Rochester Oasis Classes

  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 04-03-2023 to 04-03-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 12:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”
    Term: 2023-1
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    This film has it all - laughs, larceny, drama and suspense. Director Billy Wilder's use of humor in a picture about a prisoner of war camp in WW II Germany may have initially been shocking to 1953 audiences but it proved to be a big hit at the box office and with the critics. The film garnered three Academy Award nominations and brought home the Oscar for... read more
  • Sessions: 3
    Class Date(s): 03-29-2023 to 04-12-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 01:30 PM → 03:00 PM
    Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”
    Term: 2023-1
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    Come join us for a fun-filled getaway to picturesque and hilarious Mayberry, North Carolina. Andy Griffith had to be persuaded to translate his naive but shrewd mountain persona to the small screen by legendary producer Sheldon Leonard but the popularity of The Andy Griffith Show exceeded all expectations. The gentle humor and idiosyncratic characters... read more
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    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 04-06-2023 to 04-06-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Thursday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Central Creatives
    Term: 2023-1
    Location: Central Creatives
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    Enjoy this step by step approach to painting tulips, daffodils and snowdrops in this beginner watercolor class.  Materials are included.  Skill Level: Beginners  RSVP by 4/5 at... read more
  • Sessions: 3
    Class Date(s): 03-31-2023 to 04-14-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Friday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: MAG Docent
    Term: 2023-1
    Location: Memorial Art Gallery
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    This class has received rave reviews from our members. Using art at the Memorial Art Gallery, the docents will guide you through the Gallery, teaching art appreciation skills of observation and interpretation. You will learn new ways to look at, and engage deeply with, works of art. Your new skills will enable you to enjoy art differently in the future.... read more
  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 08-15-2024 to 08-15-2024
    Day(s) of the week: Thursday
    Time: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: Ann Cunningham
    Term: 2024-2
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    Join Ann Cunningham as we discuss "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.  'Their Eyes Were Watching God," an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for... read more
  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 04-14-2023 to 04-14-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Friday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor:
    Term: 2023-1
    Location: Little Theatre
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    Same great experience, new course name!!! Enjoy 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. All movies are open captioned... read more
  • Sessions: 2
    Class Date(s): 11-14-2022 to 11-21-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: David Woodruff
    Term: 2022-3
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    The End of the Middle Ages. The Roman Empire lasted for 1,480 years. They lasted the longest in the east. 1,123 Years and 18 Days. But that all came to an end on May 29, 1453. Warfare would never be the same again. The city that couldn’t possibly fall—fell. The Turks change the name to Istanbul, meaning “The City.” But it would both unleash the... read more
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    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 12-04-2023 to 12-04-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Central Creatives
    Term: 2023-3
    Location: Central Creatives
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    Design your own hand made greeting cards with watercolor and mixed media. Students will create a variety of winter themed paintings on individual cards. Artwork can be scanned to produce a line of holiday cards for the artist to have printed locally. Materials are... read more
  • Sessions: 2
    Class Date(s): 11-14-2022 to 11-21-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: David Woodruff
    Term: 2022-3
    Location: Zoom
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    The End of the Middle Ages. The Roman Empire lasted for 1,480 years. They lasted the longest in the east. 1,123 Years and 18 Days. But that all came to an end on May 29, 1453. Warfare would never be the same again. The city that couldn’t possibly fall—fell. The Turks change the name to Istanbul, meaning “The City.” But it would both unleash the... read more
  • Sessions: 2
    Class Date(s): 11-28-2022 to 12-05-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: David Woodruff
    Term: 2022-3
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    The Tax War of Three Kingdoms. Taxes can set people to fighting in almost any age, but combine that with religion and you got a bloody war that can last for years. The war ended up a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliament and King Charles, mainly over the manner of England’s taxes and issues of religious freedom. In the end, it... read more
  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 04-13-2022 to 04-13-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Mark Sample, Professor of History, MCC
