COURSES – FALL 2026

THIS SCHEDULE IS STILL 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	Oct 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 Steve Koenig, Wayne Cotter, Mary Ann Donnelly	GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY Hybrid / Auditorium Peter Dichter, Arlynn Greenbaum WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD 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 In-Person Only / Room 27 Sheryl Harawitz, Tatyana Chernomaz, Andrea Irvine, Ellen Shapiro PROFILES IN COURAGE Hybrid / Auditorium Wayne Cotter, Tracey Lee, Ken Sasmore	ARCHITECTURE: HISTORY, DESIGN AND PRACTICE HYBRID / 15-17 Victor Brener, Debbi Honorof COMPELLING THEATER AND CINEMA In-Person Only / Auditorium 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 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 Hybrid / Auditorium 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! Hybrid / Auditorium 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 In-Person / Room 27 Sanford Kessler, Andrea Irvine QUESTER’S CHOICE II Hybrid / Room 15-17 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 Hybrid / Room 15-17 Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schulthies SHAKESPEARE Hybrid / Room 27 Jim Brook, Paul Golomb, Peter Dichter	SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS Hybrid / Auditorium Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis UPHEAVALS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY Hybrid / Room 15-17 Michael Wellner, Terri Hicks IMPROV FOR ALL 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 Howard Salik, Marian Friedmann, Vince Grosso TIMELESS WRITINGS 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 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 Judy Weis, Pete Weis NONFICTION GEMS 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 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 Hybrid / Auditorium Mark Cardillo, David Bartash, Marion Schulteis POETRY WORKSHOP In-Person / Room 19 Judith Winn Helen Saffran, Linda Schwartz

FRIDAY

CULTUREQUEST
Estelle Selzer,
Madeleine Brecher, Sharon Katz, Dena Kerren, Carole Kolber, Andrea Pastor, Bob Reiss

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

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