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Quest

Spring Quest Registration Opens Tuesday, March 14th at 9:00am!

Adventures in Learning for Ages 50+! Founded Winter 1998, Quest is an educational membership institute for active learners 50+ years of age. It is stress-free learning offered in friendly, sociable settings free of tests, grades, and credits. Activities and classes range from the academic to the artistic and include fitness and travel opportunities as well. Click Here to Learn More

Quest scholarships are available! Click Here to Submit an Application

How to Register for Quest Online:
(1) Create an account or sign in here.
(2) Add a Quest Membership to your Cart and Check Out.
(3) You will then be able to see an "Add to Cart" button for the Quest classes that are open for registration. Add your selected class(es) to your Cart, and Check Out.
(4) You'll receive an email confirmation with your class information after signing up successfully.
**Click Here for Detailed Step-by-Step Quest Registration Instructions**
--Other options: Register by phone at 509-527-4331. Register in person at the WWCC Continuing Education office.

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Spring Quarter Quest Membership
Fee: $15.00
Dates: 2/15/2023 - 6/9/2023
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Sessions: 0
Room: Online
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The Quarterly Quest Membership is valid for the current academic quarter and may be renewed each subsequent quarter. Membership includes interesting programs designed especially for Quest members (must have a Quest Membership to participate in Quest classes), a quarterly social, use of the WWCC Library, free entrance to WWCC theater performances and sporting events, and much more.
Show Description

This membership is valid March through June 2023.
Number of Sessions: 0 Online - TBA

All Levels Hatha Yoga
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
Fee: $129.00
Dates: 3/30/2023 - 6/6/2023
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Days: Tu Th
Sessions: 20
Room: REC CNTR (W) Studio 2303
Instructor: Rob Robinson

Enhance your balance, gain strength, improve physical grace, and promote mindfulness and spiritual awareness with hatha yoga. We'll focus on the foundations of yoga postures (asanas) with movement and flow, as well as emphasize the benefits of hatha yoga to the body and mind. Join us for a lifelong journey!

Show Description

Yoga mat recommended. Yoga blocks provided.
No class held 4/20. Makeup session on Wednesday, 6/7.

Friday Films
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/7/2023 - 6/9/2023
Times: 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 10
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
Instructor: John Remington

Explore a series of thematically-related films. We'll engage in lively discussions as we analyze the films and our responses to them, while developing a sense of each film's creation, impact, and place in history.

Show Description

Watch and discuss ten films which embrace a variety of cultures, genres, styles, and eras. Our purpose will be to not only experience the films on their own merit in a communal setting, but also discover a possible theme which unites them all. Come ready to discuss and share!

The Plays of Neil Simon
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
Fee: $59.00
Dates: 4/4/2023 - 6/6/2023
Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 10
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 106
Instructor: John Remington
Read, explore, and discuss the work of America's most successful playwright, Neil Simon. While most of his work qualifies as comedy, this class will focus on his three loosely autobiographical plays - The Brighton Beach Trilogy - and his period drama Lost in Yonkers. We will also watch two film adaptations of his work.
Show Description

Required Texts:
- Simon, Neil. Brighton Beach Memoirs. Plume, 1995. ISBN: 9780452275287.
- Simon, Neil. Biloxi Blues. Samuel French, Inc., 2010. ISBN: 9780573690402.
- Simon, Neil. Broadway Bound. Samuel French, Inc., 2010. ISBN: 9780573690532.
- Simon, Neil. Lost in Yonkers. Plume, 1993. ISBN: 9780452268838.

Tolstoy's War and Peace
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
Fee: $99.00
Dates: 4/12/2023 - 6/7/2023
Times: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 9
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 109
Instructor:
Second Half

Have you always wanted to read War and Peace but felt intimidated by its sheer length? Embrace this opportunity to finally conquer the Mt. Everest of Literature with an encouraging teacher guiding you through it and supportive classmates alongside!

Show Description

We will complete our reading of Tolstoy’s classic work and conclude with a peaceful, joyous celebration. Throughout the course, we will also watch scenes from the dazzling 1968 Russian film adaptation. Even if you didn’t take the previous class, no worries - so long as you’ve read Volumes 1 and 2 by the first session, you’re welcome to join!

Required Texts:
- Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Vintage Classics by Penguin Random House, 2008. ISBN: 9781400079988.

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