Courses – Spring 2023 (Under Development)

Quest classes 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.

The Spring 2023 Semester:

Monday, February 6, Classes begin
Monday, February 13, Lincoln’s Birthday
Monday, February 20, Yom Kippur
Monday, April 3 through 7, Spring Break
Thursday, May 18, Classes End

Courses at Quest fall into the following categories:

Click on any course title to see that course’s webpage. The schedule shows the modes of presentation for each course, which are defined as follows:

In-person only – no electronic broadcast, no recording
Zoom only – classes are broadcast online only
Hybrid – classes are have both an in-person and Zoom audience
Hybrid/Video or Zoom/Video – classes are recorded and archived

Spring 2023 Schedule.

MONDAY
	A-WEEK 02/06, 03/06, 03/20, 04/10, 04/24, 05/08	B-WEEK 02/27, 03/13, 03/27, 04/17, 05/01, 05/15
MORNING 10:30 - 12:00	ROCK AND ROOTS ALBUMS Hybrid/Auditorum/Video Steve Koenig, Wayne Cotter THE INVISIBLE MAN In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Lynnel Garabadian, Sandy Kessler	CLASSICAL MUSIC Hybrid/Auditorium/Video Sol Makon, Bob Reiss A WEEK IN PARIS In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Laura Lopez, Ellen Rittberg
LUNCH 12:00 - 1:00	MONDAY NOONTIME EXTRAS In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Andrea Irvine, Sheryl Harawitz	MONDAY NOONTIME EXTRAS In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Andrea Irvine, Sheryl Harawitz
AFTERNOON 1:00 - 2:30	ACTING WORKSHOP II In-person Only/Auditorium Roy Clary, Art Spar COMEDY CENTRAL Hybrid/Room 27/Video Wayne Cotter, Leslie Goldman, Vince Grosso, Michael Wellner ELIZABETH GASKELL In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Arlene Curinga, Patricia Geehr, Susan Keohane	GREAT PLAYS In-Person Only/Auditorium Roy Clary, Wayne Cotter, Frida Lipp SIXTIES Hybrid/Room 15-17/Video Richard Byrd, Paul Golomb, Diane Reynolds

TUESDAY
	A_WEEK 02/07, 02/21, 03/7, 03/21, 04/11, 04/25, 05/09	B-WEEK 02/14, 02/28, 03/14, 03/28, 04/18, 05/02, 05/16
MORNING 10:30 - 12:00	FOREIGN AFFAIRS Hybrid/Auditorium/Video Bob Gottfried, Sandy Frank, Ellen Gottfried, Glenn Johnson ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY Hybrid/Room 15-17 Joyce Hinote, Peter Dichter, Mary Ann Donnelly, Sheryl Harawitz	ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Hybrid/Auditorium/Video Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro SYMPOSIUM In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Sheryl Harawitz, Mary Ann Donnelly, Donna Ramer
LUNCH 12:00 - 01:00	LUNCHTIME FRENCH Hybrid/Room 15-17 Ruth Ward, Donna Basile	LUNCHTIME SPANISH In-Person/Room 15-17 Ellen Rittberg, Donna Basile
AFTERNOON 1:00 - 02:30	FOLK MUSIC Hybrid/Room 15-17/Video Bob Gottfried, Ellen Gottfriend SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS In-Person Only/Auditorium Jim Brook, Steve Allen, Marion Schultheis, Judy Weis CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP In-Person Only/Room 27 Helen Saffran, Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer	HISTORY OF GERMANY Hybrid/Auditorium/Video Caroline Thompson, Steve Allen, Linda Downs BLACK WOMEN'S VOICES In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Ilene Winkler, Barbara Barnes, Susannah Falk Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer MODERN OPERA: THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES Zoom Only/Room 27 Steve Koenig, Victor Brenner, Frieda Lipp

WEDNESDAY
	A_WEEK 02/08, 02/22, 03/08, 03/22, 04/12, 04/26, 05/10	B-WEEK 02/15, 03/01, 03/15, 03/29, 04/19, 05/03, 05/17
MORNING 10:30 - 12:00	QUESTER'S CHOICE Hybrid/Auditorium/Video Bob Gottfried, Vince Grosso, Mary Beth Yakoubian SHAKESPEARE: TAMING OF THE SHREW Hybrid/Room 15-17 Roy Clary, Jim Brook, Ellie Schaffer	FASCINATING NONFICTION Hybrid/Auditorium/Video Harriet Finkelstein, Bob Reiss, Ruth Ward TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Donna Ramer, Sheryl Harawitz, Tamara Weinberg
LUNCH 12:00 - 01:00	BOOK CLUB In-Person/Room 27 Jan Goldstein, Susannah Falk Lewis, Joan Vreeland
AFTERNOON 1:00 - 02:30	CLASSIC MOVIES Hybrid/Auditorium/Video Howard Salik, Marian Friedmann, Bobbie Gold, Vince Grosso UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES In-Person Only/Room 15-17 Michael Wellner, Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks	DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURE SERIES Hybrid/Auditorium/Video Arlynn Greenbaum, Bob Reiss, Karen Levin, Estelle Selzer

THURSDAY
	A_WEEK 02/09, 02/23, 03/09, 03/23, 04/13, 04/27, 05/11	B-WEEK 02/16, 03/02, 03/16, 03/30, 04/20, 05/04, 05/18
MORNING 10:30 - 12:00	AGING Hybrid/Room 15-17 Art Spar, Bryn Meehan, Larry Shapiro SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE In-Person/Room 27 Steve Allen, Marion Schultheis	NYC NEIGHBORHOODS Hybrid/Room 15-27/Video Paul Golumb, Bob Reiss CONTEMORARY POETRY Hybrid/Room 27 Martha Drezin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Frieda Lipp
LUNCH 12:00 - 01:00
AFTERNOON 1:00 - 02:30	WATER Hybrid/Room 27/Video Judy Weis, Pete Weis CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES Hybrid/Room 15-17 Nancy Richardson, Mary Buchwald, Frieda Lipp	EXPLORATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Hybrid/Room 27 Larry Shapiro, Steve Allen, Jane Lubin FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES In-Person/Room 15-27 Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schultheis POET’S WORKSHOP In-person Only/Brooklyn Room Judy Winn, Judy Hampson, Helen Saffran __________________________________ SOLE MATES 2:45 PM In Person Only/Walking Class Marian Friedmann, Andrea Irvine

FRIDAY CULTUREQUEST TOURS Madeleine Brecher
FEBRUARY February 17 Zoom Only 10:30 - Noon Guggenheim Museum: Alex Katz Exhibit "Gathering" February 24 In-Person Metropolitan Opera: Norma	MARCH March 3 In-Person 10:30 - Noon NY Historical Society: "I'll Have What She's Having" The Jewish Deli Tour March 17 TBD March 31 In-Person Jackie Robinson Museum Tour	APRIL April 21 In-Person 10:30 - Noon Museum of Natural History: New Glider Center Insectorium and Vivarium Tour	MAY May 5 In-Person 10:30 - Noon Greenwood Cemetery Private Trolly Tour