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Class registration opens
Monday, January 6 at 10:30am
Winter-Spring 2020
Art, Current Events, Exercise, Technology, Tours, Volunteering and more!
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washington-metro.oasisnet.org
Sponsored by
macy’s
foundation
Welcome to Oasis
Come in from the cold this winter to join Oasis friends for Regarding class/trip registration:
lectures, discussions, music and more. • Please see the catalog back cover for online
registration instructions.
New program highlights include: • Paper registrations will be processed beginning at
• The director of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project on 10:30 am on registration day (Friday, January 3 for
freeing people wrongly-convicted of crimes (#120). trips and Monday, January 6 for classes) in the order
• Sports attorney, Phil Hochberg, in conversation with they were received.
former Redskin Charles Mann (#504) and with Jane • Credit cards are the preferred form of payment.
Leavy, author of a new book about Babe Ruth (#431).
• Stuart Schwartz, former editor and producer for See page 33 in the catalog for more information about
ABC-TV network news, takes us behind the scenes of registering for classes and trips.
today’s network news (#411).
• Life-enriching classes, including how to take better It’s YOUR time to expand your horizons, try a new exercise
pictures with your phone (#125) and an art workshop, class, join a discussion group, or explore our volunteer
The Colors of You (#514). opportunities!
Returning favorites: We look forward to seeing you here!
• Retired Foreign Service officer and captivating The Oasis Team
speaker Molly Williamson discussing global Janice, Anna, Leah,
perspectives on climate change (#128).
• Lindley Vann, distinguished Professor Emeritus of Susan & Karla
Architecture, UMD, on the city of Pompeii, before and
after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (#232).
• Dr. John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer, WebMD, on
the Blue Zones, places in the world where people live
longer, healthier lives (#417).
OASIS STAFF Karla Lazarte CONTACT INFORMATION
Anna Stokes Health Coordinator Washington Metropolitan Oasis
Executive Director klazart1@jhmi.edu Macy’s Home Store
astoke12@jhmi.edu 301-469-5127 Westfield Montgomery Mall
301-469-4976 7125 Democracy Blvd
Susan Moser Bethesda, MD 20817
Janice Pliner Tutor Coordinator
Main Number
Program Manager smoser2@jhmi.edu
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jpliner1@jhmi.edu 301-469-6800, press 1, x211
301-469-5896 Website
HOURS washington-metro.oasisnet.org
Leah Russi Mon – Fri, 10:00am – 4:00pm Email
Office Manager
Oasis will be closed on: washingtonmetro@oasisnet.org
lrussi1@jhmi.edu
301-469-4960 January 1, 2020
March 26-27, 2020
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OUR MISSION DISCLAIMER NOTICE
Our mission is to promote healthy aging The opinions expressed by class speakers are their
through lifelong learning, active lifestyles and own and do not necessarily reflect the views of
volunteer engagement. Oasis or any of its sponsoring organizations.
SPONSORS CLIMATE CONTROL
Oasis is a non-profit organization, locally sponsored The Oasis heating, ventilation and air conditioning
by the Macy’s Foundation and Suburban Hospital, a varies. Considering the fluctuation of the
member of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Oasis is affiliated temperature, we recommend dressing in layers.
with the Oasis Institute, headquartered in St. Louis,
MO. THE OASIS PROCESSING FEE
A $15 processing fee is charged each trimester when
JOINING OASIS you register for classes. The $15 fee does not apply
Become an Oasis member online at oasisnet.org. to trips, free classes, After Hours classes, classes at
You can also complete and return the New Member Johns Hopkins University and offsite discussion
Form on page 60. Membership is free. groups. Please remember that Oasis is a non-profit
organization, and the class fees, as well as the
CLASS REMINDERS processing fees, help to support the high quality of
• Class reminders are sent by email when possible. programs that we are able to offer.
• Classes occasionally run past the scheduled
time. Please plan accordingly.
REFUND/CREDIT POLICY INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
The goal of this policy is to spend less time on If Oasis is closed or delayed, we will post a
administration and more time serving you with message on our website and voicemail by 8:00am.
great programming!
• Oasis website: washington-metro.oasisnet.org
• Oasis voicemail: 301-469-6800, press 1, x211
1. Oasis will refund your payment if a class is
canceled. Offsite locations may be closed even when Oasis
2. Oasis will credit your Oasis account if a is open so please check directly with the offsite
class is rescheduled and you notify us at least location.
48 hours in advance that you cannot attend
the rescheduled date. DID YOU KNOW...
3. No refund or credit will be given for any other You can try any of our discussion groups,
reason. exercise or Spanish classes one time before you
4. If you are unable to attend a class, register to make sure it is a good fit for you.
• you may invite another person to take Remember: We cannot issue refunds.
your place in the class
• OR, as a courtesy, notify us that you can’t LATE POLICY
make the class, so we can offer the seat to
a fellow Oasis student on the waiting list. As a courtesy to your fellow participants
and our instructors, please arrive for
5. Oasis does not prorate class fees. class on time. Late arrivals (ten minutes
after class begins) will not be able to
enter the classroom and refunds will
not be given.
Cover photos by Judy Ackerman and Janice Pliner 3Locations & Directions
MAIN OFFICE DIRECTIONS
Macy’s Home Store, Level 2, • Westfield Montgomery Mall is accessible from
7125 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20817 Democracy Blvd, Westlake Dr and Westlake Terrace
• The Macy’s Home Store/Oasis entrance is located
on the 2nd level of Garage A which is directly
Westlake Terrace accessible from Westlake Drive.
• If you cannot find parking in Garage A, park in one
of the other mall garages or lots. Once inside the
Sears
mall, proceed to the Macy’s Home Store on level 2.
Macy’s Home (closed)
Covered Once inside the store, walk left through the linen
Garage Parking department. The Oasis entrance is just past the
A Westfield sign for the parking garage on your right.
Westlake Drive
Food Montgomery 270 • If you have mobility issues, we have wheelchairs
Court Mall and will be happy to meet you somewhere in the
Nordstrom mall and bring you to Oasis. We appreciate as
much advance notice as possible.
Macy’s
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
• Take Metro Red line to Grosvenor
• From Grosvenor, take Ride On bus 96 or 6
Democracy Blvd • From Bethesda or Medical Center, take Metro
bus J2 or Ride On bus 47
OFFSITE LOCATIONS • Scotland Community Center
7700 Scotland Drive, Potomac, MD 20854
• Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services 240-777-8075
Center (BCC-RSC)
4805 Edgemoor Ln
Bethesda, MD 20814
• St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
6030 Grosvenor Ln, Bethesda, MD 20814
240-777-8200 301-530-1800
• Johns Hopkins University Montgomery • Suburban Hospital Auditorium
County Campus 8600 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814
Gilchrist Hall, 9601 Medical Center Dr 301-896-3100
Rockville, MD 20850
301-294-7000
*Please note: A parking pass is required to park • Temple Beth Ami
at JHU. We will email you a pass prior to your 14330 Travilah Rd, Rockville, MD 20850
class or you can pick one up at Oasis. 301-340-6818
• North Potomac Community Center (NPCC) • White Oak Community Center
13850 Travilah Rd, Rockville, MD 20850 1700 April Ln, Silver Spring, MD 20904
240-773-4805 240-777-6940
4MEET THE DOCTORS...
Peju Adekoya, M.D. is a board- and open skull base surgery at The Ohio State
certified anesthesiologist University. He is currently an Assistant Professor
and currently, the Associate- of Otolaryngology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. London
Fellowship Program Director has a lab and conducts research on sino-nasal
of the Division of Chronic tumors at the National Institutes of Health. Dr.
Pain Medicine, Department of London will be speaking at Oasis on February 19
Anesthesiology and Critical Care (see class #318).
Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He completed his Anesthesiology training
at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and Jared Marks, M.D. is a
subsequently completed an Interventional Pain neurosurgeon with Johns
Medicine fellowship at Harvard Massachusetts Hopkins Neurosurgery in
General Hospital, Boston. Prior to this, he Bethesda, MD. He received his
obtained his undergraduate and medical degree medical degree from Temple
at Howard University, Washington, D.C. Dr. University School of Medicine,
Adekoya will be speaking at Oasis on January 15 underwent his neurosurgical
(see class #305). training at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center and completed a fellowship in
complex spinal surgery at The Johns Hopkins
Nyall London Jr., M.D., Ph.D. is a Hospital. Dr. Marks practices patient-centered
board‐certified Otolaryngologist neurosurgery. He treats the patient, not just
(Ear, Nose, and Throat) - Head the signs and symptoms, and he believes in
and Neck surgeon specializing maximizing non-surgical therapies, when
in inflammatory and malignant possible, prior to pursuing surgical options.
diseases of the sinuses. His clinical focus is spinal surgery including
He received his bachelor's degenerative changes in the spine as well as
degree at Brigham Young University and his spine tumors, spine infections, spine trauma and
medical degree and PhD at The University of spinal deformity. Dr. Marks will be speaking at
Utah. He completed his residency at Johns Oasis on March 18 (see class #327).
Hopkins followed by fellowship in endoscopic
Need A Physician Referral?
Call 1-855-JHM-3939 or go to
suburbanhospital.org and click on “Find a Doctor.”
This is a free service provided by Suburban Hospital.
5Monday
100 Your Technology Tutor 102 Men’s Discussion Group (A)
Oasis Computer Instructors Oasis Members
Do you want to advance This group provides
a computer skill, fill in a forum to engage in
gaps in your knowledge, or intellectual conversation
solve a computer problem? with a peer group and
Our instructors can help explore areas of common
you with your laptop or other portable device interest. Topics for discussion are selected by
(e.g. phone, tablet) in a private session here the group. Limit: 29
at Oasis, lasting up to two hours. After you Oasis
register for this class, please email: lrussi1@ Monday, Jan 13 - Apr 6, 10:30 - 12:00
jhmi.edu a list of the questions/issues you Fee: $25, 13 sessions
want to work on. You will then be contacted by
the end of January to schedule your session. E
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Please note: We are not able to assist with 103 Total Body Workout OFF
complex programming or software issues; if we Deb Moran, Certified Fitness Instructor
are unable to match you with a tutor, a refund Get energized with this
will be provided. Limit: 15 60-minute dynamic
Oasis and creative workout
Fee: $25 with music consisting
of easy-to-follow cardio,
strengthening, core and balance exercises with
101 Bethesda Men’s E small balls, weights, elastic tubing or other
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Discussion Group (A) OFF equipment. The class ends with a cooldown
Oasis Members and stretch. Instructor will provide equipment
This group provides a forum with the exception of floor mats. Limit: 30
to engage in intellectual St. Luke’s Church
conversation with a peer Monday, Jan 13 - Apr 13, 10:30 - 11:30
group and explore areas of No class January 20, February 17
common interest. Topics for Fee: $132, 12 sessions
discussion are selected by the group. Limit: 25
BCC Regional Services Center
Monday
Monday, Jan 6 - Apr 27, 10:30 - 12:00
No class January 20, February 17
Fee: $25, 15 sessions
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104 The Greatest Figure Skating 106 Gentle Qi Gong and Tai Chi OFF
Programs in History: 1968 - 2020 Kim Brooks, Holistic Health Instructor
Gary Cahn, Ice Skating Enthusiast Enjoy a blending of Qi
Come watch more than 35 of Gong and Tai Chi to
the greatest figure skating promote the relaxation
performances in history. Learn response within you.
what makes each performance Balance, flexibility,
a prize winner. This is your coordination and stress-reduction exercises
chance to compare past will be interwoven in easy-to-learn routines
champions with skaters at this that you can practice every day. Routines can
year’s U.S. National Figure be adapted for sitting in a chair. Limit: 20
Skating championships, which will be held St. Luke’s Church
January 20-26. See Torvil and Dean, Michelle Monday, Jan 13 - Apr 13, 2:30 - 3:30
Kwan, Paul Wylie, Peggy Fleming, Scott No class January 20, February 17
Hamilton, Gordeeva and Grinkov, Davis and Fee: $132, 12 sessions
White, and many others.
Oasis
Monday, Jan 13, 10:30 - 1:00 107 Back Up Your Computer
Fee: $25 Before It Dies
Gary Cahn, Computer Instructor
This class is taught for
105 Bridge for Beginners students with PC, not
Gary Cahn, Bridge Instructor Mac, formats. It is for
Bridge is a terrific game advanced-beginner and
that helps keep your intermediate students.
mind alert and provides What would happen if
enjoyable times with your computer “died”? You could lose access
friends. At the same time, to your digital photos, tax records, documents,
it requires concentration email and more. Learn how to back up your
and a reasonably good memory. This course data so that if your computer dies, the data is
is designed for people who have never played protected. With a variety of options, you can
bridge. The following topics will be covered: be safe, not sorry. This is a demonstration/
counting points in your hand; bids at the one lecture, not a hands-on class. Limit: 20
level; responses by partner; and opening leads. Oasis
Instruction is followed by practice. A computer Monday, Jan 27, 10:30 - 12:30
bridge game is included in the price of the Fee: $24
Monday
course. Limit: 22
Oasis
Monday, Jan 13 - Feb 24, 1:30 - 3:30
No class February 17
Fee: $120, 6 sessions
washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211 7108 Chatsworth: 500 Years of One 110 The Murrow Boys:
Family’s Art Collection Pioneers of Broadcasting
Bonita Billman, Art History Affiliated Faculty, Brian Belanger, Curator, Natl. Capital Radio
Georgetown University & Television Museum
Long before there was Prior to WWII, radio
Downton Abbey, there newscasts were rare. The war
was Chatsworth, a changed that dramatically.
grand 175-room estate The CBS Evening News
set amidst a thousand- Roundup with Edward
acre park in Central Murrow took listeners live via
England. It has been the ancestral home of the shortwave radio from city to
Cavendish family since 1549. Learn about the city, reporting the latest developments. That
Chatsworth art collection, a spectacular array brought the war viscerally into American
of art, letters, jewels, books, sculptures— homes. This talk (including audio recordings)
virtually anything that one could collect over will describe Murrow, his CBS colleagues, and
the course of 500 years. how they reported the news.
