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September 21 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Ralph D Buglass, Montgomery HistoryLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThis richly-illustrated presentation - a virtual tour of still-standing mansions in the Dupont Circle area built by an eclectic mix of business moguls, politicians, newspaper publishers, and others of means - will look at the varied architecture and recall the lives—and foibles—of the... read more -
September 21 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Online ClassFrederick Law Olmsted, renowned for his designs with Calvert Vaux for Central Park and Prospect Park in New York, envisioned landscape as an art, a science, and a social ideal. In designing the U.S. Capitol grounds, he met a new challenge to create a landscape that was both part of the Capitol but also subsidiary to it. His son Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., as... read more -
September 21 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreFrederick Law Olmsted, renowned for his designs with Calvert Vaux for Central Park and Prospect Park in New York, envisioned landscape as an art, a science, and a social ideal. In designing the U.S. Capitol grounds, he met a new challenge to create a landscape that was both part of the Capitol but also subsidiary to it. His son Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., as... read more
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September 22 Friday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Marianne Starr, Naturalist, Locust Grove Nature CenterLocations: TripLevel of Difficulty: 2/5 The Locust Grove Nature Center is at the top of a large parking lot shared with the Pauline Betz Addie Indoor Tennis Center. The trails are somewhat uneven so wear sturdy shoes and bring a hiking pole if you like. There are few hills as we will be walking along Cabin John Creek most of the time. We’ll be looking for fall blooming... read more -
September 26 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityLocations: Online ClassWhile less known than some of his contemporaries, songwriter Jule Styne wrote over 1500 songs in his 50-year career, spanning the history of the American songbook and beyond. Styne began his career playing in house bands in 1920’s Chicago speakeasies, then went on to write songs for classic Hollywood films, hits for Frank Sinatra and Broadway musicals for... read more -
September 26 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreWhile less known than some of his contemporaries, songwriter Jule Styne wrote over 1500 songs in his 50-year career, spanning the history of the American songbook and beyond. Styne began his career playing in house bands in 1920’s Chicago speakeasies, then went on to write songs for classic Hollywood films, hits for Frank Sinatra and Broadway musicals for... read more
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April 29 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre InstructorLocations: Online ClassPremiered nearly 200 years ago, Beethoven’s 9th symphony revolutionized music with its vast structure and introduction of voices to call for peace and human unity. This class will place the great piece in the context of Beethoven’s life and time, show some of its innovations, and discuss its influence, both on composers and on listeners. You will hear... read more -
September 27 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lawrence Haas, Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy CouncilLocations: Online ClassThe United States and Israel face an evolving Middle East, with Iran continuing to advance its nuclear and related ballistic missile programs and working more closely America's biggest global adversaries; with Saudi Arabia reversing course and seeking warmer ties with Iran; and with the Arab world welcoming Syria back to its fold. Those developments present... read more -
September 27 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lawrence Haas, Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy CouncilLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe United States and Israel face an evolving Middle East, with Iran continuing to advance its nuclear and related ballistic missile programs and working more closely America's biggest global adversaries; with Saudi Arabia reversing course and seeking warmer ties with Iran; and with the Arab world welcoming Syria back to its fold. Those developments present... read more
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September 27 Wednesday3:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Mai Eltabak, PharmD, Suburban HospitalLocations: Online ClassIn this class we'll take a look at different medications and pearls in regards to falls. A pharmacist will provide guidance and information on how to minimize the risk of... read more -
April 30 Friday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistLocations: Online ClassBeen there, done that? Looking for something in Vienna a bit off the beaten path? Consider: the monument to Vienna’s worst plague, the still-active 4th generation workshop of the snow globe inventor, a crypt with the remains of 150 members of the Hapsburg dynasty, an Austrian Resistance Museum, and homes of the world’s most famous composers (e.g.,... read more
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September 28 Thursday10:15 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Gwen Nelmes, Education Coordinator, Dawson Federal Inc.Locations: TripFor more than 150 years, the National Museum of Health and Medicine has collected and shared information about the history of medicine and American military medicine. This docent-led tour will provide an in-depth overview of the museum's permanent exhibits, including "Military Medicine: Challenges and Innovations," "Civil War Collections," "The Human Body:... read more -
September 28 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistLocations: Online ClassHome of the U.S. Naval Academy and self-proclaimed “America’s Sailing Capitol,” Annapolis is about a lot more than boats. Consider Colonial history with the home and gardens of a Declaration of Independence signatory, Black history (seen the Alex Haley Roots memorial but not the one dedicated to Marylander Thurgood Marshall?), vibrant weekly... read more -
October 3 Tuesday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Dorothy Trench Bonett, WriterLocations: Online ClassThe terracotta army near Xi’an in Shaanxi Province, China is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with its 2,200 year old soldiers regarded as treasures of world art. This class will explain what the army consists of and what it is guarding, using facts from ancient Chinese texts and modern archaeology. It also will present the fascinating figure of the First... read more -
October 3 Tuesday10:30 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Dorothy Trench Bonett, WriterLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe terracotta army near Xi’an in Shaanxi Province, China is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with its 2,200 year old soldiers regarded as treasures of world art. This class will explain what the army consists of and what it is guarding, using facts from ancient Chinese texts and modern archaeology. It also will present the fascinating figure of the First... read more
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October 3 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Rebeccah Ballo, Historic Preservation Supervisor, Montgomery County Planning DepartmentLocations: Online ClassThe Mapping Segregation Project aims to help Montgomery Planning document and explain how the real estate industry, laws, government programs, and other institutionalized and systemic actions have led to inequitable development in Montgomery County. By examining racial restrictive covenants recorded in the land records, historians in the Planning Department... read more -
October 3 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Rebeccah Ballo, Historic Preservation Supervisor, Montgomery County Planning DepartmentLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThe Mapping Segregation Project aims to help Montgomery Planning document and explain how the real estate industry, laws, government programs, and other institutionalized and systemic actions have led to inequitable development in Montgomery County. By examining racial restrictive covenants recorded in the land records, historians in the Planning Department... read more
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October 4 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Linda Coleman, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of MarylandLocations: Online ClassPoliticians use language in ways that sometimes seem rather . . . unusual. But word meaning isn’t just what you find in a dictionary. Rather, it’s created by the frameworks of background knowledge and beliefs that the audience brings to it. We’ll explore some of these frameworks and see what we can learn from how politicians use their... read more -
October 4 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Linda Coleman, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of MarylandLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StorePoliticians use language in ways that sometimes seem rather . . . unusual. But word meaning isn’t just what you find in a dictionary. Rather, it’s created by the frameworks of background knowledge and beliefs that the audience brings to it. We’ll explore some of these frameworks and see what we can learn from how politicians use their... read more
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October 5 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Deirdre Kann, National Weather Service (Retired)Locations: Online ClassSince 1980, hurricanes and tropical cyclones have caused the more damage and deaths in the United States than any other type of weather or climate disaster. This presentation will cover how and where these tropical systems form and why the resulting damage can be so extreme. We will review some of the most extreme U.S. events, as well as hurricanes that... read more
