Course Schedule-Spr 2024 (Saved)
Quest courses run in the fall and spring terms, each 14 weeks, along with an eight-week summer session in June and July.
Classes alternate weeks, so each course is approximately seven sessions (contingent upon holidays). Classes that meet in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th weeks are designated A-Week classes. Those that meet in the alternate weeks are B-Week classes.
This Spring’s holiday schedule is
| February 5 | Classes Begin | ||
| February 12 | Lincoln’s Birthday | ||
| February 19 | President’s Day | ||
| April 22-26 | Spring Break | ||
| May 16 | Classes End |
Below is a table of all courses offered at Quest this semester. Click on any course name and you will see that course’s webpage. Courses indicated as To Be Recorded will have class recordings posted on the Quest website.
| MONDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 02/05, 03/04, 03/18, 04/01, 04/15, 05/06 | B-WEEK 02/26, 03/11, 03/25, 04/08, 04/29, 05/13 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | ROCK AND ROOTS ALBUMS Hybrid / Auditorium Steve Koenig, Wayne Cotter ALL THE KING’S MEN In Person / Room 15-17 Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | CLASSICAL MUSIC Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Sol Makon,Peter Dichter, Pete Weis, Bob Reiss WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD In-Person / Room 27 Harriet Finkelstein,Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | NOONTIME EXTRAS | NOONTIME EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Wayne Cotter,Leslie Goldman, Michael Wellner DAISY MILLER AND WASHINGTON SQUARE In Person / Room 15-17 Patricia Geehr,Arlene Curinga, Susan Keohane | GREAT PLAYS In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In-Person / Room 15-17 Steve Allen,Marion Schultheis |
| TUESDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 02/06, 02/20, 03/05, 03/19, 04/02, 04/16, 05/07 | B-WEEK 02/13, 02/27, 03/12, 03/26, 04/09, 04/30, 05/14 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Bob Gottfried, Sandy Frank, Ellen Gottfried, Glen Johnston NEW AND CLASSIC ESSAYS In Person / Room 15-17 Steve Allen, Martha Drezin, Ellie Schaffer, Larry Shapiro | ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | NOONTIME EXTRAS | NOONTIME EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK Hybrid / Room 15-17 Bob Gottfried,Michael Wellner ACROSS THE UNIVERSE In Person / Room 27 Michael Hamburg, Vickie Costa CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 / Meets Until 3:00 PM Helen Saffran,Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer | HARLEM RENAISSANCE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Richard Byrd,Stuart Parker FILM FOR THOUGHT In Person / Auditorium Jane Lubin,Ellen Waldman |
| WEDNESDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 02/07, 02/21, 03/06, 03/20, 04/03, 04/17, 05/08 | B-WEEK 02/14, 02/28, 03/13, 03/27, 04/10, 05/01, 05/15 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | QUESTER’S CHOICE Hybrid / Auditorium Bob Gottfried, Vince Grosso, Hedy Shulman, Mary Beth Yakoubian SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Roy Clary, Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer | FASCINATING NONFICTION Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Harriet Finkelstein,Bob Reiss, Ruth Ward UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES In Person / Room 15-17 Michael Wellner,Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | NOONTIME EXTRAS | NOONTIME EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | CINEMA QUEST: CURRENT AND CLASSIC Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Howard Salik,Marian Friedmann, Bobbie Gold, Vince Grosso WOMEN SPIES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer, Tamara Weinberg | DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURE SERIES Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Arlynn Greenbaum,Bob Reiss, Karen Levin, Estelle Selzer |
| THURSDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 02/08, 02/22, 03/07, 03/21, 04/04, 04/18, 05/09 | B-WEEK 02/15, 02/29, 03/14, 03/28, 04/11, 05/02, 05/16 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Hybrid / Auditorium Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis CONTEMPORARY POETRY Hybrid / Room 15-17 Ellen Rittberg, Martha Drezin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Frieda Lipp | NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Paul Golomb,Bob Reiss YOUNG BEETHOVEN In-Person / Auditorium Arlene Hajinlian,Larry Shapiro |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | NOONTIME EXTRAS | NOONTIME EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | WATER Hybrid / Room 27 / To Be Recorded Judy Weis,Pete Weis CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Nancy Richardson,Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp ACTING WORKSHOP II In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Panny Mitchell, Art Spar | CONSTRUCTION BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR In Person / Room 15-17 Andrea Irvine,Marion Schultheis, David Bartash EXPLORATIONS IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY Hybrid / Room 27 Larry Shapiro,Steve Allen POETS’ WORKSHOP In Person / Room 19 Judith Winn,Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran |
| FRIDAY CULTUREQUEST EVENTS Madeleine Brecher, Coordinator Press Here for CultureQuest Page | |||
| FEBRUARY 16 MOMA Picasso in Fontainebleau 10:50 AM In-Person Tour
| MARCH 1 Subway Art Aboard the MTA 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM In-Person Tour on the Subway
| APRIL 12 Palace Theater NYC Wonder Theater 10:30 AM – Noon In-Person Tour
| MAY 3 The Glass House National Trust, New Canaan, CT 10:30 AM – Noon In Person
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| MARCH 15 Jewish Museum, Marta Minujin: Arte! Arte! Arte! 11:00 AM Zoom Only
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| MAY 10 Subway Art Aboard the MTA AN ENCORE 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM In-Person Tour
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| MARCH 22 Metropolitan Opera La Rondine 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM In Person
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