Oasis Oasis
Monday, Jan 27, 10:30 - 12:00 Monday, Feb 3, 10:30 - 11:30
Fee: $15 Fee: $10
109 How Much Is My Collection Worth? 111 El Greco: Between Many Worlds
Allan Stypeck, Owner, Second Story Books Nora Hamerman, Art Historian
Back by popular Domenikos Theotokopoulos
demand, renowned (1541-1614) was a great
book and manuscript artist who cannot be pinned
dealer and appraiser down easily. He came from a
Stypeck will focus Greek icon-painting culture,
on collecting books, studied with Titian in Venice,
autographs, manuscripts, photographs and and finally settled in Toledo,
other ephemera in the 21st century. He will Spain. Famous for his
share his expertise by answering questions otherworldly depictions of religious themes, El
and offering advice on the appropriate ways Greco (the Greek, his nickname in Spain) was
to maximize the value of individual items also a trenchantly realistic portrait painter.
and collections through sale or donation. His dramatic and expressionistic style found
Mr. Stypeck will also appraise books and much appreciation in the 19th and 20th
manuscripts for the first 20 participants, so century.
Monday
bring your treasure and see what it is worth Oasis
today! Monday, Feb 3, 1:00 - 2:30
Oasis Fee: $15
Monday, Jan 27, 1:00 - 2:00
Fee: $10
8 washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211112 Battling the Blues 114 Tutor Workshop:
Terry Ullman, MSW, Re-focus on First Grade!
LCSW-C, LICSW Linda Shiffman, Retired MCPS Reading
Nearly everyone has Specialist
had the blues, or Linda Shiffman, our
sadness, at some point instructor/trainer
in their lives. These extraordinaire, is going
feelings of sadness can to present a workshop
pass quickly without which delves into first
disrupting daily life. However, there are times grade. This class will
when the blues persist, resulting in difficulty contain new and different material than that
functioning, a diminished quality of life, poor presented in the first grade course offered in
physical health and significant emotional fall 2019. All tutors can benefit from a better
suffering. In this program, participants will understanding of the first grade curriculum,
learn about the different forms of depression, expectations of first grade students and ways
treatment strategies and when to seek in which you can enhance your tutoring
professional help. sessions when working with children at this
Oasis level. This workshop will be interactive
Monday, Feb 10, 10:30 - 12:00 with plenty of opportunity for Q&A. Linda is
Fee: $15 excited to share her knowledge of this subject
with our wonderful volunteers.
Oasis
113 Popular Diet Trends: Monday, Feb 17, 1:00 - 2:30
A Critical Look Free
Libby Lamancusa, Registered Dietitian
There’s no lack of
diets promising fast 115 The Victorian Olympians:
results for improved Inspired by the Gods
health. It seems as Bonita Billman, Art History Affiliated Faculty,
though just about every Georgetown University
month there’s a new In Victorian England,
‘revolutionary’ diet. But some of these trendy portraits, sentimental genre
diets can be outright unhealthy. With so scenes and animal paintings
much misinformation bombarding us from the were particularly popular with
media, marketers, and well-meaning friends, a rising middle-class market
it’s hard to make well-grounded decisions (as well as the royals and
Monday
about which diet might be worth pursuing. aristocracy). We’ll talk about
Learn key questions to ask as we critically a select few painters who took
compare, contrast and evaluate some of the classical inheritance in mythology and art
today’s most popular diet trends. as their inspiration. Lord Frederic Leighton
Oasis was chief among the Olympians. His near
Monday, Feb 10, 1:00 - 2:30 contemporary, George Frederic Watts, was
Fee: $15 called “England’s Michelangelo”.
Oasis
Monday, Feb 24, 10:30 - 12:00
Fee: $15
washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211 9116 John Le Carre: 118 Kings and Presidents: The U.S. SIT
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Ending an Era with George Smiley and Saudi Arabia Since FDR OFF
Melinda Kramer, Professor of English, Prince Dr. Jeffrey R. Macris, U.S. Naval Academy
George’s Community College History Department
Both prequel and sequel to (Please note later start
John Le Carre’s, The Spy time for this class: 2:00
Who Came in from the Cold, pm.) The United States
A Legacy of Spies features and Saudi Arabia’s
events that haunt key players diplomatic relationship
50 years later. In this class, we emerged in the first
will compare the beginning and half of the 20th century. President Franklin
the end of the George Smiley Roosevelt’s meeting in 1945 on a U.S. Navy
era, including an introduction to the spy novel warship with Saudi King Abdul Aziz reflected
genre. Before class, attendees should read A a confluence of interests that endures today.
Legacy of Spies and revisit The Spy Who Came This session investigates that bilateral
in from the Cold. relationship and why the two nations, despite
Oasis their differences, remain allied today.
Monday, Feb 24, 1:00 - 3:00 JHU/Gilchrist Hall
Fee: $20 Monday, Mar 2, 2:00 - 3:30
Fee: $20
117 How to Heal Our SIT
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Commentator Leon Rodriguez, Attorney/Partner, Seyfarth
Wehner, a Shaw LLP
contributing opinion Immigration will play
writer for The New a key role in the 2020
York Times and senior election. What are the
fellow at the Ethics candidates offering in
and Public Policy Center who has served in the way of immigration
the last three Republican administrations, reform proposals?
will talk about why politics matters more than Topics to be explored include the future of
ever. He’ll share ideas about how to heal our the Dreamers, Refugee Policy, the Wall,
country, which is deeply divided, angry and Chain Migration, and Immigration and the
polarized, with more and more Americans Business Community. Leon Rodriguez served
viewing people they disagree with not as as director of United States Citizenship and
Monday
opponents but hated enemies. Immigration Services in the Department of
JHU/Gilchrist Hall Homeland Security from 2014-2017. His goal
Monday, Mar 2, 10:30 - 11:30 is to engage with attendees on their questions
Fee: $15 related to immigration policy.
JHU/Gilchrist Hall
Monday, Mar 9, 10:30 - 12:00
Fee: $20
10 washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211120 Convicting the Innocent: SIT
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Causes & Remedies OFF Dr. Gail Wilensky, Economist and Senior
Shawn Armbrust, Executive Director, Mid- Fellow, Project HOPE and Jack Meyer,
Atlantic Innocence Project Healthcare Consultant
Shawn Armbrust One of the central policy
will be discussing her debates of the 2020
organization’s work presidential contest is
freeing wrongfully health care. Democratic
convicted and candidates and President
imprisoned, innocent Donald Trump have firm,
clients in our region. Accompanying Armbrust yet divergent positions on
will be one of the organization’s recently-freed a plethora of specific issues
clients. related to individuals’ access to health care.
