COURSES, FALL 2026

THIS SCHEDULE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

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
Mon	Sep 07	Labor Day
Tues	Sep 08	Classes Begin
Mon	Sep 21	Yom Kippur
Mon	Sep 12	Columbus / Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Mon	Nov 23-26	Spring Break
Thurs	Dec 17	Classes End
Fri	Dec 18	Year-End Luncheon

Fall 2026 Schedule of Courses

Click on any course name and you will see that course’s webpage, which in most cases lists the subjects and presenters for each session of the semester. Courses indicated as To Be Recorded will have class recordings posted on the Quest Class Videos – Fall 2026 page.

In addition to this course schedule, Quest publishes each week in the members-only area of this website a schedule for the week’s classes called Next Week at Quest (NWAQ). Click Here To See a Sample.

MONDAY
	A-WEEK 09/07, 09/21, 10/05, 10/19, 11/02, 11/16, 12/07	B-WEEK 09/14, 09/28, 10/12, 10/28, 11/09, 11/30, 12/14
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	ACROSS THE UNIVERSE In-Person Only / Room 27 Michael Hamburg, Marion Schultheis IT AIN’T JUST ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded 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 (N) In-Person Only / Room 27 Harriet Finkelstein, Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	GEORGE SAND AND ÉMILE ZOLA (N) In-Person Only / Room 27 Sheryl Harawitz, Tatyana Chernomaz, Andrea Irvine, Ellen Shapiro PROFILES IN COURAGE Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Wayne Cotter, Tracey Lee, Ken Sasmore	ARCHITECTURE: HISTORY, DESIGN AND PRACTICE (N) HYBRID / 15-17 / To Be Recorded Victor Brenner, Debbi Honorof COMPELLING THEATER AND CINEMA (N) In-Person Only / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp, Bob Reiss

TUESDAY
	A-WEEK 09/08, 09/22, 10/06, 10/20, 11/03, 11/17, 12/08	B-WEEK 09/15, 09/29, 10/13, 10/27, 11/10, 12/01, 12/15
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In-Person Only / Room 27 Steve Allen Jim Brook, Gil Santiago, Marion Schultheis SUPREME COURT Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Michael Wellner, Sandra Abramson, Babette Ceccotti THEATERWORKS In-Person Only / Auditorium Art Spar, Mary Ann Donnelly, Donna Ramer, Ruth Ward	ART OF THE WORLD I (N) Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro NEW AND CLASSIC ESSAYS In-Person Only / Room 27 Steve Allen, Bob Belfort, Nina Sanders, Larry Shapiro
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	OPERA UNCORKED! (N) Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Mary Beth Yacoubian, Peter Dichter, Frieda Lipp TWO NOVELS BY VIRGINIA WOOLF In-Person Only / Room 15-17 Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler CREATIVE WRITING In-Person Only / Room 19 Helen Saffran, Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer	FILM FOR THOUGHT In-Person Only / Auditorium Steve Allen, Lois Klein, Marsha Porcell POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF JOHN LOCKE (N) In-Person / Room 27 Sanford Kessler, Andrea Irvine QUESTER’S CHOICE II Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Mary Beth Yakoubian, Karen Cullen, Vince Grosso, Anne Moses

WEDNESDAY
	A-WEEK 09/09, 09/23, 10/07, 10/21, 11/04, 11/18, 12/09	B-WEEK 09/16, 09/30, 10/14, 10/28, 11/11, 12/02, 12/06
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	DISCOVERY (N) Hybrid / Room 15-17 Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schulthies SHAKESPEARE (N) Hybrid / Room 27 Jim Brook, Paul Golomb, Peter Dichter	SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis UPHEAVALS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Michael Wellner, Terri Hicks IMPROV FOR ALL (N) In-Person / Auditorium Bob Shick, Susan Diehl, Gordon Gilbert, Arlynn Greenbaum
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	CINEMA QUEST Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Howard Salik, Marian Friedmann, Vince Grosso TIMELESS WRITINGS (N) In-Person Only / Room 27 Sheryl Harawitz, Mary Ann Donnelly, Judy Hampson, Andrea Irvine YOU CAN DO POWERPOINT In-Person Only / Computer Lab Tamara Weinberg, Tracey Lee	DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURES Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Arlynn Greenbaum, Estelle Selzer, Karen Levin Bob Reiss

THURSDAY
	A-WEEK 09/10, 09/24, 10/08, 10/22, 11/05, 11/19, 12/10	B-WEEK 09/17, 10/01, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 12/03, 12/17
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	HOW THINGS WORK (N) Hybrid / Auditorium Marty Green, Tamara Weinberg CONTEMPORARY POETRY Hybrid / Room 27 Ellen Rittberg, Frida Lipp, Karen Millard	EARTH: WHAT’S ON TOP Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Judy Weis, Pete Weis NONFICTION GEMS (N) In-Person Only / Room 19 Donna Ramer, Carole Blane, Ellie Schaffer
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Susanneh Falk Lewis, Steve Allen, Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp, Lynn Vairo QUESTER’S CHOICE I Hybrid / Room 27 / To Be Recorded Mary Beth Yakoubian, Karen Cullen, Vince Grosso, Anne Moses	EXPLORATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE In-Person / Room 27 Larry Shapiro, Steve Allen, Bob Belfort HUMAN BIOLOGY (N) Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Mark Cardillo, David Bartash, Marion Schulteis POETRY WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 Judith Winn Helen Saffran, Linda Schwartz

FRIDAY

CULTUREQUEST
Madeleine Brecher,
Linda Downs, Debbi Honorof, Sharon Katz, Dena Kerren, Lois Klein,
Carole Kolber, Bob Reiss, Estelle Selzer

For The Fall 2026 Schedule of All Friday CultureQuest Events,
Click Here

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