Courses – Spring 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 Spring 2025 Semester

Monday	Feb 3	Classes Begin
Wednesday	Feb 12	Lincoln’s Birthday – No Classes
Monday	Feb 17	President’s Day – No Classes
Monday	Apr 14 – 17	Spring Break – No Classes
Thursday	May 15	Classes end

Spring 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 – Spring 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 02/3, 02/17, 03/03, 03/17, 03/31, 04/21, 05/5	B-WEEK 02/10, 02/24, 03/10, 03/24, 04/7, 04/28, 05/12
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	ACROSS THE UNIVERSE In-Person / Room 27 Michael Hamburg, Marion Schultheis ROCK AND ROOTS ALBUMS Hybrid / Auditorium Steve Koenig, Wayne Cotter, Mary Ann Donnelly	GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Peter Dichter, Arlynn Greenbaum, Sol Makon 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	ARCHITECTURE: FUNCTION, DESIGN, AND STRUCTURE Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Debbi Honorof, Sharon Katz Victor Brenner DOSTOEVSKY’S CRIME AND PUNISHMENT In-Person / Room 27 Sheryl Harawitz, Patricia Geehr, Andrea Irvine, Ellie Schaffer	DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, ACTORS Meets: 02/10, 03/10, 04/07 In-Person / Auditorium Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp, Roy Clary GREAT PLAYS Meets: 02/24, 03/24, 04/28, 05/12 In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary, Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp WOMEN LEADERS Hybrid / Room 27 Laura Lopez, Joan Vreeland

TUESDAY
	A-WEEK 02/04, 02/18, 03/4, 03/18, 04/1, 04/22, 05/6	B-WEEK 02/11, 02/25, 03/11, 03/25, 04/8, 04/29, 05/13
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In-Person / Room 27 Steve Allen, Jim Brook, Marian Schultheis SUPREME COURT Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Michael Wellner, Bob Gottfried	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, Martha Drezin, Ellie Schaffer, Larry Shapiro
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00	EXTRAS	EXTRAS
AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30	CHARLES DICKENS’ GREAT EXPECTATIONS In-Person / Room 15-17 Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler 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	FILM FOR THOUGHT In-Person / Auditorium Steve Allen, Lois Klein, Jane Lubin, Ellen Waldman ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY In-Person / Room 27 Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter

WEDNESDAY
	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	POWER: THE GLORY OF IT In-Person / Room 15-17 Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schultheis SHAKESPEARE: CORIOLANUS Hybrid / Room 27 Roy Clary, Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer	SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Hybrid / Auditorum Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Michael Wellner, Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks
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 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 02/06, 02/20, 03/06, 03/20, 04/03, 04/24, 05/08	B-WEEK 02/13, 02/27, 03/13, 03/27, 04/10, 05/01, 05/15
MORNING 10:30 – 12:00	CONTEMPORARY POETRY Hybrid / Room 27 Ellen Rittberg, Mary Ann Donnelly, Martha Drezin, Frida Lipp QUESTER’S CHOICE Hybrid / Auditorium Bob Gottfried, Vince Grosso, Hedy Schulman, Mary Beth Yakoubian	NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS: PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Paul Golomb, Bob Reiss, Sandra Abramson OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE AND IN THE ARTS In-Person / Room 27 Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter, Jamie Sykes
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 POETS’ WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 / Meets Until 3:00 PM Judith Winn, Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran WORLD OF RELIGION Hybrid / Room 27 Ruth Ward, Bob Gottfried	EXPLORATIONS IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY In-Person / Room 27 Larry Shapiro, Steve Allen, Bob Belfort JAZZ: YESTERDAY AND TODAY Hybrid / Room 15-17 Debbi Honorof, Wayne Cotter