JHU/Gilchrist Hall In this program, two experienced health
Monday, Mar 9, 1:30 - 2:30 policy professionals will discuss the various
Fee: $15 proposals on the table. What are the pros,
cons and implications of each? Dr. Gail
Wilensky directed the Medicare and Medicaid
121 Going Paperless programs from 1990 to 1992 and served in the
Penny Catterall, Owner and Founder, Order White House as a senior health and welfare
Your Life, LLC adviser to President George H.W. Bush. Dr.
Are you finally ready Jack Meyer worked for Health Management
to kick the paper Associates and was Professor of the Practice
habit? Tired of being at the School of Public Policy and the School of
overwhelmed by bills, Public Health at the University of Maryland.
receipts, and endless Bring your questions for these experts.
piles of paper that Oasis
engulf your desk? Are you comfortable with Monday, Mar 16, 1:00 - 2:30
the concept of “the cloud” but just not sure how Fee: $15
to use it? If so, this workshop is for you. We’ll
talk about helpful apps, mobile scanning and
electronic files to help you get started. 123 Planning and Paying for
Oasis Long-Term Care
Monday, Mar 16, 10:30 - 12:00 Bernadette Sweeney, Elder Law Attorney
Fee: $15 Sweeney will present an
overview of long-term care
Monday
options in various settings:
home care, adult day
programs, assisted living,
nursing facilities and hospice.
Come and learn from an
experienced elder law attorney about ways to
help pay for different types of care, including
Medicare, Medical Assistance (Medicaid),
Veterans Administration benefits, long-term
care insurance and income tax strategies.
Limit: 20
Oasis
Monday, Mar 16, 1:00 - 2:30
Fee: $15
washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211 11124 Terezín and the SIT
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Art of Defiance OFF Beyond the Rainbow OFF
Murry Sidlin, President and Creative Director, Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre Instructor
The Defiant Requiem Foundation Judy Garland was one of the
This is the story of the greatest popular singers,
Terezín Composers, with a career of over 40 years
talented men and that spanned vaudeville,
women who created movies and concerts. Her
and composed music life included many triumphs
while imprisoned in as a performer, including
the Terezín concentration camp during WWII. introducing her signature
Aware that their lives were fragile and that song “Over the Rainbow,” along with long
deportations to the east were a constant battles with addiction that led to her early
reality, these courageous prisoners felt the death. Sherman will overview her full life and
need to create new music as an affirmation professional career using clips from movie and
of a future. This presentation features audio TV performances to present her artistry.
musical and video samples. JHU/Gilchrist Hall
JHU/Gilchrist Hall Monday, Mar 23, 1:30 - 3:30
Monday, Mar 23, 10:30 - 12:00 Fee: $25
Fee: $20
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Phone or Point-and-Shoot Camera Melvin Goodman, Adjunct Professor, Int’l
Judy Ackerman, PhD., Professor of Relations, Johns Hopkins Univ.
Mathematics Emerita, Montgomery College Mel Goodman will
Although we all take lots provide an introduction
of pictures these days, we to numerous national
don’t always capture what security issues,
we hoped to see. Expensive particularly the bloated
fancy equipment isn’t the defense budget, the
solution. We’ll discuss overzealous tempo of military deployments
some principles that apply and the politicization of intelligence. There
to photography regardless of the camera. have been references to “endless wars,” but
Participants will learn the basics of composing inadequate discussion of the decision making
a picture, the impact of the amount and that has led to unnecessary conflicts.
direction of available light, and simple edits to JHU/Gilchrist Hall
Monday
make more pleasing images. Between sessions, Monday, Mar 30, 10:30 - 12:00
participants will take pictures to share and Fee: $20
discuss.
Oasis
Monday, Mar 23 & 30, 1:00 - 2:30
Fee: $30, 2 sessions
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128 Climate Change: Can The OFF 129 April Book Discussion:
World Find Consensus for Action? The Weight of Ink
Molly Williamson, Foreign Service Officer Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion
(Ret.) and Scholar, Middle East Institute Leader
Perennial Oasis If you loved either A. S. Byatt’s
favorite Molly Possession or Geraldine
Williamson explores Brooks’ People of the Book,
the tough topic of odds are you’ll love this one.
climate change. We Two scholars of Judaic history
can’t agree on causes investigate papers from the
or effects. The question of how (or whether) to 1660s found in a London house
fix it defies policy makers, industry leaders, being renovated. Because the
and conscientious consumers. Because it is author is also an academic, she knows the life
a global issue, it requires a global consensus of the scholar. Please read (or re-read) the
for a global response. Williamson will explore book so you can participate in the structured,
key factors in this headache of a topic, and facilitated discussion. Author: Rachel Kadish,
why politicians don’t seem credible in their 2017. Limit: 20
treatments of climate change. Oasis
JHU/Gilchrist Hall Monday, Apr 6, 1:00 - 2:15
Monday, Mar 30, 1:30 - 3:00 Fee: $13
Fee: $20
Election 2020
No matter which party you affiliate with (if any), 2020 is shaping up to
be an historic election year. Let Oasis help you stay in the know with
classes on some of the hottest issues for voters including healthcare,
immigration and climate change. Our expert instructors will also break
down the history behind some of our nation's long established but
Monday
often misunderstood institutions including the Iowa Caucuses and the
Electoral College.
Check out the following Election 2020 related classes:
#117 How to Heal Our Frayed Republic
#119 Immigration and the 2020 Election
#122 Healthcare and the 2020 Election
#128 Climate Change: Can The World Find Consensus for Action?
#409 The Iowa Caucuses: History, Stories, and How They Work
#432 The Electoral College: Conversations that Count
#503 Current Events Discussion Group
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Discussion Group (C) OFF Sherry Starr, Facilitator
Oasis Members We are faced with
This group provides personal dilemmas
a forum to engage in every day. You may
intellectual conversation be surprised to see
with a peer group and that others struggle
explore areas of common with many of the same
interest. Topics for discussion are selected by things you do. Hearing from others and
the group. Limit: 25 sharing your thoughts make for an interesting
North Potomac Community Center and enjoyable time. You are encouraged to
Tuesday, Jan 7 - Apr 28, 10:30 - 12:00 suggest topics for discussion. We hope you
Fee: $25, 17 sessions will join us for lunch afterwards. Limit: 20
White Oak Community Center
Tuesday, Jan 14, Feb 18, Mar 17, Apr 21,
201 Men’s/Women’s 10:30 - 12:00
Discussion Group (A) Fee: $20, 4 sessions
Oasis Members
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intellectual conversation with a peer group 204 Gentle Yoga
and explore areas of common interest. Topics Kim Brooks, Holistic Health Instructor
for discussion are selected by the group. This course uses gentle
Limit: 29 yoga standing poses to
Oasis improve our balance
Tuesday, Jan 7 - Apr 7, 1:00 - 2:30 and make leg muscles
Fee: $25, 14 sessions and bones stronger. We
will utilize poses for
strengthening upper body
202 Sex in the Broadway Musical muscles and incorporate neuron training for
Steven Friedman, Music Historian memory improvement. Each class includes
Many musicals have restful breathing sequences to calm the mind
used sex to drive the plot. and nervous system and leave each participant
feeling relaxed and refreshed. Bring a yoga
Tuesday
Pal Joey was a sleazy
womanizer; Oklahoma had sticky mat or other exercise mat and wear
a girl who “cain’t say no.” comfortable clothing. Limit: 20
Sexual behavior and desire St. Luke’s Church
are depicted in many ways Tuesday, Jan 14 - Apr 14, 11:00 - 12:00
on Broadway, from the Fee: $154, 14 sessions
giggles, such as Miss Adelaide in Guys and
Dolls, to downright obsessive behavior as in
Hamilton. Let’s explore how this sometimes
taboo topic has been handled by Broadway.
