MARCH 15, 2018 // 9
Climate exploration films
screen in Cannon Beach
COLLEGE GETS PI-EYED FOR
EINSTEIN’S BIRTHDAY
ASTORIA — Clatsop Community
College invites the community to
a free family event at the Lexing-
ton Avenue Campus (Patriot Hall
Gym) 1:59 p.m. to 6 p.m. Satur-
day, March 17.
The college is celebrating phys-
icist Albert Einstein’s birthday and
the mystery of the mathematical
constant pi (π). Admission is free.
This event is appetizing for all
ages, and families are encouraged
to attend (children under 12 need
to be accompanied by an adult).
The college’s regionally ac-
claimed band, the π’d π’pers, will
open the festivities at 1:59 p.m.
with music and singing. There will
be math games, pi and other math
walks, face painting, pi prizes
and more. Pi’s famous relative —
pie— will be sold by the Pi-Phi
Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa
as a fundraiser (by the slice or
whole pie).
Pi is everywhere around us; it is
the ratio of any circle’s circumfer-
ence to the length of its diameter.
While the actual Pi Day is March
14, which mimics the first 3 digits
of pi (3.14), the college’s celebra-
tion will be March 17.
Holding the event on 3.17 made
a number discrepancy in pi so our
math department formulated this
mathematical explanation: The
first 8 digits of Pi are 3.1415926.
Thus, Pi Day is on Saturday,
March 17 (3.14 + 0.03), begins at
1:59 p.m. (159) and goes to (2) 6
p.m. (6).
For additional information
about this event, or if you have
questions about the mysteries of
pi, contact TJ Lackner, Clatsop
Community College mathematics
instructor, at 503-338-2452 or
tlackner@clatsopcc.edu.
CANNON BEACH — HALO
Education presents its first
Rockdance film screenings
in Cannon Beach at the
Coaster Theatre Playhouse
and Cannon Beach Histo-
ry Center & Museum on
Sunday and Monday, March
18 and 19.
The first showing will be
1 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at
the Coaster Theatre. There
will be two films shown,
“Guliya” and “Byrd 1933.”
Film producer and direc-
tor Pamela Theodotou from
Ohio State University’s
Byrd Polar Climate Re-
search Center will be there
to present “Guliya,” a film
about the research center’s
U.S.-China collaboration
with Third Pole Environ-
ment at OSU to extract the
oldest ice samples outside
the poles.
“Byrd 1933” is a histor-
ical film featuring original
film clips from Paramount
Picture’s documentation of
Admiral Byrd’s Antarctica
1933 expedition. The docu-
mentary was conserved and
co-produced by the Byrd
Polar and Climate Research
Center Archival Program
and made possible through
a grant from the National
Film Preservation Founda-
tion.
The second screening of
“Byrd 1933” will take place
4 p.m. Monday, March 19,
at the Cannon Beach History
Center & Museum. If there
is time, “Guliya” will be
screened again as well. The
museum is a more intimate
venue and is limited in
seating. Folks will have an
opportunity to informally
meet Theodotou. Beverages
will be served.
The suggested donation
for both screenings is $5.
All proceeds will go to the
Haystack Rock Awareness
Program, the team of city
COURTESY CYNTHIA BRYDEN
staff and volunteers that edu-
cates visitors about the bird
and marine intertidal life at
the sea stack.
This is HALO’s first
venture to show innovative
documentary eco-films
on climate concerns. The
organization plans to hold
an annual Rockdance film
festival in Cannon Beach to
encourage environmental
awareness in the Pacific
Northwest.
COASTER THEATRE PLAYHOUSE
March 16 - April 21, 2018
Tickets $20 or $25
Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday shows start at 3:00p.m.
Sponsored by Coaster Construction
Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com
108 N Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR