Rochester Oasis Classes

  • RECORDED
    November 24
    Monday
    1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Steve Schockow, Retired History Teacher
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Serving as a U.S. President is a monumental undertaking that requires perseverance and the patience to see that your agenda is implemented, regardless of how long it takes.  Sadly, some of our Presidents did not survive long enough to see their vision for the nation enacted. We will look at four of our Chief Executives – William Henry Harrison, Zachary...
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  • RECORDED
    November 24
    Monday
    1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Steve Schockow, Retired History Teacher
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Serving as a U.S. President is a monumental undertaking that requires perseverance and the patience to see that your agenda is implemented, regardless of how long it takes.  Sadly, some of our Presidents did not survive long enough to see their vision for the nation enacted. We will look at four of our Chief Executives – William Henry Harrison, Zachary...
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  • RECORDED
    March 31
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Dr. Susan Friedman, Geriatrician, URMC
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Did you know that 75% of chronic disease in this country could be eliminated by addressing straightforward things – like the food we eat, exercise, sleep, managing stress, avoiding tobacco, and building healthy relationships? Lifestyle medicine is a new field of medicine that works with patients to help them make and sustain changes, in order to reduce...
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  • RECORDED
    March 31
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Dr. Susan Friedman, Geriatrician, URMC
    Locations: Zoom
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Did you know that 75% of chronic disease in this country could be eliminated by addressing straightforward things – like the food we eat, exercise, sleep, managing stress, avoiding tobacco, and building healthy relationships? Lifestyle medicine is a new field of medicine that works with patients to help them make and sustain changes, in order to reduce...
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  • RECORDED
    March 25 – April 15
    Wednesday
    11:00 AM → 12:30 PM
    Sessions: 4
    Instructor: Grace Seiberling, Art Historian
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    With their emphasis on the unconscious and Freudian beliefs in the centrality of sex, male Surrealists made the sexualized female as a prime focus. While women certainly played a part as models and muses, a number of them were artists in their own right and developed alternative modes of expression. This class looks at Surrealist artists such as Dali,...
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  • RECORDED
    March 25 – April 15
    Wednesday
    11:00 AM → 12:30 PM
    Sessions: 4
    Instructor: Grace Seiberling, Art Historian
    Locations: Zoom
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    As we head into the Bicentennial, this class will look at how and when American artists dealt with their past. The discovery of America, the Pilgrims and the Colonial period, the Revolution and Founding Fathers, the settling of the West, as well as With their emphasis on the unconscious and Freudian beliefs in the centrality of sex, male Surrealists made...
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  • RECORDED
    November 2 – November 9
    Monday
    11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Sessions: 2
    Instructor: David Woodruff
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    The Modern Knight of the Battlefield.  Anyone who has used a website can tell you all about technology gone horribly wrong. But there is a science fiction-like element to the invention of the tank. And a whole new level of wrong that deserves its own category. We’ll blow apart some myths about the invention of the armored vehicle. And look at some truly...
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  • RECORDED
    November 2 – November 9
    Monday
    11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Sessions: 2
    Instructor: David Woodruff
    Locations: Zoom
    The Modern Knight of the Battlefield.  Anyone who has used a website can tell you all about technology gone horribly wrong. But there is a science fiction-like element to the invention of the tank. And a whole new level of wrong that deserves its own category. We’ll blow apart some myths about the invention of the armored vehicle. And look at some truly...
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  • RECORDED
    November 5
    Thursday
    1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Steve Schockow, Retired History Teacher
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    Much too often, we forget about our U.S. Presidents who have served only one term in office.  This class will analyze four of those Presidencies – John Adams, Martin Van Buren, Benjamin Harrison and George H.W. Bush.  This session will help us think about the contributions they made to our nation and will beg the question:  Would the nation have...
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  • RECORDED
    November 5
    Thursday
    1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Steve Schockow, Retired History Teacher
    Locations: Zoom
     Much too often, we forget about our U.S. Presidents who have served only one term in office.  This class will analyze four of those Presidencies – John Adams, Martin Van Buren, Benjamin Harrison and George H.W. Bush.  This session will help us think about the contributions they made to our nation and will beg the question:  Would the nation have...
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