Courses – Spring 2025

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.

Spring 2025 Holiday Schedule

Monday	Feb 3	Classes Begin
Tuesday	Feb 12	Lincoln’s Birthday
Thursday	Feb 17	President’s Day
Monday	Apr 14 – 17	Spring Break
Thursday	May 15	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.

In addition to this course schedule, Quest publishes each week on the members-only segment of this website a schedule for the week’s classes called Next Week at Quest. Click Here To See a Sample.

MONDAY
	A-WEEK 02/3, 03/03, 03/17, 03/31, 04/21, 05/5	B-WEEK 02/10, 02/24, 03/10, 03/24, 04/7, 04/28, 05/12
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	ROCK AND ROOTS ALBUMS Hybrid / Auditorium Steve Koenig, Wayne Cotter ACROSS THE UNIVERSE In-Person / Room 27 Michael Hamburg, Marion Schultheis	GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Peter Dichter, Arlynn Greenbaum, Sol Makon WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD Format / Classroom Harriet Finkelstein, Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Format / Classroom Sheryl Harawitz, Patricia Geehr, Andrea Irvine, Ellie Schaffer ARCHITECTURE: FUNCTION, DESIGN, AND STRUCTURE Format / Classroom Sol Makon, Victor Brenner	GREAT PLAYS Meets: 02/24, 03/24, 04/28, 05/12 Format / Classroom Roy Clary, Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, ACTORS Meets: 02/10, 03/10, 04/07 Format / Classroom Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp, Roy Clary WOMEN LEADERS Format / Classroom Laura Lopez, Joan Vreeland

TUESDAY
	A-WEEK 02/04, 02/18, 03/4, 03/18, 04/1, 04/22, 05/6	B-WEEK 02/11, 02/25, 03/11, 03/25, 04/8, 04/29, 05/13
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	SUPREME COURT Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Michael Wellner, Bob Gottfried SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE Format / Classroom Steve Allen, Jim Brook, Marian Schultheis	ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro NEW AND CLASSIC ESSAYS Format / Classroom Steve Allen, Martha Drezin, Ellie Schaffer, Larry Shapiro
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY Hybrid / Room 27 / To be Recorded Ilene Winkler, Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Michael Wellner GREAT EXPECTATIONS Format / Classroom Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP Format / Classroom Helen Saffran, Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer	FILM FOR THOUGHT Format / Classroom Steve Allen, Lois Klein, Jane Lubin, Ellen Waldman ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY Format / Classroom Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter

WEDNESDAY
	A-WEEK 02/05, 02/19, 03/05, 03/19, 04/02, 04/23, 05/07	B-WEEK 02/26, 03/12, 03/26, 04/09, 04/30, 05/14
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	POWER: THE GLORY OF IT Format / Classroom Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schultheis SHAKESPEARE: CORIOLANUS Format / Classroom Roy Clary, Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer	SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Format / Classroom Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Michael Wellner, Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	CINEMA QUEST: CURRENT AND CLASSIC Format / Classroom / To Be Recorded Howard Salik, Marian Friedmann, Vince Grosso TIMELESS WRITINGS Format / Classroom Sheryl Harawitz, Mary Ann Donnelly, Judy Hampson, Andrea Irvine	DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURE SERIES Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Arlynn Greenbaum, Bob Reiss, Karen Levin, Estelle Selzer

THURSDAY
	A-WEEK 02/06, 02/20, 03/06, 03/20, 04/03, 04/24, 05/08	B-WEEK 02/13, 02/27, 03/13, 03/27, 04/10, 05/01, 05/15
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	CONTEMPORARY POETRY Format / Classroom Ellen Rittberg, Mary Ann Donnelly, Martha Drezin, Frida Lipp QUESTER’S CHOICE Format / Classroom Bob Gottfried, Vince Grosso, Hedy Schulman, Mary Beth Yakoubian	NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS: PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Paul Golomb, Bob Reiss, Sandra Abramson OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE AND IN THE ARTS Format / Classroom Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter, Jamie Sykes
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	WORLD OF RELIGION Format / Classroom Ruth Ward, Bob Gottfried CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Format / Classroom Nancy Richardson, Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp POETS’ WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 / Meets Until 3:00 PM Judith Winn, Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran	JAZZ: YESTERDAY AND TODAY Format / Classroom Sol Makon, Debbi Honorof EXPLORATIONS IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY Format / Classroom Larry Shapiro, Steve Allen, Bob Belfort