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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 05-15-2023 to 05-22-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis RochesterAnd Empire State Oddities. Every state has got them—ours are just slightly more impressive. From weird monuments, to haunted houses, to complete ghost towns (Yes, they are not just in the west.) We got more than a few places that’ll make you shake your head. From old farmhouses where you least expect them, to Cold War ruins, odd mansions, and even a... read more -
Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 05-15-2023 to 05-22-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2023-2Location: ZoomAnd Empire State Oddities. Every state has got them—ours are just slightly more impressive. From weird monuments, to haunted houses, to complete ghost towns (Yes, they are not just in the west.) We got more than a few places that’ll make you shake your head. From old farmhouses where you least expect them, to Cold War ruins, odd mansions, and even a... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-15-2023 to 05-15-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Elaine Miller, PhD, SUNY Brockport , retired; owner, ek miller ProductionsTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis RochesterPolitical cartoonists are a gift to society. They are among our most compelling social critics. Using artistry, humor, and in-depth knowledge of current events, cartoonists craft commentary that captures the essence of controversial issues and encourages us to think further. Let’s look at how cartoonists carry out their passion for creating change, as... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-06-2023 to 06-06-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:00 AM → 11:00 AMInstructor: Term: 2023-2Location: Artisan WorksArtisan Works is difficult to describe - it must be experienced. It is a 21st Century art space which features students, local artists, modern artists, realist artists, illustrators, sculptors, printers, craftsmen, the crazy and the tame, the world famous as well as unknowns. They are all there, side by side, hanging from the rafters as well as on the... read more -
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 RochesterJoin 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 -
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 -
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: 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 -
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
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-08-2023 to 06-08-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Ann CunninghamTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis RochesterJoin Ann Cunningham as we discuss "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver. 'Kingsolver takes a literary classic and makes it her own, peering into the dark corners not of Dickensian England, but of present day in the neglected hollers of Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains. Damon Fields, nicknamed Demon Copperhead, came into the world already behind the... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-12-2023 to 05-12-2023Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PMInstructor: Term: 2023-2Location: Little TheatreEnjoy a private screening for Oasis members only of a currently running movie at the Little Theatre. In the past, we've had several Academy Award winners. We select the movie based on what is playing at the theatre - you take your chances and enjoy a wonderful afternoon with friends. The movie will be announced via Facebook and an email by Tuesday of the... read more
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