Hackensack Performing Arts Center

05/29/2026

Coming in June! Reward your curiosity and step into a world where nothing is as it first appears.

Join us for the opening reception of Jim Nonas’ latest collection of original collage works—an immersive showcase built from fragments of everyday life, transformed into richly layered landscapes, cityscapes, and imagined scenes.

From a distance, each piece feels familiar. Up close, a different story unfolds. Hundreds of carefully placed clippings—textures, colors, and hidden details—come together to create compositions that reward curiosity and invite a second look.

This special exhibition features original works, offering a rare opportunity to experience Nonas’ process and precision beyond print.

Meet the artist, explore the collection, and discover how discarded pieces of the past can be reassembled into something entirely new.

🗓 Opening Reception: Thursday June 11th 6-9 PM
📍 Location: Hackensack Preforming Arts Center 102 State Street Hackensack NJ

Jim Nonas is a self-taught artist who uses magazines as his color palette, meticulously hand-cutting small pieces to create striking large-scale images. Each piece is crafted on stretched canvas and sealed with a UV-resistant varnish for lasting vibrancy.
Jim’s unique collage work has gained international recognition. He is currently contracted with Wentworth Puzzle Company in the UK and Giallobus in Italy to create exclusive wall art collections by the end of the year.
Based in New Jersey, Jim regularly exhibits his work in local venues and leads creative workshops through community art clubs. His talent has been recognized with multiple awards, including honors from Bergen County Art in the Park and Focus New Jersey. He was also featured in the April 2019 issue of Northwest Bergen Lifestyles Magazine.
For inquiries about original artwork, commissions, or prints, visit:
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Facebook: jimnonasart

05/27/2026

Join us for the Sounds of Summer Concert Series! Every Friday night at 7pm, we’ll be bringing you an incredible lineup of musical events that you won’t want to miss!

05/14/2026

Some fun pix from last week’s reception for artist Britt Sikiric and her gorgeous solo exhibition, Color, Buzz, Fly! It was a great night, and if you missed it, this show will remain on view thru May 31.

05/12/2026

Our Movies Under the Stars series returns with the Summer of Champions at Atlantic Street Park! We kick things off on August 6 with Space Jam (1996), a slam-dunk crowd-pleaser. On August 13, catch Inside Out 2, where Riley heads to a high-stakes hockey camp as she starts high school. On August 20, Remember the Titans delivers an inspiring story about teamwork, resilience, and unity. We close out the season on August 27 with Rocky, the ultimate underdog story that shows how heart and determination can lead to success. Movies start at approximately 8:30 PM, so grab your blankets and chairs, and we’ll see you under the stars!

05/11/2026

Unwind under the sky with our Sunset Yoga at Atlantic Street Park.

Join us every Monday in July and August on July 6, 13, 20, 27 and August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, with two sessions each night at 6PM and 7:30PM.

Bring a mat, water, and a friend, and make Monday your new favorite night of the week.

05/08/2026

Howdy Stranger brings their interactive improv comedy show to HACPAC, Saturday night at 8PM. If you’re looking for the perfect date night, a hilarious outing with friends, or wholesome family fun, this is the “must-see” event in Hackensack where shouting is encouraged.

The comedy show where shouting is encouraged. Experience the comedy phenomenon that has audiences crying with laughter. Howdy Stranger brings you a high-energy, 90-minute, game-show-style performance…

05/06/2026

TOMORROW (Thursday)!! If you adore colorful, playful, almost Matisse-like art, we have more than 21 gorgeous paintings by artist, Britt Sikiric, for you to fall in love with! Color, Buzz, Fly is a beautifully expressive and whimsical solo art exhibition on view for the month of May. Britt is a New Jersey–based painter and muralist who earned a BFA in Fine Arts, with a concentration in painting, from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Since graduating from the School of Visual Arts, Britt has taken on murals, fine art commissions, visual merchandising, and set design. Her work spans both public spaces and studio pieces, guided by an interest in color, process, and accessibility.

She currently teaches art at a special needs school, where the curriculum focuses on choice, experimentation and individual expression. Alongside teaching, Britt continues to paint murals and accept commissions, maintaining a practice that connects the classroom to the community.

“I’m an expressive painter working from intuition and feeling.
My process begins with a single spark - a color, movement, or moment of energy - and unfolds subconsciously from there. I don’t plan; I respond. Each piece is a direct translation of impulse onto canvas.

My work resists repetition and traditional series, but it’s unified by its energy. Restless and intuitive, my paintings are visual records of emotion in motion, each one an extension of my personality and a pursuit of congruous energy across the whole body of work.”
~ Britt Sikiric

04/30/2026

😍We are so excited about our beautifully expressive and whimsical May solo art exhibition in the gallery by Britt Sikiric! Britt is a New Jersey–based painter and muralist who earned a BFA in Fine Arts, with a concentration in painting, from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Since graduating from the School of Visual Arts, Britt has taken on murals, fine art commissions, visual merchandising, and set design. Her work spans both public spaces and studio pieces, guided by an interest in color, process, and accessibility.

She currently teaches art at a special needs school, where the curriculum focuses on choice, experimentation and individual expression. Alongside teaching, Britt continues to paint murals and accept commissions, maintaining a practice that connects the classroom to the community.

“I’m an expressive painter working from intuition and feeling.
My process begins with a single spark - a color, movement, or moment of energy - and unfolds subconsciously from there. I don’t plan; I respond. Each piece is a direct translation of impulse onto canvas.

My work resists repetition and traditional series, but it’s unified by its energy. Restless and intuitive, my paintings are visual records of emotion in motion, each one an extension of my personality and a pursuit of congruous energy across the whole body of work.”
~ Britt Sikiric

04/26/2026

We’re heading into the final few days of our April exhibition, Far-Fetched by artist Ever Blanco Valverde. Ever’s work is so clever and skillfully painted, and yes, Far-Fetched! It’s been a pleasure to have Ever and his humorous charming paintings in our gallery this month!

“Imagery has proven to be my most amenable vehicle for translating inner
vision into something more concrete. Through my work there is a narrative communication that unfolds within the sequence of each piece. As a visual artist, I address ecological and social issues by observing human behavior—how we relate to each other and to the world we inhabit.

My work explores the sensitive relationship between chaos and order, the individual and the collective, spiritual practice and everyday life. I aim to challenge sentimentality by probing these tensions and revealing the emotional structures beneath them.

During the development of a piece, I begin with a series of sketches that evolve into full-sized drawings. Often, a drawing leads to other surfaces, such as painting or sculpture. My technique generally consists of constructing and deconstructing layers of media, using materials such as charcoal, oil, clay, and found objects. Layers and surfaces become direct methods of expression, allowing the resulting image to reflect the many voices of my process.

The linear quality of my work invites the viewer to read between the lines. In the act of making, line carries the qualities of light, while tone embodies mood. I consider an image complete when light and mood achieve a balanced dialogue, allowing for an objective representation of my experiences.”
~Ever Blanco Valverde

04/23/2026

Get ready to laugh out loud when the PAC the House Series returns to the HACPAC on April 25 at 8PM for a special night of comedy featuring Corey Rodrigues.

Rodrigues is a powerhouse comedian, winner of Funniest Comic in New England and the 2017 Big Sky Comedy Festival. You may have seen him on Gotham Live, Laughs on Fox, or truTV’s Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks, plus his acclaimed Dry Bar Comedy special. His refreshingly honest style blends real-life stories with a sharp point of view that keeps the laughs coming.

Tickets are $35, so grab yours before they’re gone.

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