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October 24 – October 31 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 -
January 24 – January 31 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: ZoomBefore even the surrender of France was signed regular members of French society began resisting German occupation. But the French spent almost as much time fighting each other as they did the Germans. But in the end the world saw what individuals were capable of when then gathered to resist the forces of tyranny. In one case A resistance leader proved... read more -
February 7 – February 14 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: Oasis RochesterIn the middle of one of the biggest wars in the 20th century, and without any orders, on 25th December 1914 soldiers stopped shooting at each other. The biggest unorganized war truce in history. To quote a British officer at the time, writing to his mother: “I know this sounds like a fairy tale… But it actually happened.” With the horror of death on... read more
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February 7 – February 14 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: ZoomIn the middle of one of the biggest wars in the 20th century, and without any orders, on 25th December 1914 soldiers stopped shooting at each other. The biggest unorganized war truce in history. To quote a British officer at the time, writing to his mother: “I know this sounds like a fairy tale… But it actually happened.” With the horror of death on a... read more
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February 14 – February 21 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
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February 7 Monday2:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Carment-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 GoodLocations: ZoomThis workshop is to stretch your knowledge of watercolor with some easy ways to use the medium to the greatest success. We will explore some of the strengths that many artists under employ for successful watercolor paintings. We will share ideas and inspirations! Class is given via Zoom. You must have a computer/tablet/phone with audio and video... read more
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February 28 – March 7 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: Oasis RochesterSometimes called the Middle Kingdom. China’s prehistory is hidden from view, not only to westerners but to the Chinese people as well. It has mostly been hidden, not by political design, but by serious obscurity, its written history strongly shadowed in myth and legend. But now archeological evidence is emerging to throw light on that dark period of... read more
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February 28 – March 7 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: ZoomSometimes called the Middle Kingdom. China’s prehistory is hidden from view, not only to westerners but to the Chinese people as well. It has mostly been hidden, not by political design, but by serious obscurity, its written history strongly shadowed in myth and legend. But now archeological evidence is emerging to throw light on that dark period of... read more
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April 1 – April 8 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: Oasis RochesterAviation Mystery. All we know for sure is that on July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared. But for close to 90 years, we’ve been trying to uncover what happened to the aviator who tried to fly around the earth near the equator. And like Magellan, who attempted to do the same on the water… ending his journey halfway across the Pacific… we’ve been... read more -
April 1 – April 8 Monday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: David WoodruffLocations: ZoomAmerica’s Real Assassination Conspiracy. Lee has surrendered, and the Confederacy is doomed. The Civil War is over. But when the nation could be rejoicing, it’s plunged into grief by the assassination of President Lincoln. But in less than 24 hours, everyone would learn it was not the act of a lone madman, but a conspiracy designed to cut off both the... read more
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January 4 – February 8 Tuesday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 6Instructor: Bob RichaneLocations: Oasis RochesterIsabel Wilkerson’s recent book 'Caste: The Origins of our Discontents' will be reviewed first (Reading this is suggested but not required.) It will provide a background to understanding the endemic of racism that she states she and all Black people feel and deal with in their daily lives. She also states that our society today is best defined by its... read more
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October 4 Tuesday1:30 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Ginny Hronek, Dynamix Training and ConsultingLocations: Oasis RochesterDuring this workshop participants will distinguish between positive and negative stress, identify signs and symptoms of stress, develop techniques for stress management prevention and intervention, specify how to integrate humor into the personal and professional life, develop an action plan to reduce stress and maximize mirth. Ginny Hronek, of Dynamix... read more -
February 15 Tuesday10:00 AM → Sessions: 1Locations: George Eastman MuseumEach year during Mr. Eastman's residency between 1902 and 1932, except during a wartime coal shortage in 1918, flowering bulbs such as tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils provided a full spectrum of color and fragrance during the winter months. Now, each year the Eastman House recreates a particular year in the house's history by exactly duplicating Mr.... read more
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October 18 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 GoodLocations: Central CreativesThe holidays are coming fast and furious! Who doesn't love getting happy mail? In this workshop, we will create greeting cards using a mixed media approach. We will use collage, layering, paint, inks, and more to complete your mailable art. You will be amazed at the easy tips that you will receive and implement into wonderfully creative greeting cards.... read more -
March 1 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Thomas Boyce, Printer Interpreter, Genesee Country VillageLocations: Oasis RochesterExplore the true lives and stories of Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp, perhaps the most famous gunslingers and lawmen of the Wild West including the towns they tamed such as Abilene, Wichita, and Dodge City. Not forgotten is the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the vendetta ride years later. We will separate fact from fiction. For instance, did you... read more
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October 25 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Creative CentralLocations: Central CreativesThis two hour workshop will teach you a step by step process of sketching individual sunflower shapes and painting them in watercolor. If time allows we will concentrate on a loose landscape of sunflower... read more -
July 28 – August 4 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Peter ElliottLocations: Oasis RochesterLong before IMAX there was the immersive widescreen phenomenon known as CINERAMA. CINERAMA is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously from three synchronized 35mm projectors onto a huge, deeply curved screen. The first theatrical release in this format titled “This is CINERAMA” premiered in 1952 at the Broadway Theater... read more -
September 14 Wednesday12:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”Locations: Oasis RochesterThis cult favorite is considered to be one of the very best films ever made about Italian Americans. Written and directed by Academy Award and Tony Award winning actress Anne Bancroft (Anna Maria Italiano), this hilarious but heartwarming story depicts the struggles of a man loved by friends and family alike who has just one problem. He can't stop eating.... read more -
October 12 Wednesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 GoodLocations: Central CreativesExplore drawing with colored pencils! Participants will discover techniques of colored pencil art including initial sketching, layering, blending, and building colors. We will work on texture and details. Please have a few reference photos available to work from, landscapes are preferred. Materials needed: colored pencils, drawing paper, scrap paper,... read more -
January 12 – January 26 Wednesday11:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 3Instructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianLocations: ZoomConditions for making art in the Netherlands, where artists painted for the market, differed from those in Italy. Judith Leyster, Rachel Ruysch and other women were respected professional artists. But expectations for women meant that they were more likely to paint flowers than other subjects. Defying expectations in the 18th century, Angelica Kauffman and... read more
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