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June 13 Tuesday3:00 PM → 4:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Online ClassEartha Kitt – does the name conjure up the sultry voice behind “Santa Baby”, the lithe figure in the Catwoman suit, or something else? She spoke four languages, sang in seven, and succeeded on “stage and screen” as well as television. Kitt Shapiro traveled the world with her mother as a child and managed her mother’s career as an adult. ... read more -
June 7 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Locations: Online ClassToday Russians Chagall and Kandinsky are considered two giants of Modern Art, but what about the women who were instrumental in the development of these artists’ visions? This program focuses first on the bond between Marc and Bella Chagall, highlighting the painter’s celebration of their love in The Birthday and Lovers Over Vitebsk. Then we’ll... read more -
June 12 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Deeva Garel, Technology InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreGoogle Photos is a simple and free app for managing your photos and videos. Topics covered include uploading, organizing, sharing, editing, and backing up your photos. This class includes demonstrations with time for hands-on practice. Participants should have a Google account; please bring your log-on id and password to class. See related Google classes:... read more -
RECORDEDJune 19 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Online Class(Save $12 when you also sign up for related classes #313, 395, 432.) Plato was a disciple of Socrates who was shocked when he was killed by the Athenian people. To save his master's memory for posterity, he began to write dialogue, short plays about arguments that Socrates engaged in. Over time, Plato went from scribe to philosopher, developing his own... read more -
June 7 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Locations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreToday Russians Chagall and Kandinsky are considered two giants of Modern Art, but what about the women who were instrumental in the development of these artists’ visions? This program focuses first on the bond between Marc and Bella Chagall, highlighting the painter’s celebration of their love in The Birthday and Lovers Over Vitebsk. Then we’ll... read more
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June 7 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Aniko Makranczy, MFALocations: Online ClassMark Rothko, one of the most famous post-war American painters, is considered a pioneer of the Abstract Expressionist movement. With his large Color Field paintings, he strove to create an active and spiritual relationship between the viewer and the painting. Rothko’s early works, figure and urban life scenes, later changed to images taken from mythology... read more -
June 12 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Owen Ullmann, Journalist and AuthorLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineVoters weigh a president’s economic stewardship every four years--usually rewarding incumbents and their party during good economic times and punishing them during bad times. Yet, presidents have less influence on the economic cycle while in office than the public realizes. They often are beneficiaries or victims of the marketplace, Federal Reserve... read more -
June 14 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Russell Wheeler, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies Program, Brookings InstitutionLocations: Online ClassRecent disclosures about activities of some judges, including Supreme Court justices, have led members of Congress, journalists, and academics to call for stricter regulation of judicial ethics and highlighted the long-standing challenge of regulating judicial ethics without impinging unduly on judges’ independence and private lives. In this class you'll... read more -
June 14 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Russell Wheeler, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies Program, Brookings InstitutionLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreRecent disclosures about activities of some judges, including Supreme Court justices, have led members of Congress, journalists, and academics to call for stricter regulation of judicial ethics and highlighted the long-standing challenge of regulating judicial ethics without impinging unduly on judges’ independence and private lives. In this class you'll... read more
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June 8 Wednesday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Larissa Johnson, Residential Energy Program Manager, Montgomery County Dept of Environmental ProtectionLocations: Online ClassThe Climate Action Plan is Montgomery County’s strategic plan to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80% by 2027 and 100% by 2035. The Climate Action Plan details the effects of a changing climate on Montgomery County and includes strategies to reduce GHG emissions and climate-related risks to the County’s residents, businesses, and the built and natural... read more -
June 12 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, PhDLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineWagner’s Ring Cycle is often seen as a long, dull tale set in a world of German mythology. The Ring has always had its devoted followers (the instructor included) who find it a fascinating work telling a profoundly moving human story. This class will provide information needed to appreciate the Ring, including its sources, its use of interrelated musical... read more -
June 8 Wednesday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Larissa Johnson, Residential Energy Program Manager, Montgomery County Dept of Environmental ProtectionLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe Climate Action Plan is Montgomery County’s strategic plan to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80% by 2027 and 100% by 2035. The Climate Action Plan details the effects of a changing climate on Montgomery County and includes strategies to reduce GHG emissions and climate-related risks to the County’s residents, businesses, and the built and natural... read more
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June 13 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dorothy Trench Bonett, WriterLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineSince Westerners first came into contact with China, there has been an interest in Chinese women, seen as so alien. In recent years, feminism has focused on this ancient culture and novels like Lady Tan’s, "Circle of Women" have explored the lives of those who ‘transcended’ what is seen as millennia of oppression. But how accurate are they? Dorothy... read more -
June 8 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bill Keene, Urban HistorianLocations: Online ClassThe richly illustrated lecture traces the importance of Wright’s Welch heritage in his life and later in his works, examines his unsettled family life, and his developing love of nature during his formative years in rural Wisconsin. It tells the story of the ups and downs of both his personal life and career from the 1890s through the 1950s detailing his... read more -
June 15 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistLocations: Online ClassHampton Court? Greenwich? Been there, done that, but still looking for what to do outside London for a day or two? Check out Queen Victoria’s private train cars at York's railroad museum, the Roman Baths Museum at (of course) Bath, Winston Churchill’s birthplace (Blenheim Palace in Oxford), Jane Austen’s grave at Winchester Cathedral, and paintings by... read more -
June 19 Monday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Rebecca Roberts, JournalistLocations: Online Class(At the instructor's request, the date of this class has been changed from May 22 to June 19.) Edith Bolling Galt Wilson climbed her way out of Appalachian poverty and into the highest echelons of American power, and in 1919 effectively acted as the first woman president of the U.S. (before women could even vote nationwide) when her husband, Woodrow Wilson,... read more -
June 8 Wednesday3:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Leah M RussiLocations: Online ClassJoin Oasis staff for updates, socializing and more. And a special... read more -
June 19 Monday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Rebecca Roberts, JournalistLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home Store(At the instructor's request, the date of this class has been changed from May 22 to June 19.) Edith Bolling Galt Wilson climbed her way out of Appalachian poverty and into the highest echelons of American power, and in 1919 effectively acted as the first woman president of the U.S. (before women could even vote nationwide) when her husband, Woodrow Wilson,... read more
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June 9 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Online ClassMontgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy will present an overview of juvenile justice in Maryland. This topic is hot right now. There is major legislation under consideration, driven by the developments in the science of brain development. What are the common risk factors for juvenile delinquency? How should juveniles be held accountable for their... read more -
June 9 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreMontgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy will present an overview of juvenile justice in Maryland. This topic is hot right now. There is major legislation under consideration, driven by the developments in the science of brain development. What are the common risk factors for juvenile delinquency? How should juveniles be held accountable for their... read more
