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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 -
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 -
July 11 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, PhDLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StorePerhaps 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
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July 11 Tuesday3:00 PM → 4:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Online ClassOasis favorite author JoJo Moyes was inspired by a Smithsonian magazine article about the WPA’s Pack Horse Library Project. The Australian author sets her historical novel in 1930s Kentucky and gives us plenty of scenery, protagonists, drama, and of course reading. Please read the book so you can participate in our structured, facilitated, Zoom... read more -
June 24 Friday6:00 PM → 7:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Chris Burns, Many-StringsLocations: Online ClassJohn Williams has been honored with 25 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and much more! He was trained at Julliard, played in New York’s jazz clubs and went on to compose music to celebrate the Olympic games and the resilience of the human spirit. He is an American master of dramatic and romantic orchestral music. This is an hour of... read more -
June 27 Monday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lola Sparrowhawk, Author/HistorianLocations: Online ClassEuropean nations came to the Americas to increase their wealth, claim territory, and broaden their influence over world affairs. By 1650 England had established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast. In 1770, more than 2 million people lived and worked in Great Britain's 13 North American colonies. The British colonists formed the First Continental... read more -
July 12 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Online ClassThis class will focus on the top dozen cases, both civil and criminal, heard by the Court during the past year. Special emphasis will be placed on evolving trends and voting blocks on the Court. As always, issues related to criminal decisions will be discussed in... read more -
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July 12 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThis class will focus on the top dozen cases, both civil and criminal, heard by the Court during the past year. Special emphasis will be placed on evolving trends and voting blocks on the Court. As always, issues related to criminal decisions will be discussed in... read more
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June 28 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Victor Rezmovic, Computer InstructorLocations: Online ClassThe computer and the internet are among the most important innovations of our era, but few people know who created them. In 2014, Walter Isaacson published The Innovators, in which he covered the last 175 years of the history that produced today's technology. This lecture will follow Isaacson’s timeline and supplement his narrative with additional details... read more -
June 28 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Victor Rezmovic, Computer InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe computer and the internet are among the most important innovations of our era, but few people know who created them. In 2014, Walter Isaacson published The Innovators, in which he covered the last 175 years of the history that produced today's technology. This lecture will follow Isaacson’s timeline and supplement his narrative with additional details... read more
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July 13 Thursday10:30 AM → 11:45 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Glenn Frankel, Journalist and AuthorLocations: Online ClassIn an era when a new wave of movies broke through the boundaries of mainstream film-making, Midnight Cowboy (1969) stands out as the most creative and unconventional of them all. The making of the only X-rated film to win a Best Picture Oscar offers a window onto the creative ferment and social unrest that gripped New York and America in the 1960s: the rise... read more -
June 28 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Southwestern CollegeLocations: Online ClassSocrates (470-399 BCE), the “gadfly” of Athens, was a teacher to so many, including the young Plato who would go on to devote his career to writing the most important philosophical dialogues in the Western canon, nearly all featuring his long-dead teacher Socrates. Against a backdrop of moral relativism, destructive self-interest, and political chaos... read more -
July 13 Thursday10:30 AM → 11:45 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Glenn Frankel, Journalist and AuthorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreIn an era when a new wave of movies broke through the boundaries of mainstream film-making, Midnight Cowboy (1969) stands out as the most creative and unconventional of them all. The making of the only X-rated film to win a Best Picture Oscar offers a window onto the creative ferment and social unrest that gripped New York and America in the 1960s: the rise... read more
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July 13 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistLocations: Online ClassDone the Freedom Trail? Seen Faneuil Hall? Instead: Check out a library with ancient cookbooks and Julia Child’s personal papers, explore Boston Harbor’s island nature parks, enjoy a cocktail of white rum infused with Cape Cod cranberries at a small-batch distillery, walk INSIDE a 3-story tall stained-glass globe, or visit the site of one of the most... read more -
June 29 Wednesday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Docent/Museum Educator, American Visionary Art MuseumLocations: Online ClassThe American Visionary Art Museum, housed in its award-winning building in Baltimore, specializes in original thematic exhibitions that seamlessly combine art, science, philosophy, humor, and especially social justice and betterment. Our virtual group visit will be hosted by a museum guide and share fan favorites of this wondrous collection of art by... read more
