassThis recent retelling of English history imagines the six wives of Henry VIII competing to be the lead singer in a modern popular music concert. Like Hamilton, it presents history using contemporary language and music, while being well-grounded in its source material. The musical began as a relatively small production in 2017 and then developed into a... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-17-2023 to 01-17-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre InstructorTerm: 2023-1Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThis recent retelling of English history imagines the six wives of Henry VIII competing to be the lead singer in a modern popular music concert. Like Hamilton, it presents history using contemporary language and music, while being well-grounded in its source material. The musical began as a relatively small production in 2017 and then developed into a... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-17-2023 to 01-17-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandTerm: 2023-1Location: Online ClassIn 1619, a ship docked near Jamestown and sold twenty captive Africans into slavery in colonial Virginia. To the creators of the 1619 Project that moment was momentous. The 1619 Project argues that it marks the birth date of American slavery and that “the year 1619 is as important to the American story as 1776.” This program is designed to give you the... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-18-2023 to 01-18-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Lawrence Haas, Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy CouncilTerm: 2023-1Location: Online ClassThe world faces a growing threat from Iran's pursuit of nuclear weaponry, growing ballistic missile capabilities, expanding conventional forces, terror sponsorship, continuing efforts to destabilize regional governments, and increasing brazenness in confronting the United States and its allies in the region and beyond. The United States and the West should... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-18-2023 to 01-18-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Lawrence Haas, Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy CouncilTerm: 2023-1Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe world faces a growing threat from Iran's pursuit of nuclear weaponry, growing ballistic missile capabilities, expanding conventional forces, terror sponsorship, continuing efforts to destabilize regional governments, and increasing brazenness in confronting the United States and its allies in the region and beyond. The United States and the West should... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-18-2023 to 01-18-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Kathy Hankins, Certified Yoga and Meditation InstructorTerm: 2023-1Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreRecent research supports the hypothesis that dance and yoga reverse aging, as does positive thought processes. Come join Kathy Hankins and learn about Yogadance, a practice that incorporates the benefits of yoga and dance with a touch "forget your age" brain trickery to physically and mentally turn back the clock. It is suitable for all types of people... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-18-2023 to 01-18-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 3:00 PM → 4:30 PMInstructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistTerm: 2023-1Location: Online ClassAre you ready to get the most out of your European travel? Here are tips on how to plan and pace your days, deal with the weather, travel between locations, personal safety while you’re abroad, experience the local food and culture, language and customs, etc. European Travel Specialist Barbara Paulson offers tips on enjoying your time in Europe. See also... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-19-2023 to 01-19-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeTerm: 2023-1Location: Online ClassAround Cambridge University early in the 20th century, a group of intellectuals met regularly to talk, to think, and to express their inherent superiority to the rest of humanity...in an understated British fashion. Including writers Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster, economist John Maynard Keynes, and philosopher Bertrand Russell, norms were violated, puns... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-19-2023 to 01-19-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Denver Brunsman, Associate Chair, Department of History, George Washington UniversityTerm: 2023-1Location: Online ClassIn recent years, no subject has been safe from America’s culture wars, including the country’s indispensable founder, George Washington. In this lecture, Professor Denver Brunsman of George Washington University will use the current cultural moment to reconsider our first president in commemoration of the upcoming 291st anniversary of Washington’s... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 01-19-2023 to 01-19-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Denver Brunsman, Associate Chair, Department of History, George Washington UniversityTerm: 2023-1Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreIn recent years, no subject has been safe from America’s culture wars, including the country’s indispensable founder, George Washington. In this lecture, Professor Denver Brunsman of George Washington University will use the current cultural moment to reconsider our first president in commemoration of the upcoming 291st anniversary of Washington’s... read more
