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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;
A vibrant and multifaceted antidote to cabin fever is launching Friday in downtown Canton in the form of Illumination: Canton Light Festival, a free, family-friendly and mostly outdoors event.
Open from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 27, Illumination will offer visitors self-guided attractions at eight locations:
A projection-mapping experience with music on the outdoor plaza of the Cultural Center for the Arts, along with an additional light and sound environment inside the center in Cable Recital Hall, plus seven artist-created light sculptures and interactive family activities in the center s Great Court.
A light and sound show presented by the Pro Football Hall of Fame every 15 minutes at Centennial Plaza, the $12.3-million outdoor entertainment site that just opened to the public.