One World Observatory, New York -- Opening to the general public this weekend is One World Trade Center's One World Observatory. Those who have tickets will be able to visit starting Friday. Riding Sky Pods to the 102nd floor, they'll see time-lapse visuals of the city tracking the Big Apple's evolution from the 1500s to today. A segment called "Foundations" will educate visitors about the literal and symbolic foundations of the building while a feature called "Voices" tells the story of those who built the structure. One World Observatory is at 285 Fulton St. in New York. Call (844) 696-1776 for tickets (standard admission is $26 to $32) or visit oneworldobservatory.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office, which is open 8 a.m. to 6 pm. and located near the entrance at West Plaza, at the intersection of West and Vesey streets.

Montclair band The Porchistas will play Tierney's Tavern Music Festival on May 30. (George Kopp)

Music festival, Montclair -- Tierney's Tavern's Musical Festival returns for a second outing on Saturday with 13 bands on three stages including Montclair's own Porchistas. School of Rock Montclair will host an "instrumental petting zoo" to introduce children to instruments. The band will also perform an opening set at 11:30 a.m. Other attractions include cornhole, face painting, a dunk tank and food and beer trucks including Mordi's Schnitzel Truck and food from The Montclair Bread Company, Tinga and Nauna's. Rain or shine, 11 a.m. Saturday at 138 Valley Road in Montclair; visit tierneystavern.com. Admission free. All ages are admitted until 8 p.m.; 21 and over only after 9 p.m.

Italian festival, Stanhope -- Netcong's Saint Michael School hosts a four-day Italian festival, starting tonight. The bash runs all weekend at Waterloo Village Concert Field in Stanhope, with food and craft vendors, a beer garden, rides and games. Look for appearances from TLC's "Cake Boss" series -- if not star Buddy Valastro -- on Friday as well as Cooking Channel's "Carnival Eats" series on Saturday and Sunday -- both will be taping segments for their shows. There will also be a zeppole-eating contest, pizza-tossing contest, performances from local bands and a fireworks show at 9 p.m. Saturday. The festival, which runs 5 to 10 p.m. tonight, 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, is at 1053 Waterloo Road in Stanhope. Visit smsitalianfest.com for more information.

Organizers say the TLC show 'Cake Boss' will be filming at the St. Michael School Italian Festival in Stanhope on Friday. (Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger)

Crawfish Fest, Augusta -- There will be a distinct New Orleans flavor in the air when Dr. John and the Nite Trippers perform Sunday night at the 26th Crawfish Fest in Sussex County. As for the flavor you can taste, there will be planty of crawfish -- boiled and etouffee -- as well as grilled oysters, red beans and rice and beignets. The festival runs Friday through Sunday at the Sussex County Fairgrounds. 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at 37 Plains Road in Augusta. Admission $45 at the door on Saturday and Sunday; visit crawfishfest.com to buy other tickets.

Music festival, Asbury Park -- The Jersey Born Music Festival lands in Asbury Park on Saturday, with Jersey favorites like The Nerds and The B-Street Band. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Mary's Place by the Sea and the Asbury Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Cookman Avenue. Admission $5; children 10 and under free. Rain date is May 31; for more visit rueevents.com

Bike ride for ALS, South Jersey -- On Saturday the ALS Express Bike Ride, which aims to raise awareness and money for Lou Gehrig's Disease research, starts at various points in the southern part of the state -- in Blackwood, Vineland, Dennisville and Cape May Court House. At 10 a.m. riders will begin filtering into the finishing point at Morey's Piers in Wildwood (3501 Boardwalk). More than 500 people are slated to participate; call (215) 643-5434 or visit als-express.org for more.

Dr. John and the Nite Trippers will be at Crawfish Fest in Augusta on Sunday, May 31. (Lisa Houlgrave)

Theater festival, New Brunswick -- Crossroads Theatre Company's Genesis Festival has two plays on two days. At 7:30 p.m. Friday there's Richard Wesley's "Brotherspeak," about two brothers who have to disinter their father's body for reburial next to their mother. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday there's Stephanie Berry's "Mother Drum," about gentrification threatening a drumming tradition at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem. 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Admission $20; call (732) 545-8100 or visit crossroadstheatrecompany.org

Short films, Rahway -- Union County Performing Arts Center hosts the 34th Asbury Short Film Concert, an exhibition dedicated to the medium. Films in the show include "A Poet Long Ago," starring Steve Schirripa ("The Sopranos") and Boris McGiver ("House of Cards"), which follows two men who reminisce about their childhood in 1970s Brooklyn. Organist Bernie Anderson will perform before the screening. Tickets $12; call (732) 499-8226 or visit ucpac.org. 8 p.m. Friday at 1601 Irving St. in Rahway.

Joni Mitchell tribute, Newark -- Broadway and cabaret singer Jessica Molaskey will perform the songs of Joni Mitchell Saturday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Victoria Theater. WNYC's Jonathan Schwartz will also host a conversation about the singer, who was recently hospitalized. 8 p.m. at 1 Center St., Newark. Tickets $55 to $75; call (888) 466-5722 or visit njpac.org.

'Rock for the Nurses,' Point Pleasant -- Jersey Shore bands Kinderhook, The Mangos, Timepiece and Ned Ryerson and The Groundhogs will be playing a concert to support the Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund, which supplies nursing scholarships for nurses and nursing students at Ocean Medical Center. There will also be barbecue and giveaways. 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Idle Hour Restaurant & Bar, 2600 Route 88 in Point Pleasant Borough. Tickets $20, children 12 and under free; visit forfarscholarship.org for more information.

Bark for Life, Florham Park -- Dogs will be walking for the American Cancer Society on Saturday as part of Bark for Life, a pet-friendly fundraiser. Dog owners are invited to bring their pets for the walk and games and demonstrations that follow. Noon to 3 p.m. (rain date Sunday) at the Florham Park Gazebo, 111 Ridgedale Ave., Florham Park; visit relayforlife.org/barkflorhamparknj

'Broadway Spectacular,' New Brunswick -- State Theatre presents "Broadway Spectacular with the NJSO." The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, with Todd Ellison conducting, will accompany Broadway singers Kathryn Guthrie, Christopher Sieber and Beth Leavel as they perform songs from "Monty Python's Spamalot," "Carousel," "Shrek the Musical" and "42nd Street." 3 p.m. Sunday at 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Tickets $20 to $88; call (732) 246-7469 or visit statetheatrenj.org

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