I can't speak highly enough of the Uptown- which includes their team & community…read more My boyfriend- Joey- has been performing & learning there for a while now & it has made such a healthy impact on him along with myself. When you have a chance to see a show there- do it. It's a group of people who want to learn, laugh, & figure out what this thing is we call life together- which in my book is pretty awesome.

The Uptown is one of the best, if not THE best places around town. The inclusive community here is…read moretruly special, fostering a fun and growth-oriented environment. Devin, Bob, Cortland and the crew are exceptional improv teachers, making every experience more enjoyable than the last. From open mics to classes and shows, it's a place where you can have a blast while being your best self. Can not recommend highly enough!

What an awesome place! No admission fee and right next to the OoInteractive, fun, interesting, and…read moreeducational! We enjoyed ourselves immensely and liked it more than the zoo but that's another review.

Very attractive, seemingly new, and interesting small museum about electricity. If you like…read morescience, you will enjoy this place. Lots of interactive learning stations and also examples of old lightbulbs, toasters, batteries. Still free with easy parking. This is a deal!

I got a great education when I was here, and met a bunch of life long friends. Nowadays, I will…read morestop in for their Cultural Series and events. They have a wide variety of lectures,movies, comedians, art shows, and poets from all over the country to perform plus educate anyone who attends.

I graduated Nursing in May 2025 from this program, and literally as soon as my class graduates they…read moremade the program free. This school is awful, the teachers teach you nothing, and then they do weird evil things to you that you have no choice to accept or else you'll be kicked out from the program. Also watch out for the student advise Justin R. I literally sent him a private email expressing my disappointment in getting a teacher for the third semester in a row that I didn't want, and he forwarded my email to the whole nursing faculty, which seemed like it violated my privacy. It was a personal email to him and he sent it to a ‍ nch of people. Very unprofessional, way to make your students never trust you again douchebag.

My daughter attended Valley Gymnastic for 3 years. She never learned a thing and it cost thousands…read moreof dollars. They charge hundreds for garbage uniforms for competitions. We paid up front for the whole year of 2020 including leotards , warm up gear, backpack and meet fees. They had 3 meets and then Covid hit and now they refuse to answer my calls and emails in attempt to get refunded. I DO NOT RECCOMEND SENDING YOUR CHILD HERE UNLESS YOU LIKE THROWING AWAY MONEY!

A lovely, classy and elegant venue for large events. We attended a party with 250 guests, and given…read morethe inclement weather, the valet parking was most appreciated as was the coat room. The hors d'oeuvres were from average ( two kinds of bruschetta) to superb ( the coconut shrimp). Many rooms, nooks and crannies, hideaways, small ballrooms that make this facility highly versatile.

The food is phenomenal. I am very lucky to have been able to have a few meals from here. The…read moresetting is also very beautiful inside.

We took the train out of Utica, for what was basically the fall gateway leaf peeping tour. I had…read morenever actually been on a train ride so I'll give it five stars all day because it was a pretty relaxing time. There were different price points as far as tickets and the main difference was the amount of seating and legroom you would have. We did walk around the entire train when it reached our destination because they kept it stopped for long enough as they had to move the engine to the other end to drag it back down the track toward Utica, and some of the cars you could tell were a little more cramped but all of them had tables in front of the seating so you could enjoy beverages and random food items. We ended up booking the diamond class lower level. I originally wanted the upper level because the ceilings were glassed in however it was sold out and as it worked out I'm glad I didn't get that level cuz the amount of legroom on the upper level was not anywhere near as spacious as the lower level diamond class. We had these comfy chairs that were almost better the one I have in my living room at the house. The train ride we booked came with an hors d'oeuvre kind of a thing. We had a small meat and cheese platter and some shrimp, and it also came with one alcoholic beverage per adult. While we were walking around the train checking out the rest of the cars, one of the cars had a separate little bar/food area and that particular train car had chocolate cake . So yes absolutely we bought some chocolate cake and took it back to our own seats in the diamond class where a few other people got a little jealous because.. I mean hey where did you get the cake? The whole ride took about 4 and 1/2 hours, there were a couple of cool features on the train like this old style Barber chair which was probably left over from when the train was originally in use, and this one gentleman came into the car on the way back and gave us a brief history of the entire railroad and why it existed and that was also rather interesting. The only downside to this particular trip was the scenic splendor. I had expected a train ride into the Adirondacks for the sole purpose of checking out the foliage to include maybe some spots where you'd be going over a bridge and you'd be able to see rolling hills of multicolored leaves and stuff like that. Yeah not so much . Aside from a few bodies of water, creeks and small ponds, there weren't really any open areas to see the leaves. The tracks basically go through people's backyards and both sides of the tracks have trees growing on them but a lot of the branches are missing and the leaves are already gone. I mean I can't need Dr star for this because the railroad themselves can't really control where the track is. That was up to the person that originally built it and it wasn't for the scene expender it was more than likely for the usefulness of what they needed it for. So anyway I'd give the whole thing a five-star deal and as an added bonus there was a whole lot of the area that didn't have any cell service, which I consider a bonus because if nobody can call me for a couple hours it's that much more peaceful.

This ride and stop at Old Forge was a blast... My friend [the railroad buff] told a few of us…read moreabout this trip and the opportunity to ride an older RR to the beautiful old town of "Old Forge." For me it was going to be one big photo opportunity. It was fun from the moment we boarded until we arrived. We were guided through some of the stops with short history lessons. The dome car was amazing and really gave us a great view of the area we were traveling. At one point we went down to the old baggage car where we could stand by the open doors and look out. Not bad for taking pictures either. When we got to Thendara we boarded a bus for a five minute ride to Old Forge. While everyone in my group elected to go to lunch, I walked down to the lake then back to the train station taking pictures all the way. (I've posted all of them). It was about a mile and a half journey. There is some cool stuff by the station including an old speakeasy in the store across from the station house. I also walked over to the area (a temporary tent) where they are repainting an old locomotive. Throughout the whole trip up they gave us muffins, coffee, tea and other soft drinks in the morning and snacks and coffee, tea, water, etc.. On the way back they gave us a shrimp cocktail and a cheese plate. This was just so nice and the folks taking care of us were terrific. All in all, this was a really fun trip and I definately reccomed this as an overnighter. There are some really nice restaurnts in Utica. KUDOs to the team at Adirondack Scenic Railroad

Great venue reasonable parking underneath reasonable drink prices ; lovely staff . I'd gob to…read moreanother event here . Plus surrounded by all the local eateries you can't go wrong .

Well, I just went to see Guys and Dolls. The last play I went to was The Jersey Boys before all…read morethis woke crap. The acting and music was great but I could not get past a male playing a lead female role. It just ruined it for me. I felt like I was at a woke college campus playhouse where the players were alphabet soup people parading around. Not sure if I can go see another play again if they are going to be doing this to all the plays. The only way I could honestly rate this is if there were categories to rate separately so I was restricted to giving it a 1-star rating. Again, the acting and music was great, and it was entertaining but I walked out of there wondering what the hell did I just witness? I just don't understand how less than 1% of the population has to ruin everything for the rest of the 99%.