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June 20 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dorothy Trench Bonett, WriterLocations: Online ClassDid women have a Renaissance? The historical answer is yes. But what does this mean? In her talk, Dorothy Trench Bonett will discuss the effects of humanism on women’s education in 15th and 16th century Europe and introduce women like Sophonisba Anguissola, Marguerite de Navarre and Louise Labe who painted, sculpted and wrote poetry and plays in this... read more -
June 15 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Carroll Gibbs, Historian/AuthorLocations: Online ClassThe struggle for African American freedom and justice in what was for many years the nation's largest state was long and complex. While much has been made of the signal year of 1619, the black presence in Texas began more than 80 years earlier. Through war and revolution, lynching and Jim Crow, the observance of Juneteenth reminded its celebrants that a new... read more -
June 16 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityLocations: Online ClassBeginning in the 1920’s, popular music was largely created by the songwriters of the American Songbook, who created an enduring cultural legacy in song. And then came Elvis. By the late 50’s these song writers were out of business. Julie Kurzava examines how the post war social upheaval is reflected in popular music in the mid 50's. The post war... read more -
June 16 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreBeginning in the 1920’s, popular music was largely created by the songwriters of the American Songbook, who created an enduring cultural legacy in song. And then came Elvis. By the late 50’s these song writers were out of business. Julie Kurzava examines how the post war social upheaval is reflected in popular music in the mid 50's. The post war... read more
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June 16 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerLocations: Online ClassIn the 18th century it was a milestone in a young gentleman’s life to make the Grand Tour of Europe with a final destination in Rome, the eternal city. A status symbol, a mark of culture and education, the Grand Tour marked a young man’s (and occasional young woman’s) coming of age in Britain—a sort of finishing school. This art history lecture will... read more -
June 17 Friday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Online ClassNo thinker has been more foundational to human thought than Aristotle who launched virtually every field of study from Physics, chemistry, and biology to law, literary theory, and economics. We know him as a philosopher, but his system encompassed all of human thought at the time and provided the launching point from which so much of what we now believe... read more -
June 24 Monday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Elaine Apter, Secretary, League of Women Voters, Montgomery Cty.Locations: Online Class(Please note that this class has been converted to Online Only.) Many factors will be contributing to how voters are receiving knowledge about candidates and issues in the 2024 Presidential Election. We will discuss AI, social media, TV, international interference and how they are affecting the 2024 Presidential Election... read more -
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June 26 Monday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Volunteer CoordinatorLocations: TripPlease join us for Oasis Volunteer Day at Comfort Cases. Comfort Cases serves children being placed in foster care. Most are removed from their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs. Through Comfort Cases, these children receive a special bag containing a cozy new pair of pajamas, a brand new warm blanket, and a new stuffed animal to... read more -
June 26 Monday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Online Class(At the instructor's request, the date of this class has been changed from June 15 to June 26.) Prosecutors are public servants and are expected to behave ethically in accordance with accepted standards. At what point does their misconduct have an impact on the lives they are sworn to protect, and what should the penalty for misconduct... read more -
June 26 Monday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home Store(At the instructor's request, the date of this class has been changed from June 15 to June 26.) Prosecutors are public servants and are expected to behave ethically in accordance with accepted standards. At what point does their misconduct have an impact on the lives they are sworn to protect, and what should the penalty for misconduct... read more
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June 17 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Paulson, European Travel SpecialistLocations: Online ClassExplore a Dutch Resistance museum, a clandestine Catholic church in an attic, cheese tastings at a cheese museum (think local Gouda, Edam, etc.), the church where Rembrandt is buried, and a museum of fluorescent art. Get a better understanding of Tulip Mania at the Tulip Museum – perhaps the first large-scale economic bubble that burst in 1639 (hint: it... read more -
June 26 Monday3:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Nina Kraus, Professor of NeurobiologyLocations: Online ClassMaking sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs we ask our brains to do. Dr. Nina Kraus, Northwestern University professor, director of the renowned Brainvolts Lab, and author of recently published, Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World examines the partnership of sound and brain, demonstrating that the processing of sound drives... read more -
June 24 Monday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Adrienne Hausman, Certified Master Holistic AromatherapistLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreLearn about the benefits of essential oils (concentrated plant extracts) and how to apply these oils to points on the face, hands, and chest. Acupressure involves applying pressure to different parts of the body to help reduce pain, stimulate the mind, and calm the nervous system. When we combine essential oils with a light touch to these areas, we create a... read more -
June 27 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Deirdre Kann, National Weather Service (Retired)Locations: Online ClassThe awesome skies of summer provide many opportunities to view a wide range of unique features. These features, known collectively as atmospheric optics, occur when light interacts with water drops, dust and ice crystals. Common atmospheric optics include blue skies, white clouds and red sunsets. We will also investigate and view examples of rarer events... read more -
June 17 Friday6:00 PM → 7:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Chris Burns, Many-StringsLocations: Online ClassThis delightful hour will feature musical paintings of charming mountain springs, country weddings, and old castles; all in the lush Bohemian countryside, thanks to Bedrich Smetana. Learn about the folk legends that motivated his amazing “Ma Vlast” symphonic poem. This hour is further enriched with Antonio Dvorak's musical impressions of America. This... read more -
June 20 Monday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Marc Wortman, PhD, Historian and JournalistLocations: Online ClassHyman George Rickover (1899–1986), born in a Polish shtetl, was the longest-serving U.S. military officer in history and an almost mythical figure in the United States Navy. Possessing engineering brilliance, a ferocious will, a combative personality, and an indefatigable work ethic, he oversaw the development of nuclear marine propulsion and the first... read more -
June 27 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Online ClassBetween 1779 and 1782, Spanish rangers from Texas herded 10,000 cows over 500 miles to Louisiana to help feed Spanish soldiers fighting the British in the American Revolutionary War. Spain had joined the war on the patriots’ side in 1779 and would spend the next four years contributing a deluge of fresh soldiers, sailors, ships, and cows to the war... read more -
June 25 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army Signal CorpsLocations: Online Class(Class changed to Online Only.) Rarely in modern military history has any unit identified so strongly with its commander as did Patton’s Third Army in the final campaigns of World War II. We will take a look at the Third Army, its commander, and its notable campaigns from the breakout from Normandy until it crossed Germany and entered Czechoslovakia.... read more -
June 25 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Blumberg Ressin, CCBCLocations: Online Class(changed to online only) Fashion has been in existence in America since the first Pilgrim women arrived in the 1600s. What determined fashion is as varied as the fashions themselves. Mores, religion, government, politics, laws, wars, economics, and practicality all played significant roles in deciding what we women should wear. By way of a PowerPoint that... read more -
June 20 Monday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Marc Wortman, PhD, Historian and JournalistLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreHyman George Rickover (1899–1986), born in a Polish shtetl, was the longest-serving U.S. military officer in history and an almost mythical figure in the United States Navy. Possessing engineering brilliance, a ferocious will, a combative personality, and an indefatigable work ethic, he oversaw the development of nuclear marine propulsion and the first... read more
