Quest Courses – Fall 2023 (Draft)
Quest classes 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.
The Fall 2023 Semester:
- Monday, September 4, Labor Day
- Tuesday, September 5, Classes Begin
- Monday, September 25, Yom Kippur
- Monday, October 9, Columbus Day
- Monday, November 20 through 24, Thanksgiving Break
- Thursday, December 14, Classes End
Fall 2023 Course Schedule
| MONDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/18, 10/02, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, 12/04 | B-WEEK 09/11, 10/23, 11/06, 11/27, 12/11 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | ROCK AND ROOTS ALBUMS Hybrid / Auditorium Steve Koenig, Wayne Cotter THE GREAT GATSBY In-Person / Room 15-17 Lynnel Garabadian, Sandy Kessler | CLASSICAL MUSIC Hybrid / Auditorium Sol Makon,Peter Dichter, Pete Weis TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND In-Person / Room 15-17 Donna Ramer,Sheryl Harawitz, Tamara Weinberg |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | COMEDY CENTRAL Hybrid / Auditorium Wayne Cotter,Leslie Goldman, Vince Grosso, Michael Wellner THE SCARLET LETTER In-person / Room 15-17 Patricia Geehr,Arlene Curinga, Susan Keohane | GREAT PLAYS In Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp SIXTIES In-Person / Room 15-17 Richard Byrd,Diane Reynolds MEXICO: SOUTH OF THE BORDER In-Person / Room 27 Tamara Weinberg,Harriet Dubroff, Joyce Sabella |
| TUESDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/05, 09/19, 10/03, 10/17, 10/31, 11/14, 12/05 | B-WEEK 09/12, 09/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/07, 11/28, 12/12 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS Hybrid / Auditorium Bob Gottfried, Sandy Frank, Glen Johnston WORLD OF THEATER In-Person / Room 15-17 Yona Ragosin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Panny Mitchell, Nan McNamara | ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Hybrid / Auditorium Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro WATER Hybrid / Room 15-17 Judy Weis,Pete Weis |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK In-Person / Auditorium Bob Gottfried,Jill Altman ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Michael Hamburg, Vickie Costa CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 27 Helen Saffran,Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer | HARLEM RENAISSANCE In-Person / Room 27 Richard Byrd,Stuart Parker, Ilene Winkler FILM FOR THOUGHT In-Person / Room 15-17 Jane Lubin,Ellen Waldman |
| WEDNESDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/06, 09/20, 10/04, 10/18, 11/01, 11/15, 12/06 | B-WEEK 09/13, 09/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/08, 11/29, 12/13 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | QUESTER’S CHOICE Hybrid / Auditorium Bob Gottfried, Vince Grosso, Hedy Shulman, Mary Beth Yakoubian SHAKESPEARE: THE WINTER’S TALE In-Person / Room 15-17 Roy Clary, Jim Brooke, Ellie Schaffer | FASCINATING NONFICTION Hybrid / Auditorium Harriet Finkelstein,Bob Reiss, Ruth Ward UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Michael Wellner,Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | CINEMA QUEST: CURRENT AND CLASSIC Hybrid / Auditorium Howard Salik,Marian Friedmann, Bobbie Gold, Vince Grosso TOCQUEVILL’S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: A CLASSIC FOR OUR TIME In Person / Room 15-17 Sandy Kessler, Ellie Schaffer | DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURE SERIES Hybrid / Auditorium Arlynn Greenbaum,Bob Reiss, Karen Levin, Estelle Selzer |
| THURSDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/07, 09/21, 10/05, 10/19, 11/02, 11/16, 12/07 | B-WEEK 09/24, 09/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/09, 11/30, 12/14 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Hybrid / Auditorium Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis CONTEMPORARY POETRY In-Person / Room 15-17 Ellen Rittenberg, Martha Drezin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Frieda Lipp WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD (A) In-Person / Room 27 Harriet Finkelstein, Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward | NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS Hybrid / Room 15-17 Paul Golomb,Vince Grosso, Hedy Shulman, Mary Beth Yakoubian SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In-Person / Room 27 Steve Allen,Marion Schultheis WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD (B) In-Person / Auditorium Harriet Finkelstein,Lary Shapiro, Ruth Ward |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE Hybrid / Room 27 Karen Cullen,Donna Ramer, Michael Wellner CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Nancy Richardson,Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp ACTING WORKSHOP I In Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Panny Mitchell, Art Spar | CONSTRUCTION BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR In-Person / Auditorium Andrea Irvine,Marion Schultheis, David Bartash EXPLORATIONS IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY Hybrid / Room 15-17 Larry Shapiro,Steve Allen POETS’ WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 27 Judith Winn,Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran |
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| SEPTEMBER 15 American Museum of Natural History – Gilder Center 10:30 – Noon (In-Person)
| OCTOBER 13 Metropolitan Opera Forest Hills Gardens 10:30 – Noon (Walking Tour)
| NOVEMBER 10 Hispanic Society Corolla Paintings: Visions of Spain 10:30 – Noon (In-Person)
| DECEMBER 1 City Museum of New York 100th Anniversary Exhibit 10:30 – Noon (Virtual Only)
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SEPTEMBER 29 New York Historical Tours, The Gilded Age: The heyday of High Society 10:30 – Noon (In-Person)
| OCTOBER 27 Tour by Linda Sweet of Whitney Permanent Collection 10:30 – Noon (In-Person)
| JANUARY 19 Art Lecture-Deborah Goldberg 10:30 – Noon (Virtual Only)
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