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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-10-2022 to 08-10-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”Term: 2022-2Location: Oasis Rochester Join our resident film historian/writer for Wednesday afternoons at the movies. Throughout the summer, Otto will host a variety of films offering introductions, background history and trivia, and a short discussion following the classic film screenings. The slate of films will feature Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Jimmy Cagney, Gene Kelly, Shirley Jones,... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 01-22-2024 to 01-29-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2024-1Location: Oasis Rochester Hindenburg, Titanic, and others. As human beings, we have a fascination with disasters. Why are these disaster stories so compelling? Are we simply fascinated by the misfortune of others? The bigger the disaster, the greater our thrill? Or is it our drive to understand past disasters so they don’t happen again? Perhaps it is all the above. But the other... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 01-22-2024 to 01-29-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2024-1Location: Zoom Hindenburg, Titanic, and others. As human beings, we have a fascination with disasters. Why are these disaster stories so compelling? Are we simply fascinated by the misfortune of others? The bigger the disaster, the greater our thrill? Or is it our drive to understand past disasters so they don’t happen again? Perhaps it is all the above. But the other... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 09-26-2022 to 09-26-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Lisa Robinson, Central CreativesTerm: 2022-3Location: Central Creatives Participants will focus on becoming comfortable with watercolor painting techniques and enjoying the process of painting. The basics of materials, tools, techniques, color, value and “seeing” your subject will be explored. Skill Level:... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 02-05-2024 to 02-12-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2024-1Location: Oasis Rochester The Suffragette Movement. On this side of the Atlantic (especially in Rochester), we have a good understanding of the Women’s Rights movement. And we think of the English as much more civilized. But voting rights for women in the UK were littered with violence and even death. It’s also hard for us to picture Winston Churchill on the opposite side of... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 02-05-2024 to 02-12-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2024-1Location: Zoom The Suffragette Movement. On this side of the Atlantic (especially in Rochester), we have a good understanding of the Women’s Rights movement. And we think of the English as much more civilized. But voting rights for women in the UK were littered with violence and even death. It’s also hard for us to picture Winston Churchill on the opposite side of... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 03-04-2024 to 03-11-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2024-1Location: Oasis Rochester The One-Legged Spy. James Bond, she was not… she was better than that. Much better. It’s hard for us to imagine someone who was rejected by all the allies as being one of the most successful spies in history, but that’s Virginia Hall. It is even harder for us to imagine a woman who could command troops in WWII and defeat hardened German troops with... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 03-04-2024 to 03-11-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2024-1Location: Zoom America’s Real Assassination Conspiracy. Lee has surrendered, and the Confederacy is doomed. The Civil War is over. But when the nation could be rejoicing, it’s plunged into grief by the assassination of President Lincoln. But in less than 24 hours, everyone would learn it was not the act of a lone madman, but a conspiracy designed to cut off both the... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 04-01-2024 to 04-08-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2024-1Location: Oasis Rochester Aviation Mystery. All we know for sure is that on July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared. But for close to 90 years, we’ve been trying to uncover what happened to the aviator who tried to fly around the earth near the equator. And like Magellan, who attempted to do the same on the water… ending his journey halfway across the Pacific… we’ve been... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 04-01-2024 to 04-08-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2024-1Location: Zoom America’s Real Assassination Conspiracy. Lee has surrendered, and the Confederacy is doomed. The Civil War is over. But when the nation could be rejoicing, it’s plunged into grief by the assassination of President Lincoln. But in less than 24 hours, everyone would learn it was not the act of a lone madman, but a conspiracy designed to cut off both the... read more
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Sessions: 15Class Date(s): 01-02-2024 to 04-09-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Kevin FinniganTerm: 2024-1Location: Zoom If you are looking to refresh the French you studied years ago and you are a little “rusty,” then this is the course for you! The emphasis of this course will be aural/oral communication skills with the appropriate grammar to support that. There will be individual, pair and group activities. Topics will include vocabulary for the family and how to... read more
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Sessions: 14Class Date(s): 01-09-2024 to 04-09-2024No Class: 1 Class TBDDay(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 12:15 PM → 1:00 PMInstructor: Rhonda WrightTerm: 2024-1Location: Oasis Rochester Nia is a whole-body approach to fitness that encompasses the dance arts, the martial arts, and the healing arts. Through expressive movement and music, Nia invites you to achieve physical, mental, and spiritual fitness and well-being. Nia is adaptable to every level of fitness, every age and type of body, even those with special limitations. Nia will... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 10-04-2022 to 10-04-2022Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:30 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Ginny Hronek, Dynamix Training and ConsultingTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis Rochester During this workshop participants will distinguish between positive and negative stress, identify signs and symptoms of stress, develop techniques for stress management prevention and intervention, specify how to integrate humor into the personal and professional life, develop an action plan to reduce stress and maximize mirth. Ginny Hronek, of Dynamix... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 09-15-2022 to 09-29-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Laurence Britt, author and commentator on political and economic affairsTerm: 2022-3Location: Oasis Rochester This three part course will deal with the turbulent history of the relationship between the United States and Russia. This relationship has been one of continual tension for more that 100 years, briefly interrupted during World War II when the two nations were critical allies to each other. The first session of the course will cover the period from... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 09-15-2022 to 09-29-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Laurence Britt, author and commentator on political and economic affairsTerm: 2022-3Location: Zoom This three part course will deal with the turbulent history of the relationship between the United States and Russia. This relationship has been one of continual tension for more that 100 years, briefly interrupted during World War II when the two nations were critical allies to each other. The first session of the course will cover the period from... read more
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Sessions: 13Class Date(s): 01-05-2024 to 04-12-2024No Class: 3/29, 4/5Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 12:15 PM → 12:55 PMInstructor: Erika AtkinsonTerm: 2024-1Location: Oasis Rochester Tap dance? You? You bet! You do not need special shoes to try this class. Come, have a good time, and tap those tootsies! This is a class for... read more