My first visit to UBS Arena and it was better than we expected and right off the Cross Island…read moreparkway. We arrived early even though we bought prepaid parking tickets because we didn't know what to expect. We didn't know that BMW gets a discount for parking for those people who have BMW it's good to know. We ate dinner at Belmont Hall I was hoping for a bigger dinner selection but it was standard food. The concert itself was great. Our seats were amazing. They were low and visible section 109 row 9.

I was here on Saturday night for the R&B Muisc Experience Concert which included Tamar Braxton,…read moreLloyd, Silk, Tank, and Tyrese. It took some time to arrive here via the LIRR. Once I finally got there, the line to get inside was not long and went by quickly. This venue immediately reminded me of The Prudential Center. You're only allowed to bring in a small bag which I loved. Also, there's a small set of escalators to go up after getting your ticket scan. This place is huge! This place is clean! There are plenty of restrooms, bars, and food vendors. It's best to get here early for your event to allow time for you to use the restroom and get drinks and/or food prior to the show. My relative and I were seated in Section 112. It felt like it took forever to get there since it was a long way around the spacious venue. I think this venue is a great alternative for MSG and Barclays Center. The drinks here come in a mason jar which is different and amazing. What's not so great is the prices for the drinks. I wish there were a little less. Other than that, definitely a great venue to attend various events.

We watched The Peking Acrobats here. Love when universities bring the arts to the local community…read more Pretty much all of the seats are good for viewing except the ones all the way in the front. Even the last seat in the auditorium and on the side are decent. Parking is free in the lots. I would definitely go and see a show here again

Most folks are probably driving here, but for anyone taking public transportation, note that it's…read morequite a ways away from any nearby subway station. The theater itself looks like all the other entertainment centers attached to college campuses, and this one is no different, being part of Queens College. It's stately looking but inside is rather dated. I came here to watch a live show with Ira Glass, one of the OG podcasters. The show itself was good, but as a superfan who has seen a lot of his work it was dull to see a lot of his old hit an no new material. No fault of the theater itself, but the seating wasn't ideal. The theater is large, with old auditorium chairs that remind me of my elementary school and a tiny stage upfront without good acoustics. It's fine for local artists but I doubt you'd want to see anything large scale here.

The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts is on the west side of the CW Post campus; previously…read morenamed after the longtime Long Island University chancellor Dr. Albert Bush-Brown, as the Bush-Brown Concert Theater. It hosts many memorable music events, as well as community events such as high school commencements. It's more convenient for Long Islanders than Lincoln Center, and parking is free. Khatia Buniatishvili played here on 2020.1.12. The private university, C.W. Post or LIU (Long Island University), was on the former estate of Charles William Post (1854-1914), Hillwood, who was best known as the founder of the breakfast cereal brand. His daughter, Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), sold it to Long Island University in 1951 for $200,000.

When I was dating my wife in the 80s, we first saw Basia perform at the Tilles Center…read more This is one heck of a theater! Comfortable seating with a large stage and no parking charges. That's a win win in my book. Walking into the Tilles Center, there's bar area with a small platform stage. We enjoyed a jazz ensemble playing for the crowd before the main event. Once we had our cocktails and made our way to our seats, you can truly appreciate this beautiful theater. The acoustics for the music performance were perfect. The audio department had all levels tuned where we can hear the snare drum quietly exiting the song. It was the perfect night and with being on Long Island, there's no need to deal with the NYC tolls-parking-traffic on our way back home.

We went to a paint and sip for my friend's birthday, and Katie was our artist lead. She was…read moreincredibly sweet, and made the experience very fun while not being over the top. She did a good job of explaining what we needed to do, but also gave us plenty of time to talk to each other and have fun. This wasn't like a school art class, it was actually so much fun and I left with a great looking painting, which I am so surprised about.! I also have not painted anything even remotely like this, and I have no artistic skills, and she did a great job explaining the different brushstrokes and the different paintbrush techniques, so I did actually pick up some useful information which was great ! painting with the twist is a very nice family run establishment, I have been here for the chunky knitted blanket, making class and that was equally fun and well organized! If you are looking for a fun, different activity, check out with this place has to offer! There is also ample parking in the back!

