COURSES – SPRING 2026 (Debug)

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
Monday	Feb 2	Classes Begin
Thursday	Feb 12	Lincoln’s Birthday
Thursday	Feb 16	President’s Day
Mon–Thurs	Apr 13-16	Spring Break
Thursday	May 14	Classes End

Spring 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 – Spring 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 02/02, 02/16, 03/02, 03/16, 03/30, 04/20, 05/04	B-WEEK 02/09, 02/23, 03/09, 03/23, 04/06, 04/27, 05/11
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	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	HONORÉ DE BALZAC: PÈRE GORIOT In-Person / Room 27 Sheryl Harawitz, Tatyana Chernomaz, Andrea Irvine, Ellen Shapiro PROFILES IN COURAGE Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Wayne Cotter, Tracey Lee, Ken Sasmore	GREAT DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, ACTORS In-Person / Auditorium Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp, Roy Clary GREAT PLAYS In-Person / Auditorium Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp, Roy Clary POWER OF PLAY In-Person / 15-17 Carol Blane, Candy Johnson, Joe Aboulafia

TUESDAY
	A-WEEK 02/03, 02/17, 03/03, 03/17, 03/31, 04/21, 05/05	B-WEEK 02/10, 02/24, 03/10, 03/24, 04/07, 04/28, 05/12
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In-Person / Room 27 Steve Allen Jim Brook, Gil Sanchez, Marion Schultheis SUPREME COURT Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Michael Wellner, Sandra Abramson, Babette Ceccotti 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	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 / To Be Recorded Ilene Winkler, Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Michael Wellner TWO NOVELS BY VIRGINIA WOOLF In-Person / Room 15-17 Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler	FILM FOR THOUGHT In-Person / Auditorium Steve Allen, Lois Klein, Marsha Porcell, Ellen Waldman QUESTER’S CHOICE II Hybrid / 15-17 Mary Beth Yakoubian, Vince Grosso

WEDNESDAY
	A-WEEK 02/04, 02/18, 03/04, 03/18, 04/01, 04/22, 05/06	B-WEEK 02/11, 02/25, 03/11, 03/25, 04/08, 04/29, 05/13
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET 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, 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 / To Be Recorded Howard Salik, Marian Friedmann, Vince Grosso TIMELESS WRITINGS: THE CANTERBURY TALES In-Person / Room 27 Sheryl Harawitz, Mary Ann Donnelly, Judy Hampson, Andrea Irvine YOU CAN DO POWERPOINT In-Person / Computer Lab Tamara Weinberg, Tracey Lee	DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURE SERIES Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Arlynn Greenbaum, Bob Reiss, Karen Levin Estelle Selzer

THURSDAY
	A-WEEK 02/05, 02/19, 03/05, 03/19, 04/02, 04/23, 05/07	B-WEEK 02/12, 02/26, 03/12, 03/26, 04/09, 04/30, 05/14
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	BEETHOVEN: THE LATE YEARS 1815 – 1827 Hybrid / Room 27 Arlene Hajinlian, Larry Shapiro, Jim Hopkins CONTEMPORARY POETRY Hybrid / Room 27 Ellen Rittberg, Frida Lipp, Karen Millard, Linda Schwartz	EARTH: HISTORY Hybrid / Room 15-17 Judy Weis, Pete Weis ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY In-Person / Room 19 Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter
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 QUESTER’S CHOICE I Hybrid / 15-17 Mary Beth Yakoubian, Vince Grosso	ERAS IN AMERICAN HISTORY Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Joy Sabella, Bob Gottfried 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

CULTUREQUEST

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