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September 17 Friday1:30 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Emily Correll, Montgomery History Speaker's BureauLocations: Online ClassThe story of Rockville’s Dora Higgins and her experiences during the Civil War. Based on a letter that Dora, an ardent abolitionist, wrote to her mother describing her trials as rebel general J.E.B. Stuart’s men came through Rockville and captured her husband. Rockville’s divisions over slavery and the war can serve as an illustration of the divisions... read more -
January 24 Friday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Linda Shiffman, Tutor InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreIn this session, participants will explore and practice strategies that help students better understand text. These strategies include inferring, predicting, visualizing, self-questioning, and making connections. Due to the interactive nature of this course, it is only offered in-person at Oasis (not virtually). This course is for active and on-break... read more -
January 29 10:30 AM → 3:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Linda Shiffman, Tutor InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreNew tutor training is required for all volunteers seeking to participate in our Oasis Tutoring program. During this full-day training you will engage with fellow new tutors and get a glimpse of what tutoring looks like in action. Together with your peers you will participate in activities focused on teaching and building literacy skills with children. You... read more -
September 20 Monday11:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerLocations: Oasis at the Macy's Home StoreAmong the Impressionists, the man with the most avant-garde “new way of seeing” was Paul Cézanne. A prickly personality, even his friends found him and his art, troublesome. The passionate and bedeviled Cézanne spent much of his career in self-imposed "exile" in his native Provence, away from Paris, the center of the Impressionist movement. This... read more
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September 20 Monday1:30 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Aubrey Reinmiller, PT, CPTLocations: Online Class 1Do you ever feel imbalanced? Have you, or a loved one, had a fall or two in the past year? Come to this interactive class in which a neurological physical therapist assistant and personal trainer, Aubrey Reinmiller, will clarify the most common reasons for imbalance while learning some exercises you can do to improve your balance! In this class, we will... read more
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February 19 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Yael AstorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreDo you ever worry about accidentally offending someone or saying the "wrong" thing? If so, then this is the workshop for you. Join us for this interactive experience where we will dig into some basics about social identities that covers a wide range of what we'll see in our respective schools. You'll leave this session with a deeper understanding of how to... read more -
March 24 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Linda Shiffman, Tutor InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreIn this session you will share some of the wonderful activities you're using with students such as games, activities, or books. More details will be shared as we approach the date. This course is for current or on-break Oasis tutors and will only be offered in-person. Participants must... read more -
September 21 Tuesday11:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macy's Home StoreBorn to a wealthy family, Katharine Hepburn shot to early fame, winning the first of her four Oscars (a record) when only 26, though she soon became “box office poison.” She quickly brought about her own comeback with The Philadelphia Story and became an icon of screen in both dramatic and comedic roles. This course will include many performance... read more
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April 7 11:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Linda Shiffman, Tutor InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreIn this session you will share some of the wonderful activities you're using with students such as games, activities, or books. More details will be shared as we approach the date. This course is for current or on-break Oasis tutors and will only be offered in-person. Participants must... read more
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September 21 Tuesday11:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre InstructorLocations: Online ClassBorn to a wealthy family, Katharine Hepburn shot to early fame, winning the first of her four Oscars (a record) when only 26, though she soon became “box office poison.” She quickly brought about her own comeback with The Philadelphia Story and became an icon of screen in both dramatic and comedic roles. This course will include many performance... read more
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September 21 Tuesday1:30 PM → 2:45 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Jill Wine-Banks, former Watergate prosecutor, MSNBC Legal AnalystLocations: Online ClassAt the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women’s movement was a young lawyer who was the only woman on the Watergate prosecution team. Jill Wine-Banks takes us inside this troubled time in American history, drawing parallels to today's headlines. Called “the mini-skirted lawyer” by the press, she fought to receive the respect accorded her... read more
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March 27 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Yael AstorLocations: Online ClassWere you unable to attend the in-person session offered in February? By popular demand this session is now being offered virtually. If you already attended the in-person version this will be the same information; no need to attend again (unless you'd like to!) Class Description: Join us for this interactive experience where we will dig into some basics... read more
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September 21 Tuesday3:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Denver Brunsman, Associate Chair, Department of History, George Washington UniversityLocations: Online ClassThis fall, the Oasis History Café Discussion will focus on films and musicals of the American Revolution with Professor Denver Brunsman of George Washington University. In this session, Professor Brunsman will discuss the film adaptation of the Broadway musical 1776 (1972). The musical is an offbeat yet intelligent portrait of the anguishing decision for... read more
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June 2 11:30 AM → 1:30 PMSessions: 1Locations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreCalling All Active Oasis Tutors!You’re invited to join us in celebrating a year of meaningful service and community impact! Come... read more -
August 19 10:30 AM → 3:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Linda Shiffman, Tutor InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreNew Tutor Training – Required for All Incoming Tutor VolunteersAll new volunteers are required to attend a full-day training session before joining the Oasis Tutoring program. During this interactive training, you’ll connect with fellow new tutors, understand what tutoring looks like in action, and participate in hands-on activities designed to build... read more
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September 22 Wednesday1:30 PM → 2:45 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Brian Rose, Professor (ret.), Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham Universitys College at Lincoln CenterLocations: Online ClassAs soon as movies could talk, they began to sing and dance—and musicals quickly became among the most popular film genres in America. Over the next nine decades, the movie musical would evolve to embrace every type of performance, from operatta to rock and soul, from tap to ballet, from Broadway hits to original creations. This presentation will explore... read more
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September 8 10:30 AM → 3:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Linda Shiffman, Tutor InstructorLocations: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreNew Tutor Training – Required for All Incoming Tutor VolunteersAll new volunteers are required to attend a full-day training session before joining the Oasis Tutoring program. During this interactive training, you’ll connect with fellow new tutors, understand what tutoring looks like in action, and participate in hands-on activities designed to build... read more
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September 16 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Locations: Oasis at Macys Home StoreCome join us for coffee to kickoff the start of the new tutoring school year! During this event, Kathleen McDaniel, Tutor Coordinator will review tutoring basics and reminders for the year. You will have an opportunity to ask questions and meet fellow tutors, experienced and new. Every tutor will receive a folder with essential information you will... read more -
September 16 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Locations: Online ClassCome join us for coffee to kickoff the start of the new tutoring school year! During this event, Kathleen McDaniel, Tutor Coordinator will review tutoring basics and reminders for the year. You will have an opportunity to ask questions and meet fellow tutors, experienced and new. Every tutor will receive a folder with essential information you will... read more
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September 23 Thursday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Joseph Snyder, International LecturerLocations: Oasis at the Macy's Home StoreLong envisioned as a crucial short-cut for world trade, the Panama Canal was only completed a little over a hundred years ago. Creating the canal was a huge engineering, political and medical challenge. A major expansion of the canal was completed recently, and a competing canal through Nicaragua is under construction. What does this mean for the... read more