Oasis
Tuesday, Jan 14 - Jan 21, 10:30 - 12:00
Fee: $30, 2 sessions
14 washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211205 Behind the Scenes at the National 207 Sync Your Apple Devices:
Gallery of Art: Conservation How To Set Up and Use iCloud
Mervin Richard, Art Conservator Gary Bennett, Founder, TechMedic4u
The National Apple iCloud is a
Gallery is home to program that allows you
an internationally- to share your photos,
acclaimed calendars, contacts,
conservation reminders, bookmarks,
division, one that and music between your
includes departments for paintings, objects, iPhone, iPad, Mac or
works on paper, photographs, textiles, PC. In this class, we will set up an iCloud
preventive conservation, and scientific account, configure iCloud for your individual
research. This lecture will take you on a preferences and explore its benefits and
behind-the-scenes tour, offering up some features. Please bring the devices you wish to
history and introducing you to conservators, set up with iCloud (iPhones, iPads, Macbooks
scientists, and technicians whose awesome and Windows laptops). To participate in this
responsibility it is to preserve extraordinary class, you must have iOS11 or higher installed
(and in some cases, extraordinarily fragile or on your Apple devices. Please make sure to
complex) works of art. bring your Apple ID username and password.
Oasis Limit: 14
Tuesday, Jan 14, 1:00 - 2:30 Oasis
Fee: $15 Tuesday, Jan 21, 10:30 - 12:00
Fee: $18
206 Knitting Club
Oasis Members 208 The South China Sea: Whose Is It?
What’s more fun than Joseph Snyder, Foreign Service Officer (ret’d)
knitting solo? Joining a China’s sweeping claims of
club where every week sovereignty over the sea—
is a knitting party! The and the sea’s estimated 11
skills required to join billion barrels of untapped
are casting on, knitting, oil and 190 trillion cubic
purling and binding off. feet of natural gas—have
Bring your current project(s) or the materials antagonized neighboring
to start a new one. Whether you knit for countries. This is a potential
yourself, your family and friends or a charity, source of regional instability.
Tuesday
joining a knitting group is a commitment to How can this dispute be resolved?
your craft, a way of making time for a healthy, Oasis
stress-reducing hobby. Crocheters welcome!!! Tuesday, Jan 21, 1:00 - 2:00
Oasis Fee: $10
Tuesday, Jan 14 - Apr 7, 3:00 - 4:30
Free, 13 sessions
washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211 15209 The Musical Mind 211 Germans Against Hitler:
Dr. Harry Dunstan, Tenor, Musicologist, and The April 1945 Munich Revolt
Founding Artistic Director of The American David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army
Center for Puccini Studies Signal Corps
Music can transform We discuss an
your life forever! In event which history
this introduction to somehow overlooked:
the fascinating field of the attempt by
Neuroaesthetics, Dr. Harry a brave band of
Dunstan will lead you on soldiers and civilians
a discovery of the power of to overthrow Nazi
music. You’ll discover how the brain, mind, rule in Munich, Germany, with the intention
and body perceive and experience the elements of handing the city over to the approaching
of music. You’ll also learn how engaged Allied armies. This account is based largely
listening to music can lead to a more enhanced on first-hand information provided by German
life. Captain Rupprecht Gerngross, which details
Oasis not only the planning and execution of the
Tuesday, Jan 28, 10:30 - 12:00 1945 revolt, but also the anti-Nazi student
Fee: $15 underground, the White Rose.
Oasis
Tuesday, Jan 28, 1:00 - 3:00
210 Using Your Android Fee: $20
Phone Camera
Deeva Garel, Technology Instructor SIT
E
Chances are you use your 212 Stepping On: OFF
Android smartphone Fall Prevention Program
for pictures and videos. Mary Sue Miranda, Certified Instructor
Smartphone cameras are not About 30% of older
only convenient, they have adults who fall lose
features not found anywhere their self-confidence
else. If you want to know more and start to go out less
about slo-mo, panoramic, and often. Inactivity leads
time-lapse, this class is for to social isolation
you. Bump your smartphone skills up a notch and loss of muscle strength and balance,
and learn how to use the full complement increasing the risk of future falls. This 7-week
of camera features for fun and creative program, intended for those who have fallen
photography and videography. Please bring in the past year or have a fear of falling, was
Tuesday
your fully-charged Android device, your created to help older adults assess their fall
charger, and your Google login information to risk realistically, reduce their risk of falling
class. Limit: 10 and learn important safety practices. Key
Oasis components of the program are the strength
Tuesday & Thursday, Jan 28 & 30, and balance exercises. Other topics include:
10:30 - 12:00 falls and risk; safe footwear and walking;
Fee: $36, 2 sessions vision and falls; home and community safety;
medication review and management; calcium
and vitamin D supplements. Limit: 20
Scotland Community Center
Tuesday, Jan 28 - Mar 10, 2:30 - 4:30
Free, 7 sessions
16 washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211213 How to Maintain Your Mac 215 Ethics: How to Think About
Gary M Bennett, Founder, TechMedic4U Difficult Moral Questions
Participants should Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy,
have an intermediate Gettysburg College
skill level on the People generally have
Mac. This class is no idea HOW to talk
not for beginners. about difficult moral
We’ll look at how to questions. Some even
keep your MacBook consider it rude. In
or iMac running flawlessly. You’ll learn about this class, you’ll learn
the Mac’s built-in tools to analyze performance about the basics of moral theory and how to
as well as some tricks that will help maintain engage thoughtfully in ethical discourse.
performance and speed start-up. We’ll look Oasis
at some programs that can be installed on Tuesday, Feb 4, 1:00 - 2:30, Fee: $15
the Mac to automate maintenance tasks.
