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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 -
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 -
January 17 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre InstructorLocations: Online ClassThis recent retelling of English history imagines the six wives of Henry VIII competing to be the lead singer in a modern popular music concert. Like Hamilton, it presents history using contemporary language and music, while being well-grounded in its source material. The musical began as a relatively small production in 2017 and then developed into a... read more -
January 13 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Friedman, Music HistorianLocations: Oasis at the Macy's Home StoreTommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer rose from a very talented Gypsy and protege of Michael Bennett to become one of the leading Broadway musical director/show doctors. His talent and skill will be the basis of our lecture highlighting his musicals from Nine, My One and Only and Grand... read more
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RECORDEDJanuary 21 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Gideon Amir, Hebrew ScholarLocations: Online ClassThere are many explanations and theories as to who wrote the Hebrew Bible. Some believe it was written by God, some believe Moses wrote it based on God’s words, and still others believe God inspired or instructed human beings to write it. Focusing on the first five books of the Old Testament, we’ll explore some scholarly ideas and fascinating examples... read more -
January 17 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreThis recent retelling of English history imagines the six wives of Henry VIII competing to be the lead singer in a modern popular music concert. Like Hamilton, it presents history using contemporary language and music, while being well-grounded in its source material. The musical began as a relatively small production in 2017 and then developed into a... read more
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January 13 Thursday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Friedman, Music HistorianLocations: Online ClassTommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer rose from a very talented Gypsy and protege of Michael Bennett to become one of the leading Broadway musical director/show doctors. His talent and skill will be the basis of our lecture highlighting his musicals from Nine, My One and Only and Grand... read more
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January 17 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Online ClassIn 1619, a ship docked near Jamestown and sold twenty captive Africans into slavery in colonial Virginia. To the creators of the 1619 Project that moment was momentous. The 1619 Project argues that it marks the birth date of American slavery and that “the year 1619 is as important to the American story as 1776.” This program is designed to give you the... read more -
January 13 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Thomas Manger, Chief, United States Capitol PoliceLocations: Online ClassChief Tom Manger, former Montgomery County Police Chief, joins us again to talk about his new role as Chief of the United States Capitol Police and the challenges of keeping the Congress safe and... read more
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RECORDEDJanuary 21 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: James H Johnston, Lawyer and AuthorLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineMurder, Inc. tells the story of the CIA’s assassination operations under John F. Kennedy, up to his own assassination and beyond. James H. Johnston was a lawyer for the Senate Intelligence Committee which, in 1975, investigated and first reported on the Castro assassination plots and their relation to Kennedy’s murder. Johnston examines how the CIA... read more -
January 16 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, PhDLocations: Online ClassOscar Hammerstein was one of the most important figures in American theatre who gave musical theatre greater depth through his lyrics and book writing. This class will review Hammerstein's long career (and include many performance clips) and draw upon his recently published letters and interviews to give a fuller picture of Hammerstein and his... read more -
January 16 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, PhDLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreOscar Hammerstein was one of the most important figures in American theatre who gave musical theatre greater depth through his lyrics and book writing. This class will review Hammerstein's long career (and include many performance clips) and draw upon his recently published letters and interviews to give a fuller picture of Hammerstein and his... read more
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RECORDEDJanuary 28 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:15 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bernadette Sweeney, Elder Law AttorneyLocations: Online Class(See related classes: #132, #143, #164, #183.) Do your estate planning papers still hold up? In this session, we’ll review the three must-have documents everyone needs—why each one matters, what can go wrong if you don’t have them, and how to tell if yours are current and valid. You’ll also learn the best ways to store them and share copies with the... read more -
RECORDEDJanuary 22 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerLocations: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineDuring the heyday of klezmer, in the Jewish immigrant community on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, there were two clarinetists who dominated -- Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras. Like all great musicians, their musical personalities were reflective of who they were as individuals, and as participants will learn, these were both extraordinary men.... read more -
January 18 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lawrence Haas, Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy CouncilLocations: Online ClassThe world faces a growing threat from Iran's pursuit of nuclear weaponry, growing ballistic missile capabilities, expanding conventional forces, terror sponsorship, continuing efforts to destabilize regional governments, and increasing brazenness in confronting the United States and its allies in the region and beyond. The United States and the West should... read more
