QUEST CLASS VIDEOS – SPRING 2025

Below is the table of contents for live-streamed Quest classes that were recorded during the spring 2025 semester.

NOTE: These videos are provided for educational purposes only and are not intended for the public domain. They are for the exclusive use of Quest Members. Do not share video URLs.

ARCHITECTURE: FUNCTION, DESIGN, AND STRUCTURE
(Monday, A Week, PM, Auditorium)

  1. Architecture 101, Bob Reiss
  2. The History of Zoning, Michael Wellner
  3. A Century of NYC Architectural Innovation: 1920s-2020s, Debbi Honorof
  4. Brutalism, Jim Brook
  5. Frank Lloyd Wright, Sharon Katz
  6. Henry Hobson Richardson, Linda Downs

ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK
(Tuesday, B Week, AM, Auditorium)

  1. Paintings of Artists Painting in their Studios, Linda Downs
  2. Nudes in Masterpieces of Art History as Reflective of Culture and Society, Sandy Gordon
  3. Indian Works on Paper, Lynnel Garabedian
  4. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael, Susan Diehl
  5. Siena 1300 – 1350, Ellen Shapiro
  6. Gustave Caillebotte and Pierre Bonnard, Paul Adler
  7. Rudolf Bauer and the Birth of the Guggenheim Museum, Bob Reiss

CINEMA QUEST
(Wednesday, A Week, PM, Auditorium)

  1. The Birdcage, Anora, A Real Pain, Marian Friedman, Bob Reiss, Howard Silk
  2. When Harry Met Sally, Juror #2, Wicked, Sandra Abramson, Karen Levin, Arlynn Greenbaum
  3. Blazing Saddles, The Order, The Room Next Door, David Judlowitz, Vince Grosso, Madeline Brecher
  4. The Brutalist, Meet the Parents, A Complete Unknown, Carol Blaine, Judy Winn, June Jacobson
  5. Nickel Boys, Tootsie, September 5, Victor Brener, Vince Grosso, Michael Wellner
  6. Babygirl, Safety Last, My Old Ass, Estelle Selzer, Wayne Cotter, Paul Adler
  7. The Apprentice, Groundhog Day, Sing Sing Howard Silk, Kathy Cook, Hedy Shulman

DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURES
(Wednesday, B Week, PM, Auditorium)

  1. Book Publishing: The Inside Scoop from a Top Editor, Neil Nyren
  2. All the Beauty in the World, Patrick Bringley
  3. The Paris Novel, Ruth Reichl
  4. Taking Manhattan, Russell Shorto
  5. SHE SAID and Her Career as an Investigative Reporter, Jodi Kantor

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY
(Monday, B Week, AM, Auditorium)

  1. Follies & Scandals, Peter Dichter
  2. Stephen Sondheim – A Musical Tribute, Sol Makon
  3. From Broadway to Cabaret, Steve Allen
  4. Fiorello!, Judy Weis
  5. John Kander and Fred Ebb, Lauren Gee
  6. An American in Paris, Estelle Selzer
  7. Jerry Herman: Master of the Broadway Show Tune, Debbi Honorof

HISTORY OF NYC
(Tuesday, A Week, PM, Room 27)

  1. Alexander Hamilton, Sandra Abramson
  2. The Erie Canal, Michael Wellner
  3. The Big Oyster, Ilene Winkler
  4. The Rise of Public Schools, Larry Shapiro
  5. New York City, 1800 to 1840, Penelope Pi-Sunyer
  6. Irish & German Immigration, Mary Ann Donnelly, Toni Dickenson
  7. Abolition and Slavery in New York, Susannah Falk Lewis

NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS
(Thursday, B Week, AM, Room 15-17)

  1. Newark, Pete and Judy Weis
  2. Ridgewood, Larry Shapiro
  3. NYC Tunnels, Bob Reiss
  4. Hamilton Heights, Judy Weis
  5. BoCoCa, Sandra Abramson
  6. Great Neck and Port Washington, Sybil Cohen
  7. NYC Cemeteries: The Past, Present, and Future of Death, Susan Diehl

THE SUPREME COURT
(Tuesday, A Week, AM, Auditorium)

  1. Bush v. Gore and Trump v. U.S., Bob Gottfried
  2. The Constitutional Right to Privacy and Personal Autonomy: What Remains After Dobbs? Robert Belfort
  3. The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Babette Ceccotti
  4. The Powers of the President and The Supreme Court, Bob Gottfried, Bob Belfort, Babette Ceccotti, Stu Parker, Ken Sasmor
  5. The Early Supreme Court, Jim Brook
  6. The Powers of the President, Sandra Abramson
  7. Originalism and How the Supreme Court Reaches Its Decisions, Michael Wellner

UPHEAVALS IN AMERICAN VALUES
(Wednesday, B Week, AM, Room 15-17)

  1. What Impact Will the Next Four Years Have on American Institutions? Maureen Berman
  2. Building Bridges Across Generations, Barry Martin
  3. Where Americans Get Their News, Terri Hicks – No Recording
  4. The Outlook for U.S. Health Care, Emily Mines
  5. Oh, America: (Para)Military Violence in the Cinema of Paul Schrader, Martin Woessner, CWE Professor
  6. Local Elections Round Tables, Maureen Berman