I've been here twice for a birthday gathering and each time the instructor Angie is always so sweet…read moreand so fun. Even if you never painted before the steps to get to the the painting are small and easy. Such a fun experience each and every time. PS you wear aprons to project your clothes

It's a nice venue to see an event here but they don't seem to have alot of shows unfortunately…read more There parking lot is pretty big and there are a few entrances depending on the event your going to. Theres a box office and a main entrance but there are also other entrances as well. The first level is concessions and rest rooms. The main part of the venue is like most arenas , somewhat bowl shaped with seats surrounded the floor/stage area. They've had some iconic shows and events here over the years.

Had an awesome time at the Electrify Expo! Tons of venders, EV company's, and some of the latest…read moretech out there all in one place!

A Swifty tribute of Taylor on a beautiful sun setting night. A variety of ages many families here…read moreat Eisenhower Park with lots of Pop and high energy singing and dancing along. Note: Referring to Friendship bracelets - no huddles, no jewelry making booths - and - some understandable protective Moms made distribution or trade of the bracelets difficult. Though a few special loving girls just made my day. My favorite was the blue glow in the dark bracelet. This said, the first singer- "Let's sing Sabrina" and then after "Lets sing Taylor" were performed live at the theatre in Eisenhower Park. At Thursday August 24th at 7 pm.

Attending the 2015 thanks to scoring a couple of free passes through Yelp (Thank you Drew and…read moreYelp!) was a great opportunity to sample what Long Island and the Northeast has to offer since the event had many breweries from these areas. We arrived for the second session (5:30pm start) at around 5:45pm and the line was moving quickly as they were checking bags and IDs. We received our tasting cups and we were on our way. Belmont is great space for this event with the vendors being laid out nicely and also, more importantly, plenty o' bathrooms! The signs say the 2oz pours are strictly enforced, but honestly it is not a big deal. There are so many samples to be had that a 2oz pour from all of them would probably give most people alcohol poisoning! There are a lot of great beers to sample here! I am not going to point out the beers I didn't like, but I will say in general there were a lot of flabby, overdone IPAs, which seems all breweries trying to stay on trend, but I prefer to see less common and different brews offered. I found a couple of aged in barrels brews interesting - One from Two Roads, out of CT, offered Contucky Lightnin', a sour mash ale aged in bourbon barrels, to impart a whiskey feel and complexity. From Scotland, Innis and Gunn had oak aged beer that went for a similar finish of smoothness along with vanilla, toffee and of course, oak. I appreciated what they were trying to do and the complexity of their lush samples. Handgrenades Homebrew Club, an amalgam of different home brew enthusiasts had some great samples on offer (I saw 8, I think), my favorite being "Uncle Joes Breakfast Stout" - A coffee stout: two great flavors that work amazing together. It would make for a perfect start of the day. Speaking of stouts, I found Bluepoint's Armchair to be the best milk stout I tried at the event - creamy, balanced and perfect flavor. Crooked Ladder from Riverhead, had a delicious Gypsy Red ale, although unfortunately named for the politically correct crowd. Spiked Seltzer had a low carb, 6%ABV flavored seltzer, which was interesting and helped to refresh my palate. I LOVE a RYE beer, but I found most vendors doing a RYE IPA, which did not work for me. I feel they just did not come together with the typical IPA flavor overpowering. Which leads me to my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE of the night, which was from SAND CITY BREWING CO. out of Northport. A small operation, whose brews are offered at their tasting room and a few local north shore restaurants. They had an AMAZING Rye pale ale called "Ryes N Tide" - I could have drank this all night long (I did try and they were amazingly generous with 3 samples for me!) the pale ale allows the flavor that rye provides to shine. Completely drinkable and refreshing. I have to get there and hope they have it on offer when I do! A couple of caveats: Eat before the event here since the food offerings are typical Belmont vendors (It would be nice to see some local food stands participate here). Also some of the smaller vendors ran out of brew half way through the 2nd session so if you are dead set on trying everything perhaps come down for the 1st and early session. As with any event with alcohol involved the night got sloppy as it went on, but most people were very cool. Excellent event, great venue, amazing beers, cool activities happening through out - This expo is well worth it! You will get access to so many vendor offerings that you will be sure to up your beer drinking knowledge!

