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RECORDEDOctober 19 Monday10:00 AM → 11:00 AMSessions: 1Locations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineStart planning your next great adventure with Oasis! We’re partnering with AFC Vacations to offer two unforgettable group trips in 2027. Join us for a free virtual presentation on October 19 to meet a travel representative, explore trip highlights, and get all your questions answered. You can watch the session from the comfort of your home or join us at... read more -
July 22 Tuesday3:00 PM → 4:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Online ClassIn 1611 Emilia Bassano was one of the first women to publish a book of poetry in England. She may or may not have been descended from secret Jews. As a few scholars have posited, she may or may not have been William Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady” of sonnets 127 to 154. Controversially, as a couple of scholars have posited, she may or may not have... read more -
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September 9 Wednesday1:30 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Reverb with special guest Daryl DavisLocations: F. Scott Fitzgerald TheaterRegistration required through AARP Maryland. Click on the "Register Here" button or call (877) 926-8300 to register by phone. Reverb is an award-winning a cappella vocal group. Join us for an afternoon of soul, Gospel, pop classics and original songs. Sing along and dance if you like! Since its birth in 1991, Reverb has performed along the East Coast... read more -
July 14 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre InstructorLocations: Online ClassKnown best for his role as “The Little Tramp,” Charlie Chaplin brought laughs and tears to film audiences throughout the world through a brilliant series of films spanning the silent and sound eras. This class will explore Chaplin’s career beginning as a poor boy on the English stage in the 1890s to a beloved but highly controversial actor more than... read more -
July 25 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jennifer Paxton, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of History, The Catholic University of AmericaLocations: Online ClassJoin historian Jennifer Paxton as she examines the evidence for and against the existence of a warrior leader named Arthur, who supposedly stemmed the tide of the Anglo-Saxon advance into Britain in the late 5th century in the chaotic aftermath of the collapse of Roman rule. How much can history tell us about "King" Arthur, and how has his legend developed... read more -
July 25 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jennifer Paxton, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of History, The Catholic University of AmericaLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreJoin historian Jennifer Paxton as she examines the evidence for and against the existence of a warrior leader named Arthur, who supposedly stemmed the tide of the Anglo-Saxon advance into Britain in the late 5th century in the chaotic aftermath of the collapse of Roman rule. How much can history tell us about "King" Arthur, and how has his legend developed... read more
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July 16 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Guillermo Warley, Electronics EngineerLocations: Online ClassThis class has been converted to online-only. Examining four technologies that have great potential to play a major role in solving, mitigating or reversing earth’s big challenges: water desalination, carbon capture utilization and storage, and batteries for EV’s and grid energy storage. A discussion of the potential help that the rapidly evolving field... read more -
July 25 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Gary Cahn, Computer InstructorLocations: Online ClassGenerative AI is the new artificial intelligence that can create original content. Millions of people are already using programs like ChatGPT to write books, create art, and develop code. Many believe it’s a once-in-a-lifetime technological breakthrough that could impact virtually every aspect of society and disrupt industries from medicine to law. In... read more -
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September 10 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Oasis StaffLocations: Oasis at Macys Home StoreNew to Oasis? Come join us for coffee, conversation, and a warm welcome! This casual meet-and-greet is the perfect chance to get to know fellow members, ask questions, and learn more about what Oasis has to offer. Whether you joined last week or last month, we'd love to see you there. Grab a cup, pull up a chair, and let's get... read more -
July 23 Wednesday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Julianne Mangin, Local Historian and AuthorLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineFor nearly 160 years, the Almshouse at the Montgomery County Poor Farm was the last resort for poor people who were unable to take care of themselves due to physical, mental, and developmental disabilities. A look at some of their stories, including how they lived and died, sheds a light on conditions there. Despite the oversight of county officials and the... read more -
July 26 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Victor Rezmovic and Lisa Friedman, Technology InstructorsLocations: Online Class(At the instructor's request, this class date has been changed from June 21 to July 26.) Wireless technologies like Wi-Fi version 6 have provided home Internet users with incredibly fast speeds to enhance browsing and improve the home streaming experience to replace cable TV. In the past, cellular technologies have been associated primarily with phone... read more -
July 26 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Online ClassThe Library of Congress, the most richly decorated public building in Washington, has been called “our national monument of art.” It is more than that. Completed in 1897 on Capitol Hill across from the US Capitol and adjacent to the Supreme Court Building, the Library embodies a late 19th century vision in architecture, painting, sculpture, and mosaic... read more -
July 16 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:15 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Brian Rose, Professor (ret.), Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham UniversityLocations: Online ClassThe movies and dancing are a partnership born in heaven. From its very beginnings, the new medium of motion pictures turned toward dance as one of the best ways to showcase its unique ability to make movement come alive. And through the decades, it’s been dancing on the big screen that has provided some of the most ecstatic moments in film... read more -
July 15 Friday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Online ClassRene Descartes was one of the great minds in history, making major contributions to mathematics, science, and philosophy. Writing in the shadow of Galileo's trial, Descartes tried to find a way to bring together the new science of the Copernican world with the views of the Church. We will explore the new ways of thinking that this... read more -
RECORDEDJuly 24 Thursday10:30 AM → 11:45 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Thomas Otto, Planner, Historic Preservationist, and HistorianLocations: Online ClassLocated in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., St. Elizabeths was the first federal facility for mental illness treatment. Opened in 1855, the hospital was founded to care for the mentally ill in the Army and the Navy, and also for indigent residents of D.C. For over 150 years, it was hospital, home, and village for thousands of patients and... read more -
July 26 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe Library of Congress, the most richly decorated public building in Washington, has been called “our national monument of art.” It is more than that. Completed in 1897 on Capitol Hill across from the US Capitol and adjacent to the Supreme Court Building, the Library embodies a late 19th century vision in architecture, painting, sculpture, and mosaic... read more
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July 24 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerLocations: Online ClassAn expatriate American, John S. Sargent was born in Florence, Italy, trained in Paris and lived most of his artistic career in London. He knew the Impressionists and their goals, and often painted en plein air. Technically facile, Sargent was the artistic heir of Anthony van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough and Thomas Lawrence. A painter of extraordinary talent,... read more -
July 15 Friday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistLocations: Online ClassNeed a getaway close to DC without the crowds? Consider Charlottesville: land of Jefferson’s Monticello and University of Virginia… and so much more! Consider an aboriginal art collection, one of the oldest art cooperatives in the country, and wineries, cideries, and microbreweries (oh, my!). The rich agriculture also means plenty of farms and orchard... read more -
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July 28 Monday2:00 PM → 3:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Martina Sestakova, Art Educator, Designer and PainterLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreAre you intrigued by watercolor? Join Martina Sestakova, art educator, for a workshop, during which you will create a colorful interpretation of a painting by the American artist Georgia O’Keeffe. You will learn the basics of watercolors and create a unique composition. No experience needed; all skill levels welcome. All supplies provided. (See related... read more -
July 27 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerLocations: Online ClassSaxophonist Wayne Shorter, who passed away earlier this year at age 89, was among the most influential jazz performers and composers of the last half-century. This class will chart his remarkable career, from his career-making turn in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, to his central roles in both Miles Davis' "Second Great Quintet" and fusion pioneers "Weather... read more
