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Culture enthusiasts and music lovers can start making summer plans -- the entertainment schedule is now available for PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC, the 35-day TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games arts and culture festival.

PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC, the 35-day arts and culture festival for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, has announced Serena Ryder and Wyclef Jean as the Opening Weekend Headliners of the FREE festivities at PANAMANIA Live @ Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday, July 11.

PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC, the 35-day arts and culture festival for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, has added Kiesza and Austra to the line up of free outdoor concerts.

Culture enthusiasts and music lovers can start making summer plans -- the entertainment schedule is now available for PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC, the 35-day TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games arts and culture festival.

New York's longest running and most horrifying haunted house, NIGHTMARE, will take on the legendary horror stories and urban legends of NYC's history in this 11th season edition - NIGHTMARE: NEW YORK. Producers Timothy Haskell (Creator of Nightmare) and Steve Kopelman, (producer of Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare') have announced. NIGHTMARE: NEW YORK will run today, September 26th through November 1st, 2014 at The Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street between Rivington and Delancey on Manhattan's lower east side.

Cooking Channel kicks off the month with the premiere of Steak Out with Kix Brooks on Sunday, November 2nd at 8:00pmET/5:00pmPT, featuring country star Kix Brooks hitting the road on a culinary quest to discover the secrets and success stories of America's steakhouses.

New York's longest running and most horrifying haunted house, NIGHTMARE, will take on the legendary horror stories and urban legends of NYC's history in this 11th season edition - NIGHTMARE: NEW YORK. Producers Timothy Haskell (Creator of Nightmare) and Steve Kopelman, (producer of Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare') have announced.NIGHTMARE: NEW YORK will run September 26th through November 1st, 2014 at The Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street between Rivington and Delancey on Manhattan's lower east side.

Tonight - Monday, August 25th at 7:30pm; SPEECHLESS, Silicon Valley's hilarious, snarky, irreverent underground entertainment, in which tech workers, entrepreneurs, and entertainers live out their worst nightmares will have a special performance at Joe's Pub (Public Theatre) 425 Lafayette (at Astor Place). The acclaimed show is created by Sammy Wegent and produced by Scott Lifton (Mortified SF) and Anthony Veneziale (Free Style Love). Special guests for the show tonight are: Tony award winning - James Monroe Iglehart, TED Darling and spoken word poet - Sarah Kay, Future Mate creator - Brian Fountain, and Improv Guru - Nathan Phillips.

SPEECHLESS, Silicon Valley's hilarious, snarky, irreverent underground entertainment, in which tech workers, entrepreneurs, and entertainers live out their worst nightmares will have a special performance at Joe's Pub (Public Theatre) 425 Lafayette (at Astor Place) on Monday, August 25th at 7:30pm.

Innovative Canadian sensation Walk Off The Earth will play a free show at Nathan Phillips Square to celebrate the one-year countdown to the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games today, July 11.

Innovative Canadian sensation Walk Off The Earth will play a free show at Nathan Phillips Square to celebrate the one-year countdown to the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games on Friday, July 11.

Nathan Phillips Square will come alive with exciting free programming from Friday, July 11 to Saturday, July 12 as we kick off celebrations marking one year to go until the start of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games.

DoubleTree by Hilton today announced the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Toronto Downtown in the heart of the city's financial, research and shopping districts. Now a part of Hilton Worldwide's award-winning Hilton HHonors guest loyalty program, the former Metropolitan Hotel Toronto has completed a multi-million dollar renovation that will conclude in spring 2014 and includes modern updates across the landmark 26-story, 486-room property. The transformation is being led by the hotel's new ownership and management company, Bayview Hospitality Group.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will offer free Pro Am performances today, July 9 in Edmeston, July 10 in Cherry Valley, and July 11 in Cooperstown. The Pro Am, now in its sixth year, can trace its roots to an unplanned meeting at a local ice cream shop, when Festival artistic director and founder Linda Chesis and Bruce and Mona Harris discussed the possibility of having non-career musicians participate in the Festival. Bruce Harris, a neurosurgeon at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown, is also an accomplished pianist.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will offer free Pro Am Performances July 9 in Edmeston, July 10 in Cherry Valley, and July 11 in Cooperstown. The Pro Am, now in its sixth year, can trace its roots to an unplanned meeting at a local ice cream shop, when Festival artistic director and founder Linda Chesis and Bruce and Mona Harris discussed the possibility of having non-career musicians participate in the Festival. Bruce Harris, a neurosurgeon at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown, is also an accomplished pianist.

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell will kick off their North American summer tour today.

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell announced new dates for their upcoming North American summer tour today. Added dates include Virginia's famed Wolf Trap, Pennsylvania's Bryce Jordan Center and a number of venues across the midwest. The highly anticipated tour which kicks off May 22nd in Ft. Myers Florida is the first for Martin and Brickell. The duo will perform new music from their upcoming album Love Has Come For You.

Two of the nation's most creative forces within the Haunted House industry have announced plans for a major collaboration in New York City this fall. Timothy Haskell, Creator of NIGHTMARE (New York's most horrifying haunted house and AOL CityGuide's No. 1 rated haunted attraction in NYC), and Steve Kopelman, producer of THE NEST (named ABC News / Good Morning America's "Scariest Place in America") will present KILLERS: A NIGHTMARE HAUNTED HOUSE - a horrifying, immersive haunted house experience about our obsession and fascination with serial killers both real and fictional. KILLERS will run today, September 28 through November 3, 2012 at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street between Rivington and Delancey on Manhattan's Lower East Side.