    Term: 2022-1
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history:  Watergate. President Richard Nixon was running for re-election and his worries about losing would bring about the downfall of his Presidency. Professor of history, Mark Sample, will detail the story of this scandal which involves everything from the Vietnam war,... read more
  • Sessions: 2
    Class Date(s): 11-28-2022 to 12-05-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: David Woodruff
    Term: 2022-3
    Location: Zoom
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    The Tax War of Three Kingdoms. Taxes can set people to fighting in almost any age, but combine that with religion and you got a bloody war that can last for years. The war ended up a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliament and King Charles, mainly over the manner of England’s taxes and issues of religious freedom. In the end, it... read more
  • Sessions: 3
    Class Date(s): 11-21-2023 to 12-05-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 2:00 PM → 3:30 PM
    Instructor: James Kraus, retired English teacher, Rochester City School District
    Term: 2023-3
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    This final course on Sinatra's musical career will focus on recordings from the 1970's to 1990's after a retirement of almost two years in the early 70's. When Sintra returned, he carefully alternated new material (Sondheim,  Jim Croce, Stevie Wonder, George Harrison) with reworkings of old chestnuts in both his recordings and personal appearances. A... read more
  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 04-13-2022 to 04-13-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Mark Sample, Professor of History, MCC
    Term: 2022-1
    Location: Zoom
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history:  Watergate. President Richard Nixon was running for re-election and his worries about losing would bring about the downfall of his Presidency. Professor of history, Mark Sample, will detail the story of this scandal which involves everything from the Vietnam war,... read more
  • Sessions: 4
    Class Date(s): 11-21-2023 to 12-12-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Laurence Britt
    Term: 2023-3
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Russia – 1941-1945:  This course will cover the titanic struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. The first session will cover the events leading up to the war tracing all the way back to traditional German views of “drang nach osten” and to Hitler’s racialist policies and geo-political... read more
  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 12-05-2022 to 12-05-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 Good
    Term: 2022-3
    Location: Central Creatives
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    Perfect for a gift, we will paint and personalize glass ornaments. You can choose your own designs, or the ones demonstrated by the instructor. Hand-painted ornaments are a fun holiday craft, and make wonderful gifts for your favorite people. Once you make one you will see how easy it is to make more! All materials are included - each participant can make... read more
  • Sessions: 4
    Class Date(s): 11-21-2023 to 12-12-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 2:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Laurence Britt
    Term: 2023-3
    Location: Zoom
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Russia – 1941-1945:  This course will cover the titanic struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. The first session will cover the events leading up to the war tracing all the way back to traditional German views of “drang nach osten” and to Hitler’s racialist policies and geo-political... read more
  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 11-30-2022 to 11-30-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 12:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”
    Term: 2022-3
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    Join us as we revisit this modern masterpiece of screwball cinema on the 50th anniversary of its initial theatrical release. This was Bogdanovich's most successful screen comedy featuring a mixture of sexiness and zaniness from stars Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, a roster of fabulously funny character actors, and the screen debut of one of the most... read more
  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 12-07-2022 to 12-07-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 12:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”
    Term: 2022-3
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    Celebrate the Christmas holiday with this long forgotten gem about the discovery that joy and humanity doesn't always come wrapped in a ribbon. The film features legendary character actors Eugene Pallette and Billie Burke as the heads of a family of spoiled wealthy layabouts. Their home and their lives are changed forever by a drunken old actor (played by... read more
  • Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 12-06-2023 to 12-06-2023
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 12:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller & the Files of the Ol' One-Two’
    Term: 2023-3
    Location: Oasis Rochester
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    In what’s become an annual tradition, join Otto Bruno for some cinematic holiday fun. This year’s selection is Warner Bros.’ 1942 screen comedy, Larceny, Inc. starring Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Anthony Quinn, and a host of marvelous character actors in one of the zaniest caper films of the classic age of motion pictures.... read more

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