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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-01-2023 to 11-01-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistTerm: 2023-3Location: Online ClassGet an idea of life under communism at the Deutsche Demokratische Republik Museum; view art from Rembrandt to Käthe Kollwitz, and murals on the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall; check out a gourmet food outlet featuring Lindt chocolate; visit a former hospital now a creative community space and restored apothecary; and spend an afternoon at the... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-04-2022 to 10-04-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Lola Sparrowhawk, International Award-Winning Author and HistorianTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassA hillside dwelling overlooking the picturesque Rhone Valley in southern France attracted our ancestors, both Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons (modern humans), around 54,000 years ago, a new study suggests. Similar tools from the same period have been found nearly 1,900 miles away in modern Israel and in Lebanon, indicating that modern humans with a common... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-01-2023 to 11-01-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 2:30 PM → 4:00 PMInstructor: Beth Kimel, FacilitatorTerm: 2023-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreTED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas in the form of short, powerful recorded talks. Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story. We will watch this TED talk together and... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-06-2022 to 10-06-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassJames Clerk Maxwell is as important to the history of physics as Einstein, Newton, and Galileo, yet his name is little known. We will examine both his physics (his theories of electricity and magnetism and his establishment of the existence of molecules) and his life (his working class background, his religion, his taking of the first color photograph in... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-02-2023 to 11-02-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeTerm: 2023-3Location: Online ClassThink of something...go ahead, I'll wait. What was it? Whatever it was, you know what it was because you thought it. As a conscious being, you have access to your mind. But what is that consciousness? How do we know that other people posses the same sort of internal lived experience? Do animals? Could computers? Is consciousness explainable through material... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-06-2022 to 10-06-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Jane Ellen, Performer, Composer, and Recording ArtistTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassWhen British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens converted to Islam in 1977, heartbroken fans around the world assumed his music career was officially over. Decades later he returned to the music stage as Yusuf, with new recordings that were met with worldwide acclaim. From hit singles such as “Moonshadow” and “Peace Train”, to the cult film Harold and... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-07-2022 to 10-07-2022Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Barbara Paulson, European Travel SpecialistTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassVersailles? Been there, done that. But still looking for what to do outside of Paris for a day or two? Check out another royal residence at Fontainebleau (e.g., Louis VII, Napoleon who resigned here); famous artists’ homes in Giverny and Auvers-Sur-Oise (Monet, and van Gogh, respectively); a nearly 1000-year old tapestry in Bayeux (Normandy); small group... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-07-2022 to 10-07-2022Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassDid the American Revolution make ordinary working people happy? How did their inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness change in the immediate aftermath of the war? In this talk’s first half University of Maryland historian Richard Bell focuses on working white people in port cities like Boston, New York, and Philadelphia and asks... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-06-2023 to 11-06-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PMInstructor: Alan and Judy Lewis, Seasoned Cruise EnthusiastsTerm: 2023-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreIn September 2022, Judy and Alan Lewis boarded the new icebreaker cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot for a 2-1/2 week journey through the Canadian archipelago along that country's north coast. The route was from Reykjavik, Iceland to Nome, Alaska. It retraced some of the sea and land explorations of 19th century British explorers including Sir John Franklin.... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-07-2022 to 10-07-2022Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 6:00 PM → 7:00 PMInstructor: Chris Burns, Many-StringsTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassDespite all the obstacles, and they have been formidable, women have composed absolutely wonderful, memorable, magical enduring music. Sacred and profound, blessedly melodic and pianistic, symphonic, romantic, and modern . . . women have done it all! This hour is dedicated to their unique and special contributions to “classical” music. Time to sit back... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-07-2023 to 11-07-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army Signal CorpsTerm: 2023-3Location: Online ClassWhile the French Emperor Napoleon is one of the most recognizable figures in all of history, how he rose to such colossal power is sometimes overlooked: Born into a poor but proud Corsican family, he became the most powerful man in Europe for more than a decade by his intellect, his sheer force of will, and his understanding of how the nature of power in... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-10-2022 to 10-10-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AMInstructor: Michael Suser, Band Leader and Lecturer, and Charlene Cochran, VocalistTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreWith the coming of Rock and Roll in the '50s, the great days of Gershwin, Cole Porter, and similar talents were fast coming to an end. But a closer look at the music of the '60s reveals that awesome tunes were still being written. We'll take a specific look at the songs of Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, with brief histories of... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-07-2023 to 11-07-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army Signal CorpsTerm: 2023-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreWhile the French Emperor Napoleon is one of the most recognizable figures in all of history, how he rose to such colossal power is sometimes overlooked: Born into a poor but proud Corsican family, he became the most powerful man in Europe for more than a decade by his intellect, his sheer force of will, and his understanding of how the nature of power in... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-07-2023 to 11-07-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Term: 2023-3Location: Online ClassArt theft makes international headlines overnight! This presentation will be both a review and update of the most famous--and notorious--art crimes. Highlights include past heists, from the Mona Lisa caper to the stealing of the Scream. However, the status of unsolved art mysteries will be discussed, including the greatest art theft in our time: the taking... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-07-2023 to 11-07-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Term: 2023-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreArt theft makes international headlines overnight! This presentation will be both a review and update of the most famous--and notorious--art crimes. Highlights include past heists, from the Mona Lisa caper to the stealing of the Scream. However, the status of unsolved art mysteries will be discussed, including the greatest art theft in our time: the taking... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-11-2022 to 10-11-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassWe’ve heard that Broadway is riddled with backstage politics, but what about when the politics are right on stage? Broadway hitmakers have frequently used politics, both historical and contemporary, as a backdrop for our entertainment. Singer/actor Julie Kurzava will consider how the American musical theater has staged political intrigue as well as the... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-08-2023 to 11-08-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Owen Ullmann, Journalist and AuthorTerm: 2023-3Location: Online ClassIndia has long envied China's rapid transformation from Third World backwater to economic powerhouse, and wants to follow that same path. It is now the world's 5th largest economy, just as China was two decades ago, and is gaining ground in the rankings amid a development and population boom. As an authoritarian-run China confronts slower growth and a... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-11-2022 to 10-11-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreWe’ve heard that Broadway is riddled with backstage politics, but what about when the politics are right on stage? Broadway hitmakers have frequently used politics, both historical and contemporary, as a backdrop for our entertainment. Singer/actor Julie Kurzava will consider how the American musical theater has staged political intrigue as well as the... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 11-08-2023 to 11-08-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Owen Ullmann, Journalist and AuthorTerm: 2023-3Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreIndia has long envied China's rapid transformation from Third World backwater to economic powerhouse, and wants to follow that same path. It is now the world's 5th largest economy, just as China was two decades ago, and is gaining ground in the rankings amid a development and population boom. As an authoritarian-run China confronts slower growth and a... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-11-2022 to 10-11-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Southwestern CollegeTerm: 2022-3Location: Online ClassAll around the world ancient people told fantastical tales of the dawn of time and the creation of the universe. What questions were they trying to answer? “Who made the world, and how?” Or were they asking different questions – questions much closer to home, like, “What am I, and what is my place in the cosmos?” Using Joseph Campbell’s four... read more
