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August 2 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lola Sparrowhawk, Int'l Award-Winning Author/HistorianLocations: Online ClassThe advent of World War Two led to terrible tragedies and amazing acts of bravery. Accepting his diplomatic post in Eastern Europe only six months before the war broke out, an unlikely man from Japan became a great hero of WWII. A quiet man known as The Samurai defied orders from Tokyo, risking his life and career, to engineer a way to help thousands of... read more -
August 10 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Online ClassTechnology is evolving as we speak and the resourcefulness of criminals along with it. Mr. McCarthy will discuss how in this digital world technology is used to identify offenders and how this same information is used at... read more -
August 10 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreTechnology is evolving as we speak and the resourcefulness of criminals along with it. Mr. McCarthy will discuss how in this digital world technology is used to identify offenders and how this same information is used at... read more
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August 1 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, with one of the greatest collections of Western (European) art in the world, is impossible to appreciate in one visit, or even two or three. In this two-part virtual tour, we’ll skip effortlessly from gallery to gallery to highlight some of the masterpieces of painting and sculpture in the Met. Moving... read more -
August 3 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Sheldon Hochberg, AttorneyLocations: Online ClassBy now, everyone has heard of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This presentation will help you understand how it works, what it has accomplished to date, and the incredible things it may be able to achieve in the future. To demonstrate the rapidly-advancing power of AI, the discussion will highlight the fascinating history of AI’s progress in competing... read more -
August 4 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lawrence Haas, Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy CouncilLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreWith the onset of the Cold War in the late 1940s, President Truman worked in close bipartisan partnership with Arthur Vandenberg, senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to create a revolutionary new foreign policy for the United States to lead the free world. They did so at a bitterly partisan time that makes today’s partisanship... read more -
August 4 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lawrence Haas, Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy CouncilLocations: Online ClassWith the onset of the Cold War in the late 1940s, President Truman worked in close bipartisan partnership with Arthur Vandenberg, senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to create a revolutionary new foreign policy for the United States to lead the free world. They did so at a bitterly partisan time that makes today’s partisanship... read more
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August 5 Friday6:00 PM → 7:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Chris Burns, Many-StringsLocations: Online ClassSonic musical options took a giant leap forward when Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1840. This hour is dedicated to celebrating the sax in jazz, classical and modern music. From Sonny Rollins to Ravel, from John Coltrane to Gabriel Faure . . . lush and wonderful... read more -
August 8 Monday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Aniko Makranczy, MFALocations: Online ClassThis lecture will examine the early life of Rembrandt van Rijn. Born the son of a miller, he was tremendously talented from an early age. He became an artist's apprentice at age 14 and opened his own art studio at age 18. His early success in Amsterdam, his marriage, his mastery and uniqueness, the influence of patrons, and the trends in art during this... read more -
August 12 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bill Keene, Urban HistorianLocations: Online ClassIn the late 19th Century, advances in materials, iron, steel, and concrete coupled with the development of electricity, the elevator, heating, and cooling led to a building boom in the early 20th Century that created intense rivalries and the race to build the tallest. in the period up to the Depression. The focus shifts from incorporation of historic forms... read more -
August 15 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, PhDLocations: Online ClassThe children of immigrants, the Marx Brothers were stars of vaudeville who easily made the transition to Hollywood as they created iconic characters in some of the funniest movies ever made. This course will review the life and career of these extraordinary entertainers, and examine their influence on comedy, and f course include clips from some of their... read more -
August 15 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, PhDLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe children of immigrants, the Marx Brothers were stars of vaudeville who easily made the transition to Hollywood as they created iconic characters in some of the funniest movies ever made. This course will review the life and career of these extraordinary entertainers, and examine their influence on comedy, and f course include clips from some of their... read more
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August 15 Tuesday3:00 PM → 4:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Online ClassIt’s the 1980s in Lee County, Virginia. With a nod to Charles Dickens, this Pulitzer Prize-winning book gives readers a hard-scrabble coming-of-age story in the midst of the opioid epidemic. As the first-person narrator, red-headed Damon “Demon” Fields, grapples with his life he tells us what he thinks. Please read the book so you can participate in... read more -
August 9 – August 16 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Steven Friedman, Music HistorianLocations: Online ClassJohn Raitt, Alfred Drake, Yul Brynner, and Rex Harrison are just a few of the men who created legendary Broadway roles, using their unique on-stage personae to carve out their careers and individual brands. In this musically-packed session, you’ll learn about these men and the roles they created. Steve Friedman will infuse his presentation with many... read more -
August 13 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's AttorneyLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis 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 -
August 9 – August 16 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Steven Friedman, Music HistorianLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreJohn Raitt, Alfred Drake, Yul Brynner, and Rex Harrison are just a few of the men who created legendary Broadway roles, using their unique on-stage personae to carve out their careers and individual brands. In this musically-packed session, you’ll learn about these men and the roles they created. Steve Friedman will infuse his presentation with many... read more
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August 6 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis famous avant garde composer was forced by the Nazis to relocate to New York City in 1933. There, Weill reinvented himself as a Broadway composer, working in a new style, a new language and with new collaborators. amous pieces include "Threepenny Opera", "Lady in the Dark", "Lost in the Stars", "Street... read more -
RECORDEDAugust 14 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Online Class(Save $12 when you also sign up for related classes #313, 354, 395.) When we hear the term "Epicurean" today, we think of foodies who have good taste in the culinary realm and when someone calls you "stoic" it means that you have an emotional even keel. How do these notions relate to the thought of Epicurus and the Greek and Roman Stoics? After Aristotle,... read more -
August 9 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Southwestern CollegeLocations: Online ClassIn the first century, a Roman slave named Epictetus earned his freedom. Literate, well-read, and lame from torture, Epictetus rose from obscurity to fame, attracting many students to his philosophical discourses. Along with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca, Epictetus represents the best of the wisdom of Stoicism, a practical, down-to-earth philosophy of... read more -
August 16 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianLocations: Online ClassThe latest biopic and box office smash, "Elvis," tell the story of one of the greatest and most popular entertainers ever and his manager. But there were a number of things the film left out. Daryl Davis will fill in some of those stories, with musical... read more
