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
 
MondayFeb 3Classes Begin
TuesdayFeb 12Lincoln’s Birthday
ThursdayFeb 17President’s Day
MondayApr 14 – 17Spring Break
ThursdayMay 15Classes 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
EXTRASEXTRAS
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
EXTRASEXTRAS
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
EXTRASEXTRAS
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
EXTRASEXTRAS
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

FRIDAY


CULTUREQUEST

February 14

Museum of the Moving Image and Greek Lunch – Astoria Queens
 

In-Person

10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

 


CULTUREQUEST

March 14

Metropolitan Opera House: Backstage Tour
 
 

In-Person

10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

 


CULTUREQUEST

April 25

Metropolitan Opera – Salome: Final Rehearsal
 
 

In-Person

10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

 


CULTUREQUEST

May 2

Exploring Little Italy: Walking Tour and Visit to the New Italian American Museum

In-Person

10:30 AM   4:30 PM

 


CULTUREQUEST

February 28

Museum of Modern Art: Lillie Bliss Collection
 

In-Person

10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

 


CULTUREQUEST

March 28

Esther in the Age of Rembrandt: Jewish Museum Tour

In-Person

10:30 AM – 4:30 PM