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August 7 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerLocations: Online ClassJane Austen (1775-1817) wrote brilliantly about life in Regency England in her novels of manners such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. In recent years, all of her novels have been translated to film, giving audiences a view into her Regency world. Austen herself rarely makes reference to architects, paintings, gardens, etc. in her novels... read more -
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August 1 – August 2 Monday, Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Deeva Garel, Technology InstructorLocations: Online ClassLearn how to organize, edit, share, and backup your digital photos and videos with the free Google Photos program. The first session covers all this plus how to create albums and collages. While this session will be mostly demonstration, there will be some time to try things on your own. The second session is available for those interested in guided... read more -
August 9 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Online ClassNeoclassicism is the predominant official style in Washington, but the city also boasts enough architectural variety to provide a kind of primer to the broader history of Western architecture. In this armchair tour of Washington’s “other” architecture, we’ll explore buildings directly inspired by ancient and historical prototypes. We’ll examine... read more -
July 30 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistLocations: Online ClassVisit an English Anglican church in the heart of this most French North American city; check out a former prison, later college, now historical society headquarters; view hundreds of fresco murals depicting everything from fairy tales to the1889 landslides to fishing trades; peruse the medical instruments collection from the oldest hospital in North... read more -
August 1 Monday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Victor Camp, Ph.D., SDSU Department of Geological Sciences Lecturer Emeritus Locations: Online ClassDo you realize that our planet has experienced extraordinary volcanic eruptions in the geologic past on a scale far greater than those of human experience? These super-eruptions have taken place somewhere on Earth every 100,000 years. Will our next super-eruption be at Yellowstone National Park? Yellowstone is underlain by an unusual plume of hot rock that... read more -
August 9 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreNeoclassicism is the predominant official style in Washington, but the city also boasts enough architectural variety to provide a kind of primer to the broader history of Western architecture. In this armchair tour of Washington’s “other” architecture, we’ll explore buildings directly inspired by ancient and historical prototypes. We’ll examine... read more
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July 31 Wednesday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Nikki Haddad, Alexandra Hardee, & Marla Caplon, Montgomery County Senior Nutrition ProgramLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreWhether you eat with others or alone, healthy meals can be quick to prepare and light for digestion. Let’s share some ideas and try a few easy and tasty... read more -
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
