Pi Day Princeton 2024 will be more irrational fun than ever!

Einstein was born on March 14 — 3.14 — the numeric equivalent of Pi! Every year, the town of Princeton celebrates with an irrational number of events, including an Einstein Look-a-Like & Pi Recitation contest, expert memorization speaker and pie sampling experience!

• Pi Recitation Winner receives $314.15!  (10yrs and younger)
• Look A Like Winner receive $314.15!  (10yrs and younger)
• Pie Eating Contest
• LiLLiPies Pie Flight Contest
• Einstein Themed Picnics with Self Guided Walking Map
• Dinky Train Rides with Albert Einstein!

There’s even a Pi-Rade, story time and book signings, and more!

Princeton is honored to host the world to celebrate our most beloved Princeton genius!

Follow us on social media or email us for locations for each official event!

Event Partners

Princeton Tour Company, Princeton Public Library, Bill Agress, LilliPies, McCaffrey’s, Proof Pizzeria, the bent spoon, Princeton Shopping Center, Historical Society of Princeton, PHS 101: Fund, Princeton University  & Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber & Princeton Convention Visitors Bureau

Pi Recitation & Einstein Look A Like Registrations – $3.14 per contestant | Guarantees participation in Pi Recitation competition (10yrs and younger) | Guarantees participation in the Einstein Look A Like competition (10yrs and younger) |Winner of Pi Recitation contest receives $314.15 | Winner of Einstein Look A Like competition receives $314.15

Most events are free to the public. Some non-profits and businesses charge nominal fees. 

Check-In Information

• Most events are free and located in downtown Princeton or Princeton Shopping Center. We recommend arriving early to guarantee participation; however, the purchase of contestant registration guarantees participation to compete in contests.

2024 Pi Day Celebration Schedule

Saturday – 3.9.24

• 8:00  a.m.   LiLLiPIES Pie Flight Contest – Princeton Shopping Center (offered through 2:00 p.m.)
• 9:00 a.m.    Pie Eating Contest – McCaffrey’s at Princeton Shopping Center (up to 40 folks so arrive early!)
• 11:00 a.m.   Einstein Look-A-Like Contest – Princeton Public Library  – community room
• 11:00 a.m.   Pi Day & Einstein Birthday Picnic Party with self guided tour map (thru 9:00 p.m.)
• 12:00 p.m.  Pi Recitation Contest – Princeton Public Library (Pi-Rade immediately follows) – PPL
• 1:00 p.m.    Princeton School Gardens Cooperative Fundraiser – the bent spoon & LilliPies (all weekend)
• 1:30 p.m.     Einstein Story Time with the Historical Society of Princeton – Princeton Public Library – story room
•  2:00 p.m.   Dinky Train Rides with Albert Einstein (meet at Wawa Station – Bill Agress is famous re-enactor)
•  3:30 p.m.   “That Physics Show” with Dave Maiullo of Rutgers University – Princeton Public Library

Thursday, PI DAY – 3.14.24

•  11:00 a.m.  Pi Day & Einstein Birthday Picnic Party (thru 9:00 p.m.)
•  1:00 p.m.    PSGC Fundraiser – the bent spoon & LiLLiPies paired treats (thru 5:00p.m.)
•  3:00 p.m.   Pi Day Matinee: 30th Anniversary Screening of the classic “I.Q.” – Princeton Public Library
•  7:00 p.m.   The Do Not Miss 2024 Pi Day Princeton Worldwide Event by authors Gary Berger and Michael DiRuggiero – generously provided via Zoom compliments of Princeton Public Library and Historical Society of Princeton                                                                                                               With no technical jargon, and in a way both scientists and general readers can appreciate, this one-of-a-kind visual biography tells the story of Albert Einstein’s life and work.  With 150 high-resolution images, ‘Einstein. The Man and His Mind’ features rarely-seen photos of Albert Einstein, his private letters, ground-breaking manuscripts, journals, and equations written in his hand. General readers will be fascinated. Scientists, historians, and scholars will be, too. ‘Einstein. The Man and His Mind‘ is a book that captures the imagination and that anyone can gaze at intently time and time again.Written by a world-class rare book dealer in concert with the owner of what is likely the world’s largest private collection of Einstein photos and memorabilia, the brief annotations and commentary help make historical sense of a life fully lived. The book’s Foreword is by eminent physicist Hanoch Gutfreund, the Einstein Archives academic director at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.‘Einstein. The Man and His Mind’ belongs in family rooms as well as in public and academic libraries. The book’s astonishing images will prove enthralling for anyone interested in Einstein as an approachable human or as the genius who explored time, space, light, gravity, quantum theory, and cosmology in ways no other scientist had before.

Join us on Facebook and Instagram to follow along in a day’s worth of online irrational fun, including previous years’ contests, tours, video lectures, & more!

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