Participants are welcome to bring a MacBook
or just follow along. Limit: 14 216 Jule Styne and Barbra Streisand
Oasis Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola University
Tuesday, Feb 4, 10:30 - 12:30 A musical prodigy
Fee: $24 who wrote Broadway
musicals, popular songs
and movie scores, Jule
214 Sephardic Musical Journey Styne composed for some
Susan Gaeta, Vocalist and Guitarist of Broadway’s most
Susan Gaeta will take the distinctive leading ladies.
audience on a journey to Julie Kurzava continues
the Bosnian village of her her study of his fascinating career, sharing the
mentor, Flory Jagoda, and history, cultural context, and the intersection
celebrate the music and of his career with Streisand’s Funny Girl.
stories of the pre-World War Oasis
II Sephardic community. Tuesday, Feb 11, 10:30 - 12:30, Fee: $20
Singing in Ladino, she will
share this rich musical and cultural heritage
through stories, translations and selected 217 Can Polls Be Trusted?
compositions. Nick Hatley, Research Analyst, Pew Research
Oasis Center
Tuesday
Tuesday, Feb 4, 10:30 - 12:00 On a daily basis,
Fee: $15 we read and hear
the results of polls,
especially on the
upcoming presidential
Oasis Connections elections. But do you
technology classes are know how polling is done? Do you know how
well polling works? Join Nick Hatley, who
supported works with the survey research methodology
in part by AT&T team at the nonpartisan Pew Research Center,
to find out. Nick also will discuss the current
state of polling and “lessons learned” from the
2016 presidential election results.
Oasis
Tuesday, Feb 11, 1:00 - 2:30, Fee: $15
17218 Oscar Hammerstein: 220 The Battle for Monte Cassino:
You’ve Got to Have a Dream Opening the Door to Rome
Dan Sherman, Musical Theatre Instructor Timothy P. Mulligan, PhD, Historian
Although best known for his The battle for Monte
collaboration with Richard Cassino, from
Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein January to May
made many contributions to 1944, epitomized
American theatre over a career the entire Italian
of nearly 40 years. This class campaign of 1943-
will cover Hammerstein’s 1945, with the terrain and weather humbling
contributions and offer the chance to hear generals’ plans and armies’ technology.
a number of performances of his work and Eighteen nations participated in this bitter
see rare interview footage with him and his fight, and when the Allies finally succeeded in
protégé Stephen Sondheim. opening the door to Rome, they still confronted
Oasis a long struggle in Northern Italy’s mountains
Tuesday, Feb 18, 10:30 - 12:30 before the final triumph. We will examine the
Fee: $20 four distinct engagements at Monte Cassino,
and the strategic context in which each was
fought.
219 Great American Country Houses Oasis
William R. Keene, Urban Historian Tuesday, Feb 25, 10:30 - 12:30
Unprecedented Fee: $20
economic growth
dominated Post-
Civil War America. 221 Easy Moving: Performing Your
Building large, Daily Living Activities Safely
luxurious, country Jessica Lovins, DPT, NRH Rehabilitation
houses became a Network
way for the newly rich to claim a position Does picking up groceries
in society. By borrowing historic styles, strain your back? Do you
appropriating whole rooms from castles and have difficulty reaching
manor houses and furnishing them with for a cup in your cabinet?
European antiques, the builders emulated Is it hard to imagine
the landed gentry of Europe. This richly standing up from a chair
illustrated lecture examines Gilded Age great without armrests? Do you
houses in the Berkshires, Long Island, the want to be as independent
Hudson River Valley, Newport and elsewhere. as possible for as long
Tuesday
Oasis as possible? Join this class to learn from a
Tuesday, Feb 18, 1:00 - 2:30 physical therapist how to make daily activities
Fee: $15 in your home easier and safer for your body!
Limit: 40
Oasis
Tuesday, Feb 25, 1:00 - 2:00
Free
18 washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211222 iOS 13 for iPhone: 224 Black Holes, Dark Matter, and
What’s Changed? Other Bright Ideas
Gary Bennett, Founder, TechMedic4u Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy,
If you’ve upgraded Gettysburg College
to iOS13 or are Science is supposed
considering doing to make sense, but
so, learn what’s our understanding of
new or changed in the physical universe
Apple’s latest iPhone just keeps getting
offering. This class will demonstrate the weirder. We will look at
latest improvements and new features. The theories including general relativity, quantum
class is not intended as a “hands-on” learning mechanics, and the inflationary universe and
experience. A handout will be provided explain the open questions of dark matter
outlining the latest changes so you can try and dark energy. If you think the universe is
them at your own pace. Bringing your iPhone strange...it’s about to get stranger...
is not necessary. Limit: 20 Oasis
Oasis Tuesday, Mar 3, 1:00 - 2:30
Tuesday, Mar 3, 10:30 - 12:30 Fee: $15
Fee: $24
E
SIT
225 Oasis Walking Group OFF
223 Chocolate Country Oasis Members
Daryl Davis, Musician This term, we will walk at
It is a well-known fact Great Falls and try a couple
that Blues music has of new locations (TBD).
its roots in the music There will be an Oasis
of Black America member leading each walk.
while Country music is Remember to dress for the
most often associated weather, wear appropriate
with White America. It is often said, “Country shoes, and bring water.
music is a White man’s Blues.” An in-depth Walkers will leave promptly at 10:30 am, so
look into Country music will reveal that it too, plan to arrive and park before then. Stay
has some Black roots. This class will explore tuned for an email with the location of each
these roots and some of the Black purveyors walk. Limit: 50
of Country music, who are also known as Location TBD
Chocolate Cowboys. Tuesday, Mar 10 & 24, Apr 7 & 21
Tuesday
Oasis 10:30 - 11:30
Tuesday, Mar 3, 10:30 - 12:00 Fee: $10, 4 sessions
Fee: $15
Keeping your mind active and
B uff engaged can greatly benefit
your overall health as you age.
r
You
a i n ! Look for this symbol next to
Br classes that are specifically
targeted to address brain health.
19226 Biblical Stories as Told in the Koran 228 The Bridge at Remagen:
Gideon Amir, Hebrew Scholar GIs Cross the Rhine River
Although the text of David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army
the Hebrew Bible was Signal Corps
fully standardized by The chronicle of World
the eighth to ninth War II is filled with
centuries, CE, the many amazing stories.
books of the Bible Probably none of these
were written down in their final form much tales of heroism had
earlier, and were already known by 200-100 such historic and
BCE. It is fascinating to look at other authors strategic significance
who re-tell the biblical stories, in particular as the abrupt and surprising crossing of the
the Pentateuch (Torah). In this course, we will Rhine River at the German town of Remagen
discuss how the Koran of 609-650 CE re-tells on March 7, 1945 by a small party of GIs. The
these stories. class will look at both the strategic setting
Oasis for the Rhine crossing as well as individual
Tuesday, Mar 10 - Mar 31, 10:30 - 12:00 actions taken during the fierce battle for the
Fee: $60, 4 sessions bridge.
