Draft 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 In Person / Room 15-17 Mary Beth Yakoubian, Peter Dichter | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Peter Dichter,Arlynn Greenbaum, Sol Mason WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD In-Person / Room 27 Harriet Finkelstein,Larry Shapiro, Ruth Ward |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | NOONTIME EXTRAS | NOONTIME EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Wayne Cotter,Leslie Goldman, Michael Wellner PORTRAIT OF A LADY In Person / Room 15-17 Patricia Geehr,Sheryl Harawitz, Susan Keohane | GREAT PLAYS In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp CONTEMPORARY POETRY In-Person / Room 15-17 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 / To Be Recorded Michael Wellner, Bob Gottfried Gottfried, Glen Johnston NEW AND CLASSIC ESSAYS In Person / Room 15-17 Steve Allen, Martha Drezin, Ellie Schaffer, Larry Shapiro | ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In Person / Auditorium Steve Allen,Jim Brook, Marian Schultheis WORLD OF THEATER In Person / Auditorium Yona Rogosin,Mary Ann Donnelly, Karen Cullen, Lauren Gee |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | NOONTIME EXTRAS | NOONTIME EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY Hybrid / Auditorium Irene Winkler,Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Michael Wellner FLAWED GREATNESS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON In Person / Room 27 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 Hybrid / Room 15-17 Steve Allen,Jane Lubin, Ellen Waldman IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, CAN IT? In Person / Room 27 Sandy Kessler, Andrea Irvine JAZZ: ALIVE AND WELL In-Person / Room 19 / Meets Until 3:00 PM Richard Byrd,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 Hybrid / Auditorium Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schultheis SHAKESPEARE: THE TEMPEST Hybrid / Room 15-17 Roy Clary, Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer | FASCINATING NONFICTION Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded 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 | NOONTIME EXTRAS | NOONTIME EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | CINEMA QUEST: CURRENT AND CLASSIC Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Howard Salik,Marian Friedmann, Bobbie Gold, 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 / Auditorium Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Judy Weis QUESTER’S CHOICE Hybrid / Room 15-17 Bob Gottfried, Vince Grosso, Hedy Schulman, Mary Beth Yakoubian OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE AND IN THE ARTS Hybrid / Room 27 Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter, Jamie Sykes | NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS: PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS Hybrid / Room 15-17 / To Be Recorded Paul Golomb,Bob Reiss, Sandra Abramson BEETHOVEN: THE MIDDLE YEARS In-Person / Auditorium Arlene Hajinlian,Larry Shapiro |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00 | NOONTIME EXTRAS | NOONTIME EXTRAS |
| AFTERNOON 1:00 – 2:30 | WORLD OF RELIGION Hybrid / Room 27 / To Be Recorded Yona Rogosin,Mary Ann Donnelly, Karen Cullen, Lauren Gee CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Hybrid / Room 15-17 Nancy Richardson,Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp ACTING WORKSHOP I In-Person / Auditorium Roy Clary,Panny Mitchell, Art Spar | THE TWILIGHT ZONE Hybrid / Auditorium / To Be Recorded Tamara Weinberg,Marian Friedmann EXPLORATIONS IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY Hybrid / Room 27 Larry Shapiro,Steve Allen POETS’ WORKSHOP In Person / Room 19 Judith Winn,Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran |
| FRIDAY CULTUREQUEST EVENTS Madeleine Brecher, Coordinator Press Here for CultureQuest Page | |||
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