International Great Beer Expo was one great chilling event. There was "mucho" beer to be consume by…read morea variety of experts (me) who enjoy tasting some nice brews. The venue had about 30 or so breweries spread out in the back grandstand of Belmont Park; a very comfortable setting. Now let me get this out of the way; it was cold. It was North Pole cold. There I said it. The venue is a summer racetrack with lots and lots of doors to one of the better looking tracks in America; only Hollywood Park, Churchill Downs and Saratoga are more majestic. It is not made for fall or winter events. My wife and I made the best of the situation. We figured drink beer fast warm up. It work for a while, but still cold. We needed a "White Knight" to rescue this chilling experience. Low and behold there on the other side of the venue was Drew and The Yelp Team. Yay. Hooray we are save. The Yelp Team as always was ready with their goodies. Mini pretzels (yum) and texting gloves. Yes gloves. I must say that if one person came up to me, 20 people came up and said "dude where did you get those gloves". The wonderful pair of gloves were our life savior and allow us to continue on our quest of "beer consumption". Thank you Drew and Yelp Team. Now to the business of beer. I found the beer selection to be broken down to Long Island and New York State beers; popular brands and the International beers. While it was not a huge selection it had enough variety to satisfy any beer fan with multiply 2 oz samples. The popular brands where: Amstel, Heineken, Presidente, Modelo, Pacifico, Blue Moon, Dos Equis, Sapporo and a couple of others which slip my mind. The International brands where these I just mention and a few others that also slip my mind. I guess to many 2 oz pours. Now my favorites: Long Island beers. Over the summer, I had the opportunity to visit some of these breweries and I found them all to have a tasty product and awesome representation at their location. Port Jefferson Brewery had an IPA and an ALE that I really enjoyed. Both where tasty and I am sure that if you had a taste, you would be a fan, like me. The Pumpkin Seasonal, while others go crazy for this, me, I just pass. Not a fan of any Pumpkin Seasonal beers. The stout that they released at 2:30 PM for tasting, just did not cut it for me. I can't put my finger on it, maybe a little on the warm side or just not there. Sorry. Long Ireland Brewery was probably my favorite. All good and tasty. I had multiple samples here; IPA, Lager all good. Tasty. The Stout that was featured at 1:30 PM was delicious. Nice body with some chocolate tones at the finish. Very nice. I think these guys are doing something good here. Yay. I am not a fan of hard cider, but I had a hard cider from "Angry Orchard Hard Cider" that was delicious. Lots of apple flavor in the finish. Refreshing. Overall, excellent event. If you could move beyond the cold, it was a well run event. Lots of room and many tasty beers. While I would of like a more interactive experience with the staff of the brewery; it was not the end of the world that it did not happen. The crowd was well behaved with lots of security. No issues here. I then to go to these events a couple of times a year and I know what to expect. The International Great Beer Expo did not disappoint me at all. Tasted many beers, had fun and this is what beer is all about. Cheers.............

John always puts on a great tailgating party! The service is excellent and the staff is wonderful!…read moreThe food is always delicious and the bar always has top notch brands and a variety of choices. He and his staff always create an environment where everyone feels like family. I would highly recommend John and A1 VIP for your all your entertainment and ticket needs.

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