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August 4 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 -
August 11 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Owen Ullmann, Journalist and AuthorLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis From Great Britain to Germany and Japan to Vietnam, enemy nations that have fought wars with the United States have... read more -
August 11 Tuesday2:30 PM → 3:45 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Sybil Van Antwerp, our protagonist, is in her seventies, a retired lawyer, divorced, and lives in Maryland. The novel consists... read more -
August 12 Wednesday9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis John Coltrane, who would be celebrating his 100th birthday on September 23, was more than a saxophonist and composer. He... read more -
August 13 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Immanuel Kant changed everything from how we conceived of space and time to God, art, and morality. While few people... read more -
September 14 Monday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Locations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” is widely recognized and has become a part of American culture. Both a subject of honor and... read more -
September 15 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis What did democracy mean to Americans after the Revolution? Who could vote, how did they vote, and how did expanding... read more -
September 15 Tuesday2:00 PM → 3:15 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Oxford, Mississippi, in 1933 during the Great Depression, is not such a great place for many girls and women: in... read more
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September 23 Wednesday9:30 AM → 10:30 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Dr. Michael Kryzanek, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Bridgewater State UniversityLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis United States foreign policy toward Israel and Iran are at the center of the current crisis in the Mideast. This... read more -
September 24 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Friedrich Hegel became the most important and influential philosopher of the 19th century with a view not many people actually... read more -
September 28 Monday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steve Roberts, Journalist and AuthorLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Steve Roberts has been a journalist for more than 60 years, covering some of the major events of his time,... read more -
October 6 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis The thirty years between 1815 and 1845 witnessed the greatest transformation in American infrastructure and information technology before the internet.... read more -
October 8 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Soren Kierkegaard sought to bring the human being and its lived experience back to the center of philosophy. The problem,... read more -
October 14 Wednesday9:30 AM → 10:30 AM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Dr. Michael Kryzanek, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Bridgewater State UniversityLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis The invasion of the Ukraine by Russia has affected United States foreign policy in both the Biden and Trump administrations.... read more -
October 20 Tuesday2:00 PM → 3:15 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis “Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband, Jon. It was a regular... read more
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November 10 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Beginning in the 1790s and continuing until about the 1840s, America went through a Second Great Awakening, a new series... read more -
November 17 Tuesday2:00 PM → 3:15 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Did you read the 2001 prize-winning novel, Life of Pi? The author has written another deeply philosophical work. A classicist discovers... read more
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November 19 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that he philosophized with a hammer, that is, he sought to smash everything that came before him.... read more -
November 23 Monday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Locations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” has become one of the icons of our times. This program will provide an in-depth... read more -
December 8 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Why did it take Americans ninety years after first declaring that all men are born equal to abolish racial slavery?... read more