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Across The Hudson

See and Experience New York City Like Never Before

Scheduled to open mid-March, Edge is the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere extending out 80 feet from the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards in New York. Rising over 1,100 feet in the air visitors will be stunned by the outdoor viewing area that reveals 360-degree vantages of New York City’s iconic skyline, Western New Jersey and New York State—spanning up to 80 miles.

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“Stepping onto Edge is like walking out into the sky. The entire experience is designed to inspire visitors and ignite a new passion for New York City with multiple, built-in thrill elements that ensure Edge becomes a must-see local attraction and a top spot on every travelers’ bucket list,” said Jason Horkin, Executive Director of Hudson Yards Experiences.

The sky deck includes a thrilling 225 square foot glass floor offering unprecedented views of the city below, and has ninefoot tall, boldly angled glass walls enabling visitors to vertically lean out over Manhattan. Visitors can enjoy a glass of champagne or signature cocktail and light bites from the champagne bar. And for a one-of-a-kind dining experience, Peak, a restaurant, bar, cafe and event space located on the 101st floor, will serve lunch and dinner.

Edge will be open seven days a week year-round from 8am to midnight. Tickets are now available at www.edgenyc.com.

Edge 30 Hudson Yards, New York City

Eva Zeisel: A Century of Designing Elegance

Living, Learning, Working, Serving: The Women of Macculloch Hall This exhibition, planned in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, explores the Macculloch family women and the enslaved women and female servants who lived and worked at Macculloch Hall for five generations. Through August 2. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Ave., Morristown. 973-538-2404. www.maccullochhall.org

Eva Zeisel (1906-2011) was the preeminent modern designer of mass-produced dinnerware of the 20th century. No other ceramic designer can lay claim to such a high degree of creative activity in so many different countries over such a long period. Through May 17. Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown. 973-971- 3700. www.morrismuseum.org

Saturn— Exploring a Celestial Wonder

“Four Seasons, Two Cameras, One World” Photography Exhibit A joint show of photography by the duo of Lisa DeSimone Cohn and Joanne Petuchovas, opens with a reception on Friday, March 27. The event starts at 6:30-8:30pm. Runs through September 18. Lundt-Glover Gallery, Chatham Municipal Building, 58 Meyersville Rd., Chatham.

“A Place Called Home” Art Exhibit

The Cassini spacecraft is currently exploring Saturn’s countless rings and moons to help use better understand our place in the universe. Join Planetarium staffers to observe recent video and still images of these spectacular and curious sights, including Saturn’s many satellites and Titan, its largest moon. Through March 31. All ages. Noon-5pm. Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark. 973-596-6690. www.newarkmuseum.org

Federico Uribe: Animalia “Awake in Dreams: The Visual Immersions of Jorge Larrea” Exhibit

Featuring large oil paintings meticulously rendered with geometric and organic shapes, creating dreamlike worlds where human figures intertwine with their surroundings, deeply influenced by the vibrant colors of Latin American colonial and contemporary painting. Opening Reception: March 12, 7-9pm. Runs through April 24. Clerestory Fine Art, 40 Church St., Montclair. www.clerestoryfineart.com

Surveying the New Jersey Landscape Exhibit New Jersey’s beautiful landscape offers its residents many reasons to celebrate. From the Great Swamp, to the coastal Jersey Shore, to the mountain ranges, our state’s scenery is diverse and eclectic. METC’s Main Gallery exhibit, will feature historic maps, surveying tools, and other accounts that provide us with a unique lens through which we can better understand and honor our relationship to this precious land. Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, 9 Main St., Madison. 973-377-2982. www.metc.org

Virgil Ortiz: Odyssey of the Venutian Soldiers

The exhibit, featuring the artwork of 39 artists, reflects upon the meaning of home through a variety of lenses and mediums. Moving beyond the concrete meaning of “home” as a place where one lives, this exhibit explores “home” as a concept, an idea imbued with emotional associations that hopefully give us comfort. Opening reception March 6, 7-9pm. Through April 10. Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair. 862-500-1447. www.studiomontclair.org Federico Uribe is a visionary artist creating haunting mixed-media paintings and sculptures as complex as his own upbringing in his native Colombia. Visionary and rooted in reality, Uribe creates creatures fashioned from a massive layering of mundane objects including colored pencils, shoes and shoelaces, plastic waste and recycled bullet shells. Runs through June 21. Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Ave., Montclair. 973-746-5555. www.montclairartmuseum.org

Inspired by the 1680 Pueblo Revolt around Santa Fe, New Mexico, renowned artist Virgil Ortiz creates artwork that makes past and future come alive. The Pueblo Revolt took place over 300 years ago when Pueblo Indians living around Santa Fe, New Mexico, rose up and drove their Spanish oppressors away after enduring 100 years of cruel colonialism. Through June 21. Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Ave., Montclair. 973-746-5555. www.montclairartmuseum.org