Oasis
Tuesday, Mar 10, 1:00 - 3:00
227 The Bowl with Gold Seams: Fee: $20
A Story of Wartime Loss
Ellen Prentiss Campbell, Author
The Bowl with Gold Seams 229 Russia: History and Culture,
is a historical novel set at 1917-1992
the Bedford Springs Hotel in Elena Newland, PhD
Pennsylvania in 1945, when This course will address
the Japanese ambassador to the Russian culture of
Berlin, his staff and families, the 20th century after
were detained at the hotel. the revolution of 1917
The author will talk about the through the collapse
process of writing historical of the Soviet Union.
fiction and the resonant, relevant themes of We will explore major historical events and
this book. developments in Russian culture and the
Oasis life styles of the Soviet people during this
Tuesday, Mar 10, 10:30 - 11:30 period. Travel in time through the civil war,
industrialization, Stalin’s purges, World War
Tuesday
Fee: $10
II, the cold war, and the events of Perestroika.
Oasis
Tuesday, Mar 17 - Mar 24, 10:30 - 12:30
Fee: $40, 2 sessions
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Note: are not located at our main office site. O F F
See page 4 for addresses of offsite locations.
20230 What’s New in the New iPadOS? 232 Pompeii: Destruction and
Gary Bennett, Founder, TechMedic4u Rebirth of a City
With the new iPadOS, Apple Professor Lindley Vann, PhD, UMD School of
has for the first time made Architecture, Planning and Preservation
the iPad a lot closer to being Pompeii is a site unique
a comprehensive computer in world archaeology.
replacement. We’ll examine It was a prosperous
and demonstrate all the town of the Roman
latest and greatest features Empire that was
and improvements in the suddenly and almost
new iPad operating system. The class is not completely erased from history by the eruption
intended as a “hands-on” learning experience. of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Part I of this
A handout will be provided outlining the latest course will provide a quick historical overview,
changes so you can try them at your own pace. followed by a more detailed account of the
Bringing your iPad is not necessary. Limit: 20 eruption, and, centuries later, the re-discovery
Oasis of Pompeii. Part II will provide a picture of
Tuesday, Mar 17, 10:30 - 12:30 the town of Pompeii prior to its destruction.
Fee: $24 This lecture will present a brief summary of
the centuries of development, but will focus
primarily on Pompeii as it appeared on that
231 H. H. Richardson: hot August morning in 79 CE.
Pioneering American Architect Oasis
William R. Keene, Urban Historian Tuesday, Mar 24 & 31, 1:00 - 2:30
Richardson’s body of Fee: $30, 2 sessions
work centered on a
revival style based on
buildings of 11th and 233 The Searchers:
12th century in Italy, Making of an American Legend
Spain, and Southern Glenn Frankel, Journalist and Author
France. His work was recognized as an A former Pulitzer
important advance in the development of a Prize-winning
distinctly American architecture. This richly journalist for the
illustrated lecture traces Richardson’s work, Washington Post,
its place in American architecture and his Glenn Frankel tells
influences in shaping the work of others such the story of John
as Stanford White, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Ford’s monumental
Tuesday
Lloyd Wright. 1956 Western movie, starring John Wayne,
Oasis and its true origins in the kidnaping of a nine-
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1:00 - 2:30 year-old Texas girl by Comanches in 1836.
Fee: $15 Cynthia Ann Parker was returned to the
white world 24 years later after becoming the
wife of a warrior and mother of a future chief,
Quanah, who invoked her story in his struggle
for peace and reconciliation. Frankel traces
how each generation reinvented the Parker
story to fit its own needs and sensibilities until
the tale became an American frontier legend
and a classic Hollywood film.
Oasis
Tuesday, Mar 31, 10:30 - 12:00
Fee: $15
21Wednesday
300 Men’s/Women’s 302 Alternatives to Incarceration (A)
Discussion Group (B) John McCarthy, Montgomery County State’s
Oasis Members Attorney
This group provides By many measures,
a forum to engage in the United States has
intellectual conversation one of the highest
with a peer group and incarceration rates in
explore areas of common the world. Yet there is
interest. Topics for widespread recognition
discussion are selected by the group. Limit: 29 that simply locking people up is no solution. A
Oasis handful of states are developing alternatives
Wednesday, Jan 8 - Apr 8, 10:30 - 12:00 to incarceration and are seeing reductions in
Fee: $25, 14 sessions prison numbers, costs and crime. This class
will examine drug, mental health, teen and
truancy courts, all features of the Montgomery
301 Windows 10 Pains County criminal justice system. In addition,
Gary Cahn, Computer Instructor Mr. McCarthy will review efforts in other states
This course is for that are enabling them to reduce prison rolls,
students with PC, costs and crime. (This class is also being offered
not Mac, formats. Wednesday, February 12. See class #315.)
It is for advanced Oasis
beginners or Wednesday, Jan 15, 10:30 - 12:00, Fee: $15
intermediate
computer students. It is for students who
have recently purchased a new computer with 303 Caregivers Support Group Series
Windows 10, or have upgraded from Win 7 or Roberta Drucker, LCSW-C
8 to Windows 10, and would like to learn about Even when caring for a loved one is an act
the features that are new to Windows 10. Our of love, it still takes many new skills and
course will cover the following subjects: the a great deal of energy. It also raises a lot
two halves of the Start Menu, the new internet of questions. Our Caregiver Series offers a
browser called Microsoft Edge, Cortana, tips place to learn from the experiences of others
Wednesday
and tricks that make it easier to use the and to encourage those who are in similar
Internet, and much more. Limit: 10 circumstances. The sessions will be facilitated
Oasis by compassionate professionals. Some
Wednesday, Jan 15 & 22, 10:30 - 1:00 sessions will spotlight expert guest speakers
Fee: $60, 2 sessions on a variety of topics to support you in your
caregiving journey. Most sessions will allow
time for questions and group discussion.
This group is strictly for those who are in a
caregiver role. Limit: 18
Oasis
Wednesday, Jan 15 - Mar 4
10:30 - 12:00
Free, 8 sessions
Thank you to Family & Nursing
Care for their support of the Oasis
Caregivers Series.
22304 Spanish Conversation 306 How to Buy a Computer
Judith Lowe, Spanish Instructor Gary Cahn, Computer Instructor
This course is Microsoft is ending
designed for students support for Windows 7
continuing in Spanish on January 14, 2020.
