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January 27 Tuesday2:30 PM → 3:45 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Our author’s family has deep ties to Maryland; that’s why his full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Both the... read more -
January 28 Wednesday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis It’s in New Orleans, at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, that multiple musical genres... read more -
February 3 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis The Great Awakening was a major revitalization of Christian faith and practice that swept through the American colonies in the... read more -
February 4 Wednesday12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Stuart Eizenstat, Ambassador (ret'd)Locations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Mr. Eizenstat will discuss his latest book, which chronicles the major American diplomatic initiatives of the last half-century through the... read more -
February 5 Thursday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Allen Pietrobon, Associate Professor of Global Affairs, Program Chair, Global Affairs Department, Trinity UniversityLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis The cross-country road trip is an iconic part of American culture. How did we become a nation of road-trippers? In... read more -
February 10 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Owen Ullmann, Journalist and AuthorLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis The world’s pre-eminent superpowers are locked in an ever more intense competition for global dominance. Each has distinct advantages and... read more -
February 12 Thursday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis While the late composer Stephen Sondheim is gone, it’s apparent his words and music aren’t going to fade into oblivion.... read more -
February 18 Wednesday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Jazz was born in New Orleans at the dawn of the 20th century. But by the early 1920’s, most of... read more
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February 19 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Rene Descartes thought, therefore he was and what he was still amazes us. He was a mathematician, a physicist, and... read more -
February 24 Tuesday11:30 AM → 1:00 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis The American colonies were full of strangers—new arrivals born far away. Among the white population, those colonies teemed with immigrants... read more -
February 24 Tuesday2:30 PM → 3:45 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis The biographical facts read like a romance novel: our protagonist, descended from enslaved people, is a nerdy girl focused on... read more -
March 10 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis We’ll explore the vastly different and common roots of two pioneering women from Tennessee who overcame obstacles and shaped American... read more -
March 11 Wednesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Molly Williamson, Foreign Service Officer (Ret.) and Scholar, Middle East InstituteLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Our planet’s population is expected to exceed nine billion by mid-century. We are experiencing – simultaneously – a population boom... read more -
March 12 Thursday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis In the years between World Wars, Kansas City became an important waystation during the migration of blacks from the rural... read more
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March 19 Thursday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Allen Pietrobon, Associate Professor of Global Affairs, Program Chair, Global Affairs Department, Trinity UniversityLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis In the early 20th century, the United States was renowned for its unique and respected food culture, drawing culinary tourists... read more -
March 19 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis In 17th-century England, amid the chaos of civil war, philosophers began taking the senses seriously. If seeing is believing, what should... read more -
March 24 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Locations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Cassatt are household names today. But have you heard of Paul Durand-Ruel, who discovered them? This... read more -
March 24 Tuesday2:30 PM → 3:45 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Calling all Michael Connelly fans! New series alert! Once again, our selection gets us in on the ground floor because... read more
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March 25 Wednesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Portraits are more than likenesses, they can communicate character, accomplishment, identity, and authority. Hans Holbein the Younger, one of the... read more -
March 31 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army Signal CorpsLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis On 17 February 1864, the HL Hunley, a submarine engineered and manufactured in the Confederacy, became the first sub in... read more