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RECORDEDNovember 24 Monday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steve Schockow, Retired History TeacherLocations: Oasis RochesterServing 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... read more -
RECORDEDNovember 24 Monday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Steve Schockow, Retired History TeacherLocations: Oasis Rochester 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... read more
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RECORDEDMarch 31 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dr. Susan Friedman, Geriatrician, URMCLocations: Oasis RochesterDid 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... read more -
RECORDEDMarch 31 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Dr. Susan Friedman, Geriatrician, URMCLocations: ZoomDid 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... read more
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RECORDEDMarch 25 – April 15 Wednesday11:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 4Instructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianLocations: Oasis RochesterWith 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,... read more -
RECORDEDMarch 25 – April 15 Wednesday11:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 4Instructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianLocations: ZoomAs 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... read more
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RECORDEDJune 8 – June 15 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: Oasis RochesterA Tale of Faerie Encounters. It’s the 12th century; people were afraid of everything different. To them, the devil was a genuine threat. Enter two small children with green skin. They don’t speak the language and can’t tell you where they came from or how they got here. The concept of feral children goes back to the founders of Rome (who were raised... read more -
RECORDEDJune 8 – June 15 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: ZoomA Tale of Faerie Encounters. It’s the 12th century; people were afraid of everything different. To them, the devil was a genuine threat. Enter two small children with green skin. They don’t speak the language and can’t tell you where they came from or how they got here. The concept of feral children goes back to the founders of Rome (who were raised... read more
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RECORDEDJune 22 – June 29 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: Oasis RochesterThree Days in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time. No one wanted to fight here. The town is not a strategic target for anyone. Still, the entire operation saw 57,000 people off the battle rolls and lasted for three days. And this during a time when one day usually determines the outcome of any engagement. The battle went from almost total Confederate victory... read more -
RECORDEDJune 22 – June 29 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: ZoomThree Days in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time. No one wanted to fight here. The town is not a strategic target for anyone. Still, the entire operation saw 57,000 people off the battle rolls and lasted for three days. And this during a time when one day usually determines the outcome of any engagement. The battle went from almost total Confederate victory... read more
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RECORDEDJuly 6 – July 13 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: Oasis RochesterAlamo of the Pacific. Encore: America’s first victory of WWII was obtained only four days after Pearl Harbor on a tiny, under-manned atoll in the central Pacific. The Battle of Wake Island was fought between December 8 and December 23, 1941. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its minor islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the... read more -
RECORDEDJuly 6 – July 13 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: ZoomAlamo of the Pacific. Encore: America’s first victory of WWII was obtained only four days after Pearl Harbor on a tiny, under-manned atoll in the central Pacific. The Battle of Wake Island was fought between December 8 and December 23, 1941. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its minor islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the... read more
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