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Sessions: 15Class Date(s): 05-03-2023 to 08-09-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 9:45 AM → 10:25 AMInstructor: Erika AtkinsonTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis Rochester This is a continuation of Level 2B. You will be working on speed, accuracy and tap technique. You will visit steps such as time steps, turning steps and syncopated rhythms. A good basic knowledge of tap dancing is needed for this level. Erika will decide which Level 2 class you should... read more
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Sessions: 14Class Date(s): 05-03-2023 to 08-09-2023No Class: 6/28Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:00 AM → 11:00 AMInstructor: Kristine Hannon, retired Rochester City School District teacherTerm: 2023-2Location: Zoom If you have studied Spanish before and have a basic speaking knowledge of Spanish, you are welcome to join this lively class. The advanced intermediate level class provides an opportunity to practice speaking in a friendly environment. You must have taken Spanish with Kris previously. Text is on your confirmation letter. You must have a computer/laptop,... read more
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Sessions: 15Class Date(s): 05-03-2023 to 08-09-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 11:15 AMInstructor: Erika AtkinsonTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis Rochester This tap class is a continuation of 3A and 3B. Students will need to have taken 2B and have instructors permission to move up to this advanced level. Class will focus on advanced rhythms, time steps and speed work, with a major focus on clarity and... read more
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Out of stockSessions: 15Class Date(s): 05-03-2023 to 08-09-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM → 12:45 PMInstructor: Erika AtkinsonTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis Rochester *Note time change from flyer.* Learn the fundamentals, the basic steps, and put them together into a routine. What a fun way to exercise! You must have tap experience for this class-enrollment in this class per... read more
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Out of stockSessions: 15Class Date(s): 05-03-2023 to 08-09-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 11:15 PM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Erika AtkinsonTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis Rochester *Note time change from flyer.* This class is an introduction to Jazz Dancing for new AND returning participants. The class will consist of a warm-up period, a series of movements across the floor and small dance combinations. Students will be introduced to different styles ranging from Broadway to modern jazz, and we will visit choreography from great jazz... read more
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Sessions: 14Class Date(s): 05-03-2023 to 08-09-2023No Class: 6/28Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 11:15 AM → 12:15 PMInstructor: Kristine Hannon, retired Rochester City School District teacherTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis Rochester This is a continuation for those who have taken Spanish II. You will be able to practice in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. You must have previously taken class with Kris. The textbook is not included and will be listed on your... read more
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Sessions: 15Class Date(s): 05-03-2023 to 08-09-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:45 PM → 1:45 PMInstructor: Erika AtkinsonTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis Rochester This is the performing tap dance troupe which is open for participation with permission form Erika... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 05-17-2023 to 05-31-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:00 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2023-2Location: Zoom How did women artists deal with modernism, for which women were central subjects? What kinds of alternatives to the dominant narrative does the study of women's work allow? This three-session class will focus on works of women primarily in France, Russia, and the United States. Register for this class if you will only be viewing via Zoom. You must have a... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 05-10-2023 to 05-31-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Term: 2023-2Location: Oasis Rochester Join us for a further look back at one of the most mythic of 20th century movie actors. We’ll begin right after his career-defining success in Casablanca and explore some of the most significant and critically acclaimed roles of his career including The Big Sleep (1946), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), and his Oscar-winning performance... read more
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Sessions: 6Class Date(s): 05-25-2023 to 06-29-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:00 AM → 11:30 AMInstructor: Bob RichaneTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis Rochester We hear a great deal about “the 1619 project,” and “Critical Race Theory.” Two very different tools. CRT is geared towards graduate students and, the other at the more general public. Both address the broad, complex range of the history of African Americans, their contributions and the structural, systemic racism they continue to confront. The... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 06-07-2023 to 06-21-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis RochesterThis three-session class will look at ways in which pictures of and for children, as well as literature for and about them participated in communicating changing ideas about children's nature and their roles in America from Colonial times to the early twentieth century. Huck's Raft by Steven Mintz will be a point of departure. You do not need to... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 06-07-2023 to 06-21-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:30 PMInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: 2023-2Location: ZoomBorn in St. Thomas, Jewish, and a decade older than his fellow Impressionists, the “humble and colossal Pissarro,” as Cézanne called him, was at once an outsider and a key member of the group. He was the only one to show in all eight exhibitions of the independent artists. This three-session class will look at ways in which the works of this artist... read more
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Sessions: 5Class Date(s): 07-05-2023 to 08-09-2023No Class: 7/26Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM → 03:00 PMInstructor: Jennifer CaseTerm: 2023-2Location: ZoomWriting is a great way to process the world around you. It allows you an opportunity to reflect on your experiences and to make meaning from them. Join this friendly workshop setting where you'll read and discuss short pieces of literature, respond to writing prompts, and have the chance to share your work with other members of the group. All levels of... read more
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Sessions: 5Class Date(s): 07-05-2023 to 08-02-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Muriel ShawTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis RochesterHave you been fascinated by Escher’s art and its impossibilities? Join this class to gain insights into how Escher made his art work, to see ways optics are used in advertising, to learn characteristics of several categories of illusions, and…just to have... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 07-12-2023 to 07-26-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:30 PM → 03:00 PMInstructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Term: 2023-2Location: Oasis RochesterJoin us on this fun-filled journey through some of the funniest and most classic television comedy of the 1950s. We’ll explore Silvers’ background in vaudeville and burlesque as well as his partnership with Bilko writer/creator Nat Hiken. We’ll view episodes of Bilko, Car 54, and excerpts of Silvers’ many other film and TV appearances through... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 07-12-2023 to 07-26-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:30 PM → 03:00 PMInstructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Term: 2023-2Location: ZoomBorn in Rochester, New York in 1912, Kanin went on to a long and successful career as an actor, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and director of both stage and screen classics. This class will focus on Kanin's experiences in Hollywood with some of the legendary names of film history: his battles with Sam Goldwyn, his successful screenwriting partnership... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 06-07-2023 to 06-28-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:30 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Term: 2023-2Location: Oasis RochesterThere are dozens of talented character actors from this fertile period of American Cinema. In this class we’ll focus on some of the more significant females who made their mark on the big screen including Beulah Bondi, Alice Brady, Jane Darwell, Elsa Lanchester, Hattie McDaniel, Marjorie Main, Maria Ouspenskaya, Elizabeth Patterson, and more! We’ll see... read more
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Sessions: 10Class Date(s): 05-04-2023 to 08-03-2023No Class: 5/11, 5/18, 6/29, 7/6Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Rosalind WalkerTerm: 2023-2Location: Zoom This class is an energetic but doable, low-impact cardio and weight-training fitness workout designed not only to be safe for participants with bone density concerns, but infused with a variety of exercises to help increase bone density. Most of the weight-bearing, cardiovascular workout will be done standing. The goal is to get in 4000 steps in one... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 06-08-2023 to 06-29-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis RochesterThis course will focus on the year 1914. It was not only the beginning of the First World War, it was also the end of an era and the start of a new and dangerous time where many illusions were shattered. The course will be broken into four one-hour segments. First, the world as it was at the start of 1914 – politically, culturally, and economically.... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 06-08-2023 to 06-29-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: 2023-2Location: ZoomThis course will focus on the year 1914. It was not only the beginning of the First World War, it was also the end of an era and the start of a new and dangerous time where many illusions were shattered. The course will be broken into four one-hour segments. First, the world as it was at the start of 1914 – politically, culturally, and economically.... read more