Repository staff report
CANTON Visitors to downtown Canton Friday saw the city in a whole new light.
Friday was the kickoff of Illumination: Canton Light Festival, which will continue from 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 27.
Illumination is a free, family friendly and mostly outdoors event that offers visitors self-guided attractions at eight locations, including:
Cultural Center for the Arts, which includes a projection-mapping experience with music on the outdoor plaza, a light and sound environment inside the center in Cable Recital Hall and seven artist-created light sculptures and interactive family activities in the center s Great Court;
Centennial Plaza, which has a light and sound show every 15 minutes;