May 5, 2022 – Halifax, NS – A special light projection show celebrating Mother’s Day will be projected on the former Halifax Memorial Library building. The show will be displayed from Friday, May 6 to Monday, May 9, from 9:00 -11:00 pm. The show is a part of Downtown Halifax Business Commission’s (DHBC) DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN May shows.
The Mother’s Day show will be displayed alongside the Asian Heritage Month show. The latter will run until May 31.
DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN is DHBC’s series of vivid light shows and installations. The series ran from October 2021 to March 2022 and returns for the month of May.
DHBC acknowledges the history of Grafton Park and the site of the former Halifax Memorial Library as both the Poor House burial ground, as well as a park that saw the removal of homeless encampments. Read DHBC’s full statement on this matter here: https://downtownhalifax.ca/delightful.
Land Acknowledgement:
Downtown Halifax Business Commission acknowledges that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.
About Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC):
Downtown Halifax Business Commission represents over 1,600 businesses located in the central business district of Halifax, Nova Scotia. DHBC’s mission is to passionately pursue a more prosperous and vibrant Downtown Halifax, through: good development, Downtown mobility, membership services, DHBC leadership, and Downtown placemaking. For more information, visit downtownhalifax.ca.
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For more information, contact:
Raf Peligro
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Downtown Halifax Business Commission
raf@downtownhalifax.ca
902-423-2179