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June 26 Wednesday2:00 PM → 3:30 PMSessions: 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 29 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Amb. Eric Rubin, President, American Foreign Service Assn.Locations: Online ClassAmbassador Rubin will highlight challenges and opportunities to the U.S. foreign service in the modern world. He will stress the importance of strengthening U.S. diplomacy as we compete for economic and political influence on the global... read more -
June 29 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Amb. Eric Rubin, President, American Foreign Service Assn.Locations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreAmbassador Rubin will highlight challenges and opportunities to the U.S. foreign service in the modern world. He will stress the importance of strengthening U.S. diplomacy as we compete for economic and political influence on the global... read more
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June 21 Tuesday03:00 PM → 04:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Online ClassAppreciate historical fiction? In the mood to “travel” to Paris, Florence, and Nice? The artist-turned-novelist turns his eye and his pen to what is known and what might have happened between 21 August 1911 when Leonardo da Vinci’s 1507 “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre and when it was returned in 1913. The author imagines a great-grandson... read more -
June 27 Thursday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Dana Hirsch and Burney Simpson, Jewish Council for the AgingLocations: Online Class(changed to online only) JCA's mission is to help older adults in the greater Washington, DC region thrive. Learn about JCA’s information and referral programs. We provide personalized guidance on everything from housing to transportation and... read more -
June 27 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Michele F. Bellantoni, M.D., C.M.D., Clinical Director, Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, Johns Hopkins MedicineLocations: Online ClassWith age, bones tend to shrink in size and density, making them weaker and more likely to fracture. Learn about bone health during the aging process along with osteoporosis prevention and... read more -
June 22 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Online ClassThe French Revolution inspired painter Jacques Louis David’s sublime Death of Marat and Eugene Delacroix’s heroic Liberty Leading the People. These paintings are powerful statements about the ideals, the sacrifice, and the moral conflict associated with the revolution and its aftermath. In this talk, we’ll consider how artists including David, Goya,... read more -
June 22 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe French Revolution inspired painter Jacques Louis David’s sublime Death of Marat and Eugene Delacroix’s heroic Liberty Leading the People. These paintings are powerful statements about the ideals, the sacrifice, and the moral conflict associated with the revolution and its aftermath. In this talk, we’ll consider how artists including David, Goya,... read more -
June 22 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Stashower, Author, and Scott Sedar, ActorLocations: Online Class“The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it,” Dylan Thomas once remarked. By that measure, this celebrated Welsh poet changed the world many times over, becoming famous not only for his lyrical, soul-stirring poetry, but also his turbulent, hard-drinking lifestyle. Join us as we “burn and rage at close of day” in celebration... read more -
July 10 Monday3:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Seamus Whelton, M.D., M.P.H.Locations: Online ClassHypertension or high blood pressure is the most common of all cardiovascular diseases in the industrialized world, affecting 40 million people in the U.S. alone. It's the leading cause of stroke and the major cause of heart... read more -
July 8 Tuesday10:30 AM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Michael J. Ackerman, AARP Volunteer InstructorLocations: 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 -
July 1 Monday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Adrienne Hausman, Certified Master Holistic AromatherapistLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreCreate a lovely, lemon hand scrub after exploring the therapeutic applications of essential oils (concentrated plant extracts) for maintaining healthy skin. These oils can address dryness, inflammation, and skin tone. We will learn about carrier oils such as jojoba, sweet almond, and coconut for diluting the essential oils and providing nourishment to the... read more -
June 23 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dr. Kevin Matthews, Assistant Professor of History, George Mason UniversityLocations: Online ClassWe will take a look at the struggle by the Irish people for freedom from 800 years of British rule. To wage their bitter war with the powerful British Empire from 1919 to 1921, Irish nationalists turned to novel tactics both military and political. George Mason University history professor Kevin Matthews discusses how this war set the standard for other... read more -
July 10 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Michael J. Ackerman, AARP Volunteer InstructorLocations: 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... read more
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June 23 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Christopher Reed, Chair and Professor, Department of Film and Moving Image, Stevenson UniversityLocations: Online ClassAdapting any work created for a particular medium into another, vastly different medium, is always tricky. A novel that has proven particularly difficult to adapt to the screen is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 masterpiece, “The Great Gatsby.” In this class, we’ll examine, compare and contrast the 1974, 2013 and little-known 1949 movie versions, and... read more -
July 11 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Online ClassBorn the tenth son of a humble family of Puritan candle-makers, Franklin's rise to the front ranks of science, engineering, and invention was as unexpected as it was meteoric. In this talk we’ll examine many of Franklin's ideas to make life simpler, cheaper, and easier for himself and everyone else. It turns out that those ideas encompassed not only... read more -
July 2 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Online ClassWhen Tom Paine, the author of Common Sense, died in June 1809 only a dozen people came to his funeral. This program examines Paine’s meteoric rise to celebrity status during the American Revolution and his equally dramatic fall from grace in the decades afterwards. Once lionized as our most relatable and revolutionary founding father, Tom Paine died a... read more -
RECORDEDJuly 10 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:15 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Brian Rose, Professor (ret.), Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham UniversityLocations: Online ClassFor more than a century, Hollywood has relied on star power as the most reliable way to draw an audience. From the early days of silent movies, when Mary Pickford was able to command $10,000 a week to modern times, when actors like Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks are guaranteed $20 million (or more) a picture, the film studios have recognized the crucial role... read more -
July 11 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, PhDLocations: Online ClassPerhaps best-known for the variety wildlife that Charles Darwin Darwin observed that informed development of his theory of evolution. The course will discuss the history of the islands, including their formation, their early settlement, their role in Darwin's life and career, and subsequent history balancing tourism and conservation. The course will inform... read more -
June 24 Friday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Bernardo Vega, Investigator, Office of Consumer Protection, Montgomery CountyLocations: Online ClassPeer-to-Peer (P2P) apps like Venmo, Apple Pay, Zelle and others are becoming very popular. But do you know when you should—and shouldn’t—use them? What are your rights if something goes wrong in the transaction? We'll explore these, and other related issues unique to P2P... read more
