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April 6 – April 13 Monday10:00 AM → 11:00 AMSessions: 2Instructor: Pat MartinezLocations: Oasis RochesterThis is your opportunity to have two private lessons with Pat and learn whatever you need to advance your technology skills. Includes iPhone or Android phones, laptops or Alexa devices, but no Mac laptops... read more -
November 28 – December 5 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: Oasis RochesterThe 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 -
December 3 Tuesday3:00 PM → 4:00 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 -
April 6 – April 13 Monday11:15 AM → 12:15 AMSessions: 2Instructor: Pat MartinezLocations: Oasis RochesterThis is your opportunity to have two private lessons with Pat and learn whatever you need to advance your technology skills. Includes iPhone or Android phones, laptops or Alexa devices, but no Mac laptops... read more
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April 13 Wednesday2:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Mark Sample, Professor of History, MCCLocations: Oasis RochesterThis 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 -
November 28 – December 5 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: ZoomThe 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
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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
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July 23 – August 6 Wednesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 3Instructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Locations: Oasis RochesterThey don’t get much cooler than jazz vocalist Mel Torme. He started singing professionally as a child, landed numerous roles in Hollywood films, played drums in Chico Marx’s Big Band, and began recording with the singing group he formed, The Mel-Tones, all before he was 21 years of age. He was, to put it simply, a phenom. Join us as we celebrate the... read more -
November 20 Wednesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Central CreativesLocations: Central Creatives A monochrome or monochromatic painting is one created using only one color or hue. It can use different shades of one color but by definition should contain only one base color. Students will explore patterns, florals and landscapes using this method. Materials are... read more -
November 21 – December 5 Tuesday2:00 PM → 3:30 PMSessions: 3Instructor: James Kraus, retired English teacher, Rochester City School DistrictLocations: Oasis RochesterThis 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 -
April 13 Wednesday2:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Mark Sample, Professor of History, MCCLocations: ZoomThis 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
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November 21 – December 12 Tuesday2:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 4Instructor: Laurence BrittLocations: Oasis RochesterNazi 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 -
December 4 Wednesday1:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Locations: Oasis RochesterOur annual holiday film this year will be Desk Set (1957) starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and Joan Blondell. It's a combination romantic comedy and postwar tale of warning about the coming technological revolution. Tracy's and Hepburn's eighth collaboration, and first color film, is a lighthearted and sparkling piece of 1950s Hollywood... read more -
December 5 Monday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 GoodLocations: Central CreativesPerfect 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 -
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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July 30 Wednesday1:00 PM → 3:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lesley Shakespeare-BroganLocations: Oasis RochesterSuch a fun project. Join us in welcoming spring with this quaint painting of poppies. Acrylics on a 11x14” canvas. All supplies are included, no experience is necessary and beginners are welcome! Join in the fun! All supplies are included, no experience is necessary and beginners are welcome! Join in the... read more -
November 21 – December 12 Tuesday2:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 4Instructor: Laurence BrittLocations: ZoomNazi 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
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November 30 Wednesday12:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”Locations: Oasis RochesterJoin 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
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December 11 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Ann CunninghamLocations: Oasis RochesterJoin Ann Cunningham as we compare, contrast and discuss “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain and “James” by Percival Everett. We all know the Huck Finn story, but... read more -
April 14 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Ann CunninghamLocations: Oasis RochesterJoin Ann Cunningham as we discuss "The Hate You Give" by Angie Thomas. 'Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter navigates two worlds—the poor neighborhood where she lives and the elite prep school she attends. Her life changes when she witnesses the police shooting of her unarmed friend, Khalil. As his death sparks national outrage and protests, Starr faces... read more
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