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
TuesdaySep 02Classes Begin
TuesdaySep 23Rosh Hashanah
ThursdayOct 02Yom Kippur
MondayOct 13Columbus Day
MondayNov 24-27Thanksgiving
ThursdayDec 11Classes 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


ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

In-Person / Room 27
Michael Hamburg,

Marion Schultheis


IT AIN’T JUST ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

Hybrid / Auditorium
Steve Koenig,

Wayne Cotter, Mary Ann Donnelly

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY
Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded
Peter Dichter,

Arlynn Greenbaum


WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD

In-Person / Room 27
Harriet Finkelstein,

Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward

LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00
EXTRASEXTRAS
AFTERNOON
1:00 – 2:30


THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

In-Person / Room 27
Sheryl Harawitz,

Patricia Geehr, Andrea Irvine,
Ellie Schaffer


PROFILES IN COURAGE

Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded
Wayne Cotter,

Tracey Lee, Ken Sasmore


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 27 / To Be Recorded
Debbi Honorof, Sharon Katz

Victor Brenner

 

SUPREME COURT

Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded
Michael Wellner,

Bob Gottfried

 

THEATERWORKS

In-Person / Auditorium
Art Spar,

Mary Ann Donnelly, Ruth Ward,
Arlynn Greenbaum

 

ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK

Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded
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
EXTRASEXTRAS
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 / To Be Recorded
Ilene Winkler,

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


MORAL TALES OF OUR TIMES

In-Person / Room 15-17
Lynnel Garabedian,
Sandy Kessler

 

FEDERALIST PAPERS

In-Person / Room 15-17
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 / Room 27
Roy Clary,
Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer

TIME: THE WONDER OF IT

In-Person / Room 15-17
Andrea Irvine,
David Bartash, Marion Schulthies
 

AMERICAN UPHEAVALS

Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded
Michael Wellner,

Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks


SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS

Hybrid / Auditorum
Jim Brook,

Steve Allen, Judy Weis

 
LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00
EXTRASEXTRAS
AFTERNOON
1:00 – 2:30

CINEMA QUEST:
CURRENT AND CLASSIC

Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded
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 / To Be Recorded
Joy Sabella,

Bob Gottfried


YOU CAN DO POWERPOINT

In-Person / Computer Lab
Tamara Weinberg,

Tracey Lee


EARTH: GEOGRAPHY

Hybrid / Room 15-17
Judy Weis,

Pete Weis


 
ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY

In-Person / Room 27
Joyce Hinote,

Peter Dichter

LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00
EXTRASEXTRAS
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

 


EMOTIONAL DICHOTOMIES WITHIN

Hybrid / Room 15-17
Elaine Martin,

Donna Ramer


EXPLORATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY
AND LITERATURE

In-Person / Room 27
Larry Shapiro,

Steve Allen, Bob Belfort


POETS’ WORKSHOP

In-Person / Room 19

Judith Winn,

Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran

FRIDAY

 

 


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For The Fall Schedule of All Friday CultureQuest Events, Click Here