Course Schedule – 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
 
MondayFebruary 17President’s Day
TuesdayFebruary 3Classes Begin
ThursdayFebruary 12Lincoln’s Birthday
MondayApril 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

Format / Classroom / Record
Steve Koenig,

Wayne Cotter

 

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

Format / Classroom / Record
Michael Hamburg, Marion Schultheis


 

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY

Format / Classroom / Record
Peter Dichter,

Arlynn Greenbaum, Sol Makon

 

WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD

Format / Classroom / Record
Harriet Finkelstein,

Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward

 

LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00

EXTRAS


EXTRAS

AFTERNOON
1:00 – 2:30

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Format / Classroom / Record
Sheryl Harawitz,

Patricia Geehr, Andrea Irvine, Ellie Schaffer

 

EXPLORATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE

Format / Classroom / Record
Sol Makon,

Victory Brenner

 

GREAT PLAYS

Format / Classroom / Record
Roy Clary,
Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp

 

DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, ACTORS

Format / Classroom / Record
Wayne Cotter,

Frieda Lipp, Roy Clary

 

WOMEN LEADERS

Format / Classroom / Record
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

Format / Classroom / Record
Michael Wellner,

Bob Gottfried,

 
 

SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE

Format / Classroom / Record
Steve Allen,

Jim Brook, Marian Schultheis

 

ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK

Format / Classroom / Record
Linda Downs,

Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss,
Ellen Shapiro

 

NEW AND CLASSIC ESSAYS

Format / Classroom / Record
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

Format / Classroom / Record
Ilene Winkler,

Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer,
Michael Wellner

 

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Format / Classroom / Record
Lynell Garabedian, Sandy Kessler

 

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

Format / Classroom / Record
Helen Saffran,

Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer

 
 

FILM FOR THOUGHT

Format / Classroom / Record
Steve Allen,
Lois Kline, Jane Lubin, Ellen Waldman

 

ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY

Format / Classroom / Record
Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter, Jamie Sykes

 

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 / Record
Andrea Irvine,

David Bartash, Marion Schultheis

 

SHAKESPEARE: CORIOLANUS

Format / Classroom / Record
Roy Clary,
Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer
 
 

SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS

Format / Classroom / Record
Jim Brook,

Steve Allen, Judy Weis

 
 

UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES

Format / Classroom / Record
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 / Record
Howard Salik,

Marian Friedmann, Vince Grosso

 

TIMELESS WRITINGS

Format / Classroom / Record
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 / Record
Ellen Rittberg,

Mary Ann Donnelly, Martha Drezin, Frida Lipp

 

 

QUESTER’S CHOICE

Format / Classroom / Record
Bob Gottfried,
Vince Grosso, Hedy Schulman,
Mary Beth Yakoubian

 
 

NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS: PEOPLE,
PLACES, THINGS


Format / Classroom / Record
Paul Golomb,

Bob Reiss, Sandra Abramson

 

OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE
AND IN THE ARTS


Format / Classroom / Record
Joyce Hinote,
Peter Dichter, Jamie Sykes
 

LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00

EXTRAS


EXTRAS

AFTERNOON
1:00 – 2:30

WORLD OF RELIGION

Format / Classroom / Record
Ruth Ward,

Bob Gottfried

 

CONTEMPORARY SHORT
STORIES


Format / Classroom / Record
Nancy Richardson,

Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp

 

 

POET’S WORKSHOP

In-Person / Room 19 / Meets Until 3:00 PM

Judith Winn,

Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran

 
 

EXPLORATIONS IN LITERATURE
AND PHILOSOPHY


Format / Classroom / Record
Larry Shapiro,

Steve Allen

 

JAZZ: YESTERDAY AND TODAY

Format / Classroom / Record
Sol Makon,

Debbi Honorof

 
 

FRIDAY CULTUREQUEST EVENTS

Madeleine Brecher, Coordinator

Press Here for CultureQuest Page


 Date (1,1)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (1,2)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (1,3)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (1,4)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (2,1)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (2,2)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (2,3)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (2,4)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (3,1)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (2,2)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (2,3)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

 


 Date (2,4)

Event

In-Person

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM