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January 10 Monday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianLocations: Oasis at the Macy's Home StoreThis class will explore some of the most influential dances of the 20th century and those who created and popularized them. Reminisce about those you know and learn about some you did... read more -
January 10 Monday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianLocations: Online ClassThis class will explore some of the most influential dances of the 20th century and those who created and popularized them. Reminisce about those you know and learn about some you did... read more
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January 16 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and Online(BUNDLE & SAVE $6 when you also sign up for related class # 154.) A musical standard is a song that remains popular well after its original performance and setting, whether on the radio, on stage or in movies. Julie Kurzava compares performances from the enormous output of legendary singers Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, considering different ways... read more -
January 11 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Online ClassThey say truth is stranger than fiction. This is certainly true in contemporary physics where our investigation of the universe makes reality look weirder and weirder. We will examine some of the findings of astrophysicists to try to make sense of all the space oddities they provide us... read more -
January 10 Monday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Blaine Davies, MA, Professor of U.S. HistoryLocations: Online ClassHarry Truman departed the Presidency with the lowest approval rating in history, yet today most historians regard Truman as one of our best Presidents. Truman ended World War II, integrated the armed forces, established the Truman Doctrine, supported the Marshall Plan, recognized Israel and ordered the Berlin Airlift. However, his controversial decisions to... read more
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January 12 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Ken Walsh, Veteran White House Correspondent, Historian and AuthorLocations: Online ClassJournalist and historian Ken Walsh will present a history of the presidents aboard Air Force One, the most iconic aircraft in the world. Ken will tell fascinating stories about what the presidents were really like in this most unusual habitat. Ken will illustrate his talk with both famous and rare photographs. His talk will cover the modern presidents, from... read more -
RECORDEDJanuary 16 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Online ClassAlbert Einstein was not only a revolutionary physicist, he was also an active advocate for democracy and human rights, positions that made him an enemy of Adolf Hitler's regime. We will explore the intellectual roots of Einstein's political ideas and discuss his history of... read more -
January 11 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Blumberg Ressin, CCBCLocations: Online ClassOver 64 years ago, Ruth Handler, the co-creator of the Mattell toy company, along with her husband imagined a unique doll. It was Ruth who created the world-famous Barbie doll that changed the way little girls would forever play with dolls. She’s still popular, as evidenced by the new live action Barbie film due to be released soon. (Stars Margot Robbie... read more -
January 12 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Ken Walsh, Veteran White House Correspondent, Historian and AuthorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreJournalist and historian Ken Walsh will present a history of the presidents aboard Air Force One, the most iconic aircraft in the world. Ken will tell fascinating stories about what the presidents were really like in this most unusual habitat. Ken will illustrate his talk with both famous and rare photographs. His talk will cover the modern presidents, from... read more
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January 11 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Online ClassWe've all heard someone say, "But I was only joking." Sometimes they were and sometimes they weren't. To tell the difference, we need to know what a joke is. Philosophy of humor examines the question "what makes something a... read more
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January 11 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Blumberg Ressin, CCBCLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreOver 64 years ago, Ruth Handler, the co-creator of the Mattell toy company, along with her husband imagined a unique doll. It was Ruth who created the world-famous Barbie doll that changed the way little girls would forever play with dolls. She’s still popular, as evidenced by the new live action Barbie film due to be released soon. (Stars Margot Robbie... read more
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RECORDEDJanuary 22 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Online Class(See other classes in this series: #145, 185, 223.) The Scientific revolution not only gave us new theories about the ways in which the universe worked, but undermined larger worldviews and even our sense of what it is to be a human. The philosophical questions raised by the Scientific Revolution forced a radical shift in how we thought about... read more -
January 11 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:15 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Julia Fister, MA, Studio ACE Executive DirectorLocations: Online ClassPeter Paul Rubens was a prolific 17th-century Flemish Baroque painter and proponent of a style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. We will explore his landscapes, portraits, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects in this... read more
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January 11 Tuesday7:00 PM → 8:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bradley Simpson, Audubon Naturalist Society Restoration ManagerLocations: Online ClassJoin ANS Restoration Manager, Bradley Simpson, to learn how to identify trees in the winter! Summer is not the only time one can explore the forest. During this presentation, you will learn how to use buds, twigs, pith, bark, fruit to help distinguish our native trees from one another without leaves. We will discuss oaks, hickories, walnuts, maples, tulip... read more
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January 26 Monday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Locations: Online ClassEven winter can be beautiful through the eyes of the Impressionists! In fact, next to summer, winter was probably Monet’s favorite season to recreate in paint, from his backyard to river views. Sisley and Pissarro were moved by winter days, especially the quiet poetry of newly fallen snow. This program will take you on a journey through the snowy French... read more -
January 16 Monday10:30 AM → 12:15 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Michael Suser, Band Leader and Lecturer, and Charlene Cochran, VocalistLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreStart your week at Oasis with coffee and treats, followed by live music and the story behind it. Oasis Musical Mondays are underwritten by the Robin Fields Memorial Fund. The roaring twenties really did roar. Rebounding from the horrors of WWI, America was ready for a good time, and music was a main attraction. Americans would dance, drink and party... read more -
January 12 Wednesday10:30 AM → 11:45 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Alla Shapiro, MD, PhDLocations: Online ClassIn this class, Dr. Shapiro will discuss her memoir “Doctor on Call.” You’ll hear about the bureaucratic lies forced on Chernobyl first-responder physicians; the decades of discrimination as a Jewish citizen of the USSR that led Dr. Shapiro and her family to immigrate to the United States; Dr. Shapiro’s work at the US Food and Drug Administration on... read more
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January 12 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Online ClassBy now, it seems everyone has an opinion about The 1619 Project. Published in 2019, The 1619 Project was a special edition of The New York Times’ Magazine that tried to focus readers’ attention upon the centrality of race slavery in American history. We’ll push past the headlines and the posturing and test four of The 1619 Project’s central claims... read more
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January 16 Monday1:00 PM → 2:15 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Douglas Brinkley, Author and Presidential HistorianLocations: Online ClassNew York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley will chronicle the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In his new book Silent Spring... read more -
January 27 Tuesday3:30 PM → 4:45 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Online Class(See other book discussions: #151, 192, 231.) Our author’s family has deep ties to Maryland; that’s why his full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Both the author and his wife Zelda are buried in Rockville, MD along with other Fitzgeralds. The novel depicts the Roaring Twenties in America. Its view of the Jazz Age is seen as commentary on the... read more
