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Dear MoMath friend,
On March 14, 2015 (that's right, 3.14.15), Manhattan will see another awesome, one-of-a-kind spectacle when the National Museum of Mathematics, New York's favorite place for joyful math, presents a math event that will light up Madison Square Park. In another of its trademark MathHappening events, MoMath will create a stunning illuminated demonstration of the meaning of pi.
By surrounding the north fountain entirely with MoMath's signature glowing light sticks, held in place by hundreds of New Yorkers, the distance around the shimmering circle can be compared to the distance across it, showing the true nature of pi. A smaller circle within the fountain, and a larger circle outside the first, show the surprising and beautiful recurrence of pi. Gather in the park at 8:30 pm to help form these human circles of light; then, at 9:25 pm, everyone will begin the Pi Countdown to exactly 9:26 pm (that's 3.14.15.9.26), followed by free hot chocolate and pie. Please bring or sport your favorite circle or illustration of pi, and be creative!
“Pi Day of the Century,” the second in a series of MoMath MathHappening events, promises to be another of the biggest, most amazing mathematics demonstrations New York City has ever seen. If you want to help celebrate the city through math and art, and perhaps help make math history, visit pidaycentury.momath.org to register for this rare and special opportunity! T-shirts commemorating this special day are now available at shop.momath.org/pi-day-of-the-century-shirt.
MoMath wishes to thank Strong Place for providing the delicious pies, and SD26 for providing hot chocolate.
Regards,
National Museum of Mathematics
PS Kids too young for an evening event? Join MoMath for an earlier Pi Countdown, starting at 9 am in the park. First we'll count ourselves, to show what pi really means; then we'll count down together to 9:26 am; and finally, we'll open the doors of the Museum 30 minutes early, for a full day of fun pi activities!
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Wow. What a great event. We were just discussing the Pythagorean Theorem. Thank you for reminding us about 3.14.15 9:26. We will look for it online. Thanks for the info.

We did not traipse into NYC last Saturday for a variety of reasons but we did enjoy pondering on the hype and the fact that you can have an arbitrary Pi moment at any time if you think about it.

We made a pizza pie and a cherry pie together too.- yum!

Did anyone else do something goofy like this?

We played Trivial Pursuit, because the pieces (wedges) reminded us of pie pieces.

I think that event (night-time) ended up indoors due to rainy weather. We were hoping to see the outdoor images maybe online. They ended up inside a building of a local college, I think.

Lemon meringue over here. And lots of surfing. Here's a few of our favourite things from Pi day:

The winner was definitely the Pi approximation challenge video:
http://aperiodical.com/2015/03/video-the-aperiodicals-π-approximation-challenge/

Try out "Find your birthday in Pi":
http://blog.wolfram.com/2015/03/12/...nd-how-to-get-your-very-own-piece-of-pi/

And did you know that MIT traditionally sends out their acceptances on 3.14? They had some fun this year (scroll down to the video):
http://time.com/money/3742682/pi-day-deals-freebies-events/

Scientific American's Pi issues:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/products/sa-special-products/the-pi-day-commemorative-package/

If your kid is cocky about how many digits they know, try this:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com...to-celebrate-pi-without-reciting-digits/
And these:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2014/03/14/a-different-pi-for-pi-day/
http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/pi/?_r=0

And of course, check out www.piday.org