Course Schedule – Fall 2023
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.
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Below is the list of all courses offered at Quest this semester. Click on any course name and you will see that course’s webpage.
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 (known generally as the NWAQ).
Click Here to See a Sample NWAQ.
| 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 Techs: Victor B, Michael W THE GREAT GATSBY In Person / Room 15-17 Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler Tech: Bob R | CLASSICAL MUSIC Hybrid / Auditorium Sol Makon,Peter Dichter, Pete Weis, Bob Reiss Techs: Victor B, Pete W, Bob R TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND In-Person / Room 15-17 Donna Ramer,Sheryl Harawitz, Tamara Weinberg Tech: Tamara W |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | QUEST EXTRAS | QUEST EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | COMEDY CENTRAL Hybrid / Auditorium Wayne Cotter,Leslie Goldman, Vince Grosso, Michael Wellner Techs: Michael W, Ellen S THE SCARLET LETTER In Person / Room 27 Patricia Geehr,Arlene Curinga, Susan Keohane Tech: Steven C | GREAT PLAYS In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp Techs: Wayne C, Ruth W SIXTIES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Richard Byrd,Diane Reynolds Techs: Michael W, Ilene W MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER Hybrid / Room 27 Tamara Weinberg,Harriet Dubroff, Joyce Sabella Techs: Tamara W, Bob R |
| 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 Techs: Michael W, Victor B WORLD OF THEATER In Person / Room 15-17 Yona Rogosin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Panny Mitchell, Nan McNamara Techs: Tamara W, Ellen S | ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Hybrid / Auditorium Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro Techs: Susan D, Ellen S, Bob R WATER Hybrid / Room 27 Judy Weis,Pete Weis Techs: Pete W (except Oct. 10), Steven C |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | DÉJEUNER FRANÇAIS | QUEST EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK Hybrid / Room 15-17 Bob Gottfried,Jill Altman Tech: Michael W ACROSS THE UNIVERSE In Person / Room 27 Michael Hamburg, Vickie Costa Techs: Pete W, Tamara W CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 / Meets Until 3:00 PM Helen Saffran,Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer Techs: None Assigned | HARLEM RENAISSANCE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Richard Byrd,Ilene Winkler, Hedy Shulman, Stuart Parker Techs: Steven C, Ilene W FILM FOR THOUGHT In Person / Auditorium Jane Lubin,Ellen Waldman Techs: Michael W, Wayne C |
| 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 Techs: Steven C, Tamara W SHAKESPEARE: THE WINTER’S TALE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Roy Clary, Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer Tech: Ellie S | FASCINATING NONFICTION Hybrid / Auditorium Harriet Finkelstein,Bob Reiss, Ruth Ward Techs: Wayne C, Bob R UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES In Person / Room 15-17 Michael Wellner,Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks Techs: Steven C, Michael W |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | QUEST EXTRAS | BOOK CLUB |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | CINEMA QUEST: CURRENT AND CLASSIC Hybrid / Auditorium Howard Salik,Marian Friedmann, Bobbie Gold, Vince Grosso Techs: Michael W, Tamara W TOCQUEVILLE’S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: A CLASSIC FOR OUR TIME In Person / Room 15-17 Sandy Kessler, Ellie Schaffer Techs: Ellie S, Ellen S | DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURE SERIES Hybrid / Auditorium Arlynn Greenbaum,Bob Reiss, Karen Levin, Estelle Selzer Lectures will be recorded and videos posted on the website Techs: Bob R, Wayne C |
| THURSDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/07, 09/21, 10/05, 10/19, 11/02, 11/16, 12/07 | B-WEEK 09/14, 09/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/09, 11/30, 12/14 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Hybrid / Auditorium Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis Techs: Pete W, Tamara W CONTEMPORARY POETRY Hybrid / Room 15-17 Ellen Rittberg, Martha Drezin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Frieda Lipp Tech: Ilene W WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD (A) Hybrid / Room 27 Harriet Finkelstein, Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward Tech: Ruth W | NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS Hybrid / Auditorium Paul Golomb,Bob Reiss Techs: Paul G, Ilene W SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In Person / Room 15-17 Steve Allen,Marion Schultheis Tech: Steven C WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD (B) Hybrid / Room 27 Harriet Finkelstein,Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward Tech: Ruth W |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | QUEST EXTRAS | QUEST EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Karen Cullen,Donna Ramer, Michael Wellner Techs: Pete W, Ilene W CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Hybrid / Room 27 Nancy Richardson,Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp Techs: Ruth W, Michael R ACTING WORKSHOP I In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Panny Mitchell, Art Spar Techs: None Assigned | CONSTRUCTION BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR In Person / Room 15-17 Andrea Irvine,Marion Schultheis, David Bartash Techs: Ilene W, Steven C EXPLORATIONS IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY Hybrid / Room 27 Larry Shapiro,Steve Allen Tech: Larry S POETS’ WORKSHOP In Person / Room 19 Judith Winn,Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran Techs: None Assigned |
| FRIDAY CULTUREQUEST EVENTS Madeleine Brecher, Coordinator Press Here for CultureQuest Page | |||
| SEPTEMBER 15 AMNH New Gilder Center 11:00 AM- 12:30 PM In-Person
| OCTOBER 13 Brooklyn Museum’s Exhibit of African Fashion Time TBA In-Person
| NOVEMBER 10 AMNH Rose Center for Earth and Space Time TBA In-Person
| DECEMBER 1 Museum of the City of NY: Celebrating a Century Time TBA In-Person
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SEPTEMBER 22 Metropolitan Opera Dead Man Walking 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM In-Person
| OCTOBER 27 Whitney Museum Tour with Linda Sweet Time TBA Zoom Only
| JANUARY 19 Art Lecture Deborah Goldberg Time TBA Zoom Only
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SEPTEMBER 29 The Gilded Age: The Heyday of High Society 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Walking Tour
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