Courses – Fall 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. |
| Important Dates for the Fall 2025 Semester | ||
| Tuesday | Sep 2 | Classes Begin |
| Tuesday | Sep 23 | Rosh Hashanah – No Classes |
| Thursday | Oct 2 | Yom Kippur – No Classes |
| Monday | Oct 13 | Columbus Day – No Classes |
| Monday | Nov 24 – 27 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Thursday | Dec 11 | Classes End |
Fall 2025 Schedule of Courses
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 Class Videos – Fall 2025 page.
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 09/01, 09/15, 09/29, 10/13, 10/27, 11/10, 12/01 | B-WEEK 09/08, 09/22, 10/06, 10/20, 11/03, 11/17, 12/08 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 |
| GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY Hybrid / Auditorium Peter Dichter, Arlynn Greenbaum WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD In-Person / Room 27 Harriet Finkelstein, Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | EXTRAS | EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 |
| DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, ACTORS In-Person / Auditorium Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp, Roy Clary GREAT PLAYS In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary, Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp QUESTER’S CHOICE Hybrid / 15-17 Mary Beth Yakoubian, Bob Gottfried, Vince Grosso |
| TUESDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/02, 09/16, 09/30, 10/14, 10/28, 11/11, 12/02 | B-WEEK 09/09, 09/23, 10/07, 10/21, 12/04, 11/18, 12/09 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | ART AND PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Debbi Honorof, Sharon Katz Victor Brenner SUPREME COURT Hybrid / Room 27 Michael Wellner, Bob Gottfried THEATERWORKS Hybrid / Auditorium Art Spar, Mary Ann Donnelly, Ruth Ward, Arlynn Greenbaum | ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Hybrid / Auditorium Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro NEW AND CLASSIC ESSAYS In-Person / Room 27 Steve Allen, Bob Belfort, Nina Sanders, Larry Shapiro |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | EXTRAS | EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 Helen Saffran, Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY Hybrid / Auditorium Ilene Winkler, Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Michael Wellner MORAL TALES OF OUR TIMES Hybrid / Room 27 Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | FEDERALIST PAPERS In-Person / Room 27 Sandy Kessler, Andrea Irvine FILM FOR THOUGHT In-Person / Auditorium Steve Allen, Lois Klein, Jane Lubin, Ellen Waldman |
| WEDNESDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/03, 09/17, 10/01, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 12/03 | B-WEEK 09/10, 09/24, 10/08, 10/22, 12/05, 11/19, 12/10 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | SHAKESPEARE: COMEDY OF ERRORS Hybrid / Auditorium Roy Clary, Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer TIME: THE WONDER OF IT Hybrid / Room 27 Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schulthies | AMERICAN UPHEAVALS Hybrid / Room 15-17 Michael Wellner, Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Hybrid / Auditorum Jim Brook,Steve Allen, Judy Weis |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | EXTRAS | EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | CINEMA QUEST: CURRENT AND CLASSIC Hybrid / Auditorium Howard Salik, Marian Friedmann, Vince Grosso TIMELESS WRITINGS: THE ILIAD In-Person / Room 27 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 09/04, 09/18, 10/02, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, 12/04 | B-WEEK 09/11, 09/25, 10/09, 10/23, 12/06, 11/20, 12/11 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | CONTEMPORARY POETRY Hybrid / Room 27 Ellen Rittberg, Frida Lipp, Karen Millard, Linda Schwartz ERAS IN AMERICAN HISTORY Hybrid / Auditorium Joy Sabella, Bob Gottfried YOU CAN DO POWERPOINT Hybrid / Room 19 Tamara Weinberg, Tracey Lee |
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| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | EXTRAS | EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Nancy Richardson, Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp WORLD OF RELIGION Hybrid / Room 27 Ruth Ward, Bob Gottfried |
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| FRIDAY | |||
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