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April 1 Wednesday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Victor Rezmovic, Computer InstructorLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Need a new recipe? Help planning a trip? Ideas on what to do with your grandkids during a visit? This... read more -
April 7 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis What’s the difference between a crossover and a cover? From Elvis bringing R&B to pop audiences to Taylor Swift moving... read more -
April 8 Wednesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis History painting, considered the highest form of painting for centuries, went out of fashion in the 19th century with the... read more -
April 14 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis It’s become a commonplace to say that colonial America was the best poor man’s country—that the opportunities for poor people... read more -
April 15 Wednesday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Although New Orleans can rightfully claim to be the birthplace of jazz, its true epicenter from the early 1930’s onward... read more -
April 15 Wednesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Owen Ullmann, Journalist and AuthorLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis If you feel anger or exasperation over the U.S. tax code, you have good reason to. It is riddled with... read more -
April 16 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Isaac Newton constructed the most important theory in the history of science and to do it, he had to invent... read more -
April 21 Tuesday2:30 PM → 3:45 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Our final selection is inspired by the historical figure of Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval, a young French noblewoman... read more -
May 12 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis What was 18th century sex like? What was marriage like back then? What about sexuality, gender roles, and women’s rights?... read more -
May 12 Tuesday2:30 PM → 3:45 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Whether or not you have read our May selection before, you probably know that many readers consider this title as... read more -
May 18 Monday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Federal Judge (TBD) and Rebecca Fanning, National Educational Outreach Manager, Office of the U.S. CourtsLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis At a time when polls and pundits indicate that public understanding of the courts is cloudy, participants in this online... read more -
May 19 Tuesday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis May 26 will mark the centenary of the birth of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. An exercise in contradiction, he... read more -
May 19 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Owen Ullmann, Journalist and AuthorLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis For more than a century, the U.S. government’s obsession over oil has shaped its foreign policy, from ensuring access to... read more -
May 21 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Bishop George Berkeley and Baruch Spinoza were radical. They challenged the commonsense picture of the world as a set of... read more -
May 26 Tuesday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Beginning in the 1920’s, popular music was largely created by the creators of the American Songbook and their enduring cultural... read more -
May 26 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis One of the questions that the Revolution left unanswered was about government. After throwing out the British and their King,... read more -
May 28 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Locations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Edouard Manet is best known as a pioneer of avant-garde art with early works that shocked French society. However, this... read more -
June 2 Tuesday2:30 PM → 3:45 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis In 2008, the 25-year-old Patrick Bringley had a fast-paced job planning events for the The New Yorker magazine. Then after a family... read more
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June 3 Wednesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., Art Historian/National Mall CoalitionLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Why is classical architecture back at the center of debate in Washington, D.C.? This session examines the renewed call for... read more -
June 4 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Ernesto Castaneda, Director, Immigration Lab and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American UniversityLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Professor Castañeda will explore the Trump administration’s intervention and what it could mean for Venezuela, the United States, and the... read more