YEG Events This Weekend

TWOSE is the place to be this Pi Day as we celebrate the Ultimate Pi Day on Saturday, March 14!

This year is dubbed the “Ultimate Pi Day,” as the first 10 digits of Pi (3.141592653) will be represented, in day/time format, on March 14, 2015 (3/14/15) at precisely 9:26:53 a.m. for the first time in 100 years. This won’t be again for a hundred more!

If that isn’t enough to wet your mathematical appetite, March 14 is also Albert Einstein’s birthday! He would have been his 136-years-old!

We’re marking this momentous occasion with numerous math themed activities and brainteasers, putting your math prowess to the test! We’ll prove that Pi really isn’t that scary at all!

Activities include:

• Blueberry Pie Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

• Laser Pi shows in the Planetarium

• Circular Science demonstrations, puzzles, games, and more! Get trapped in our hyperboloid, tangle yourself up playing pi-wister, or defy gravity with our gyroscope.

• Hula Hoop contest

You can also pick up your free Ultimate Pi Day button to prove that you were here to celebrate the most pi-rrific moment of the past 100 years.

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(Image Courtesy Edmonton.ca)

RED BULL CRASHED ICE IS FINALLY HERE

The event started yesterday and tonight is the final night for you to catch all the action. It’s being hosted by our very own Helena Schaper!!!! Here’s some info for you!

– Its free but viewing area’s are limited (Starting Gate and Finish Line are best) and its first come first serve.
– Races start at 7 pm.

– If you don’t get a good viewing area, there will be screens set up in Churchill Square.
– There is a beer garden, in the Shaw.
– You are advised not to drive as parking is virtually non-existent. Use bus/LRT. There will also be road closures. The LRT will be running until 1:30 AM.
– Warm weather will NOT be a factor, as there are advanced chilling systems under the ice that will keep the show rolling.
– Its can also be streamed on the Red Bull website. Link

And road closures are going to be a gongshow, so get to take public transit. But if you absolutely MUST drive. Here are the details on the road closures, courtesy of iNews 88

Jasper Avenue full road closure

From 97-99 St, Friday, March 13, 12pm to Sunday, March 15, 10am
From 95A-97 St, Friday, March 13, 7-11pm & Saturday, March 14, 4-11pm

Jasper Ave from 99-100 St, east bound lanes closure

Saturday, March 14, 3-11pm

Jasper Ave from 95-95A St, westbound lanes closure

 Saturday, March 14, 4-11pm

97 Street from Jasper to 102 Ave, full closure

Saturday, March 14, 4-11pm
For access to Canada Place parkade and wheelchair drop-off, enter via manned barricade southbound at 102 Ave.

99 Street from Jasper – 102 Ave, curb lanes closure

 Saturday, March 14, 11pm

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(Image Courtesy The Edmonton Journal)

FAREWELL TO WINTER PATIO PARTY

75 restaurants and cafes  across the city will bust out chairs and umbrellas as part of Edmonton’s ‘Farewell To Winter Patio Party’ this weekend!

Here are just a few of the establishments taking part.

Black Dog Freehouse
Block 1912
Blue Plate Diner
Boston Pizza – Jasper Avenue
Café Bicyclette
Cask & Barrel
Choklat
Coffee Bureau
Credo – 104 Street
David’s Tea – Whyte Avenue
The Dish Bistro
Edmonton Ski Club
El Cortez Tequila Bar & Kitchen
Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
Kelly’s Pub
L’Espresso Organic Café
Milestones – South Common
Normand’s Bistro – Citadel Theatre
Pure Kitchen
Remedy Café – 124 Street
Remedy Café – South Side 109 Street
Rocky Mountain Icehouse
Second Cup – various locations
Sherlock Holmes Pub – Rice Howard Way
Starbucks – various locations
The Billiard Club
The Bothy
The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse
The Next Act
The Old Strathcona Rack
Three Bananas
Tiramisu Bistro
Urban Green Café – River Valley Adventure Co.
Wild Earth Bakery & Café
Wild Earth Café – Laurier Heights
Wild Earth Café – Zoo
Winter Patio on Churchill Square

Leave a comment with information on any other awesome events happening this weekend.

Now get out there and have fun this weekend!

-Bailey Parker