May 13-May 31, 2016
Volume 20 No. 5
Hudson County’s Bi-Weekly-Cultural, Lifestyle and Entertainment Publication
ART & sPACE
In This Issue Pg. 2
LORD OF THE RING
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SPRING STREETS
Curator Roland Ramos designs Art Shows for Alternative Spaces Several Artists to show at The Citizen, Subias and Jersey Wine & Spirits By Sally Deering
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ARTScene
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TALDE JERSEY CITY Scott McDonald
When his girlfriend moved out of
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“Colorful Face” by Kortez Robinson at Jersey Wine & Spirits ORSINI’S CUSTOM TEES See page 12
Eglentowicz see page 2 Exit On The Hudson Realty See page 21 &23
Liberty Savings Financial Credit Union See page 13
Berkshire Hathaway McGeehan & Pineiro See page 20
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their Hoboken apartment and took her paintings with her, it drove Roland Ramos to extremes. No, he didn’t go on a bender or crash the car. Instead, he turned his bare-walled apartment into an art gallery and exhibited the works of his artist friends. His apartment gallery became so popular, Ramos expanded into the next door apartment and eventually to the plot next to the building and turned it into a sculpture garden and outdoor performance space. From there, Ramos branched out to the Monroe Art Center in Hoboken where he organized the first Bigable Art Festival. That was back in 2006. Cont’d on page 5