ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The Hop Ice Cream Café has planned an irrational celebration for Pi Day, March 14, which honors the mathematical constant π.
The pi party, which will feature “the beauty of the irrational — the unpredictable, the unsimplifiable, the wonderfully chaotic,” according to a press release from The Hop, will be held from noon to 10 p.m., Saturday, March 14 at the ice cream parlor’s 640 Merrimon Ave. location.
The biggest quirk of the event will be “irrational ice cream flights” and “irrational bubble teas,” courtesy of Pop Bubble Tea. The four scoop flights and flavored beverages will be constructed by random with a random number generator.
“We’ll map numbers to flavors and let mathematics do the scooping. No substitutions. No simplifying assumptions. Just delicious uncertainty,” The Hop wrote. “Much like π itself, these seemingly chaotic creations make perfect sense when you stop trying to control them.”
There is another, more constant number in the mix as well. 10% of sales during the event will go to support the Marvelous Math Club, an after-school program at Pisgah View Community Center which integrates math and psychology for elementary age kids.
For pi-enthusiasts looking for more opportunities to benefit math students, the next day, a Pi(e) Fun Run will be held at 3:14 p.m. on the University of North Carolina Asheville quad, 2500 University Heights, with proceeds benefiting the Asheville Initiative for Math at UNC Asheville. Pie will be offered at the finish line.
The event has a registration fee of $10 for students and $31.41 for all other participants. Find more information at www.eventbrite.com/e/pie-fun-run-tickets.