Course Schedule – Fall 2024
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.
This Fall’s holiday schedule is
| September 2 | Labor Day | ||
| September 3 | Classes Begin | ||
| October 3 | Rosh Hashanah | ||
| October 14 | Columbus Day | ||
| November 25 – 28 | Thanksgiving Week | ||
| December 12 | Classes end |
Below is a table of all courses offered at Quest this semester. 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 website.
| MONDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/16, 09/30, 10/28, 11/11, 12/02 | B-WEEK 09/09, 09/23, 10/07, 10/21, 11/04, 11/18, 12/09 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | ROCK AND ROOTS ALBUMS Hybrid / Auditorium Steve Koenig, Wayne Cotter STAR-CROSSED LOVERS Hybrid / Room 15-17 Mary Beth Yakoubian, Peter Dichter | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY Hybrid / Auditorium / TBD 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 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Hybrid / Auditorium / TBD Wayne Cotter,Leslie Goldman, Michael Wellner PORTRAIT OF A LADY In-Person / Room 27 Patricia Geehr,Sheryl Harawitz, Susan Keohane | GREAT PLAYS In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp CONTEMPORARY POETRY Hybrid / Room 27 Ellen Rittenberg,Mary Ann Donnelly, Martha Drezin, Frida Lipp |
| TUESDAY | ||
| 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, 11/05, 11/19, 12/10 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | SUPREME COURT Hybrid / Auditorium / TBD Michael Wellner, Bob Gottfried, Glen Johnston NEW AND CLASSIC ESSAYS In-Person / Room 27 Steve Allen, Martha Drezin, Ellie Schaffer, Larry Shapiro | ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Hybrid / Auditorium / TBD Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In-Person / Room 27 Steve Allen,Jim Brook, Marian Schultheis WORLD OF THEATER In-Person / Room 15-17 Yona Rogosin,Mary Ann Donnelly, Karen Cullen, Lauren Gee |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | EXTRAS | EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY Hybrid / Room 27 Irene Winkler,Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Michael Wellner FLAWED GREATNESS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON In-Person / Room 15-17 Sandy Kessler, Andrea Irvine CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 / Meets Until 3:00 PM Helen Saffran,Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer | FILM FOR THOUGHT In-Person / Auditorium Steve Allen,Jane Lubin, Ellen Waldman IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, CAN IT? In-Person / Room 15-17 Sandy Kessler, Lynnel Garabedian JAZZ: YESTERDAY AND TODAY Hybrid / Room 27 Sol Makon,Debbi Honorof |
| WEDNESDAY | ||
| 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, 11/06, 11/20, 12/11 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | POWER: THE GLORY OF IT In-Person / Room 15-17 Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schultheis SHAKESPEARE: THE TEMPEST Hybrid / Room 27 Roy Clary, Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer | FASCINATING NONFICTION Hybrid / Auditorium / TBD Harriet Finkelstein,Bob Reiss, Ruth Ward UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES Hybrid / Room 15-17 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 / TBD Howard Salik,Marian Friedmann, Vince Grosso HEALTH AND MEDICINE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Karen Cullen, Bob Gottfried, Donna Ramer | DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURE SERIES Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Arlynn Greenbaum,Bob Reiss, Karen Levin, Estelle Selzer |
| THURSDAY | ||
| A-WEEK 09/05, 09/19, 10/17, 10/31, 11/14, 12/05 | B-WEEK 09/12, 09/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/07, 11/21, 12/12 | |
| MORNING 10:30 – 12:00 | SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Hybrid / Room 15-17 Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis QUESTER’S CHOICE Hybrid / Auditorium Bob Gottfried, Vince Grosso, Hedy Schulman, Mary Beth Yakoubian OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE AND IN THE ARTS In-Person / Room Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter, Jamie Sykes | NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS: PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS Hybrid / Room 15-17 / TBD Paul Golomb,Bob Reiss, Sandra Abramson BEETHOVEN: THE MIDDLE YEARS In-Person / Auditorium Arlene Hajinlian,Larry Shapiro |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | EXTRAS | EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | WORLD OF RELIGION Hybrid / Room 27 / TBD Ruth Ward,Bob Gottfried CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Nancy Richardson,Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp ACTING WORKSHOP I In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary, Dena Kerren | THE TWILIGHT ZONE In-Person / Auditorium Tamara Weinberg,Marian Friedmann EXPLORATIONS IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY In-Person / Room 27 Larry Shapiro,Steve Allen POETS’ WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 / Meets Until 3:00 PM Judith Winn,Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran |
| FRIDAY CULTUREQUEST EVENTS Madeleine Brecher, Coordinator Press Here for CultureQuest Page | |||
| September 13 TBD
| October 18 Chelsea Art Galleries Tour Led by an Art Educator In-Person 11:00 AM – Noon
| November 8 TBD
| January 17, 2025 Art Historian Talk on Ellsworth Kelly Zoom Only 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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| September 27 Brooklyn Army Terminal Docent Tour In-Person 10:30 AM – Noon
| October 25 TBD
| November 22 Grand Central Station Docent Tour In-Person 10:30 AM – Noon
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