Level III. The goal is After that date, your
to help students feel computer will become
more comfortable in increasingly vulnerable
the spoken language. to viruses and other malware. Owners of
The vocabulary and grammar background of Windows 7 computers should purchase a
Spanish Level III is an important part of this new computer running Windows 10. Are you
course. Students will have advance notice of thinking about buying a computer? Are you
each topic in order to review vocabulary and confused by all the technical mumbo jumbo
grammar. This course is not a replacement for (megabytes, gigahertz, RAM, etc.)? Do you
other Spanish courses. There is no textbook. know which features are essential and which
New students: For further information, are unnecessary? Should you buy a tablet or
please contact the instructor, Judith Lowe at a desktop? Do you know which brands are the
judithlowe@verizon.net, before registering. most reliable and which are more likely to
Limit: 20 break down? Attend this class for advice on
Oasis purchasing a computer, as well as monitors,
Wednesday, Jan 15 - Feb 19, 12:30 - 1:30 printers and software. Limit: 20
Fee: $60, 6 sessions Oasis
Wednesday, Jan 15, 1:30 - 4:00
Fee: $30
305 Low Back and Other Chronic
Pain Management
Dr. Peju Adekoya, Associate Fellowship 307 Spanish Level III (A)
Program Director, Chronic Pain Medicine and Judith Lowe, Spanish Instructor
Anesthesiology This course continues the study of a wide
Dr. Adekoya will provide variety of vocabulary and grammar. Students
a brief overview of the should know the Present tense of regular,
epidemiology, anatomy, irregular and stem-changing verbs, the
pathophysiology/ etiology, Present progressive, the Preterite, Imperfect,
risk factors, and evaluation Future and Conditional tenses. In addition,
Wednesday
of low back pain. He'll then knowledge of the Imperative is included.
discuss pain management We welcome new students. New students:
options, including non-invasive treatments, For further information, please contact the
minimally-invasive interventional treatments, instructor, Judith Lowe at judithlowe@
and adjunct therapies for low back pain and verizon.net, before registering. You are
other chronic pain syndromes. also encouraged to attend a class before
Oasis registering. The book is Spanish Made Simple
Wednesday, Jan 15, 1:00 - 2:00 (Broadway Books, ISBN 978-0-7679-1541-0).
Free There are homework assignments each week.
Limit: 16
Oasis
Wednesday, Jan 15 - Apr 1, 1:45 - 2:45
Fee: $180, 12 sessions
washington-metro.oasisnet.org • 301.469.6800, press 1, x211 23308 Spanish Level III (B) 311 Easter Island Mysteries
Judith Lowe, Spanish Instructor Justin Jacobs, Assoc. Prof. of History,
See description for class #307. Limit: 16 American Univ.
Oasis The instantly
Wednesday, Jan 15 - Apr 1, 3:00 - 4:00 recognizable “moai”
Fee: $180, 12 sessions statues of remote
Easter Island pay
silent tribute to the
309 Islam in America Part I: extraordinary seafaring
The History skills of Polynesian migrants and their
Sumaiya Hamdani, Professor of Islamic inventive stewardship of an ecologically fragile
Studies, George Mason Univ. island. The rediscovery of Easter Island by
Contrary to popular Western explorers in the modern era has given
impression, Islam rise to spirited debates about how its original
is not a recent or settlers were able to reach such a distant
foreign import to island, how they were able to carve such large
the United States. It and mysterious statues, and how these statues
has long roots, and were transported.
distinctly American expressions, resulting Oasis
from many waves of immigration and Wednesday, Jan 29, 10:30 - 12:00
adaptation. In this session we will explore Fee: $15
the experience of the first Muslim Americans
dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries,
subsequent waves of Muslim immigrants 312 Prevent, Detect and Deter Crime
in the 19th centuries, and the role of Islam John Mullaney, Sergeant, Mont. Cty. Police
in the African-American community in the Department
20th century. (Part II of this class, Islam in Sgt. Mullaney will share
America: Today, will be offered on February 19 information regarding
at 10:30 am. See class #317) best practices for self-
Oasis defense, including
Wednesday, Jan 22, 10:30 - 12:00, Fee: $15 situational awareness and
how to deal with an active
shooter situation. He’ll
310 America’s Debt to the Protestant also provide an overview
Reformation of the Citizen Academy program. The Citizen
Wednesday
Stephen Stern, Professor, Gettysburg College Academy has been in existence since 1994 and
The Protestant Reformation is designed to foster a better understanding of
was a major schism within law enforcement and how Montgomery County
Christianity that changed police officers work with the community to
history. Stern will show prevent, detect and deter crime.
how the Reformation has Oasis
influenced America in Wednesday, Jan 29, 1:00 - 2:30
significant ways from its Free
founding up to the present.
Stern will explain the traces
of Protestantism and its mixture in American
religious traditions, as well as how its
influence plays out in our social and political
world today.
Oasis
Wednesday, Jan 22, 1:00 - 2:30, Fee: $15
24313 Talking in Code 316 The Eisenhower Memorial:
Jennifer Wilcox, Education Coordinator, Nat’l Idea, Reality, Controversy
Cryptologic Museum Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/
The Navajo Code National Mall Coalition
Talkers are famous for The Eisenhower
using their language Memorial, its
to protect U.S. Marine 80-foot-high columns
Corps’ radio messages rising on a four-
during World War II. acre site near the
But they weren’t the only, or even the first, Smithsonian Air &
Native Americans to do so. Learn how the Space Museum, is scheduled to open in May
U.S. military took advantage of the unique 2020. The controversial memorial is the work
languages of Native Americans to secure voice of renowned architect Frank Gehry – his
communications in both world wars. first ever memorial design. We’ll look at the
Oasis origins of the Eisenhower Memorial idea,
Wednesday, Feb 5, 10:30 - 11:30 the role of the Eisenhower family, Gehry’s
Fee: $10 dramatic changes to the Memorial’s design
and meaning, and what the critics said, good
and bad.
314 Putting Your Personal Affairs Oasis
in Order Wednesday, Feb 12, 1:00 - 2:30
Marilee Fitzgerald, Co-Author, Estate of Mine Fee: $15
Organizers
Getting your affairs in order
prepares you and your loved 317 Islam in America Part II: Today
ones for life’s expected and Sumaiya Hamdani, Professor of Islamic
unexpected events. But how do Studies, George Mason Univ.
you get started? What do you This session will explore the
need? Where do you put it all? topic of Muslim American
This workshop/discussion tells identity. Post 9/11, Muslim
you the “must dos” of putting Americans have grappled
your personal estate in order. You will learn with the need on the one
strategies, resources and best practices for hand to distance themselves
organizing, storing, securing and sharing your from terrorism, and on the
decisions and documents. Limit: 40
Wednesday
other hand to respond to
Oasis Islamophobia. Navigating
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1:00 - 3:00 between extremism and hatred
Fee: $20 of Muslims is an ongoing challenge that has
produced a variety of responses within the
Muslim American community, including
315 Alternatives to Incarceration (B) increased inter-faith dialogue and political
John McCarthy, Montgomery County State’s participation. We’ll review some of these
Attorney responses as we attempt to understand the
This class is also being offered Wednesday, development of an American Islam. (Part I of
January 15. See description for class #302. this class, Islam in America: The History, will
be offered on January 22 at 10:30 am. See
Oasis
class #309.)
Wednesday, Feb 12, 10:30 - 12:00
Fee: $15 Oasis
Wednesday, Feb 19, 10:30 - 12:00
Fee: $15
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