2019 CoM Events

The event is open to the public and all ages! Members of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Mathematical Sciences will host activities for attendees to do which show why we love mathematics and have made careers of it. Attendees will also have the opportunity to play math games, look at mathematical art, and try solving math problems on their own. Celebration of Mind will take place at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 30 in the fourth floor of Champions Hall (CHPN). If you are a teacher planning on bringing a class, please let us know so we may make any special arrangements necessary (such as bus parking). Parking is available in Harmon Parking Garage immediately south of Champions Hall. The Department of Mathematical Sciences hopes to see you there! For more information, check out the dedicated Facebook page at www.facebook.com/UACelebrationofMind or contact organizer Alexandria Medeck at ajmedeck@uark.edu. Please also contact Medeck if you would be interested in volunteering! Full poster by Edmund Harriss. About Celebration of Mind The Celebration of Mind is a worldwide, annual tribute to Martin Gardner, a mathmagician of sorts who engaged generations of people with mathematics and magic, puzzles, games and ideas. It was mathematics pursued, not for importance or power, but simply for beauty and fun. His long-running column in Scientific American broke stories on advances from the highest reaches of mathematics. https://www.facebook.com/UACelebrationofMind

The University of Arkansas Department of Mathematical Sciences hosts our 9th Annual Celebration of Mind event this Spring! WHAT: The Celebration of Mind is a time for children and adults to learn about the patterns, puzzles, and questions that make mathematics a fascinating subject. At the event, members of the Department of Mathematical Sciences will have activities for attendees to do which show why we love mathematics and have made careers of it. Attendees will also have the opportunity to play math games, looks at mathematical art, and try solving math problems on their own. WHEN: March 30, 2019 from 10 am to 2 pm WHERE: Champions Hall, fourth for, University of Arkansas Campus at the corner of W. Dickson Street and N. Duncan Avenue WHO: Everyone! K-12 students, parents, teachers, other adults with inquiring minds. REGISTRATION: Not required, though if you are a teacher planning on bringing a class we would appreciate hearing from you to make any special arrangements necessary. PARKING: Parking is available in Harmon Parking Garage immediately South of Champions Hall. For more information, check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/UACelebrationofMind or contact the Celebration of Mind 2019 organizer, Alexandria Medeck, at ajmedeck@uark.edu. Hope to see you there! Sincerely, Alexandria Medeck https://www.facebook.com/UACelebrationofMind

Mathematical games and music, curiosities, puzzles, origami, magic, etc, etc

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Christchurch, we meet on the third Tuesday of every month from 7pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 15th in The Twisted Hop on Ferry Road. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

Math games and puzzles at the market.

We will join one of Columbus favorite farmers market with many hands-on activities, games and puzzles for all.

Maryville College’s 4th annual Celebration of Mind event will feature card-tricks robots, 3-D printers, a puzzle contest, games, crafts and magic. The event is suitable for ages 10 and up.

A private event for the residents of a posh apartment in North Bangalore. A day for children, families and anyone interested in exploring the enchanting world of Puzzles, Games, Magic and Maths!

Martin Gardner was considered one of the preeminent magicians of the 20th century, an expert on Lewis Carroll, a magician, and the creator of recreational mathematics. Every year, mathematicians, magicians, and artists gather from around the country for Celebration of Mind to play, perform, and provoke the pleasures of mathematics, perception, and illusion‚all in the spirit of Gardner. The Celebration of Mind at Stanford includes an artist, a magician, and a mathematician, who will lead an aesthetically and delightfully entertaining evening of performances in a lively and lightly mathematical setting. Alexa Meade, Artist Alexa Meade is unlike any other artist; she paints on people, turning them into living, breathing portraits. Meade creates the illusion of a world where 2D and 3D become one. She has many examples of mathematically inspired work building on ideas of illusion, patterns, and self-reference. Mark Mitton, Magician Mark Mitton is a professional magician who is fascinated by the way magic can help us understand how we see the world. In addition to creating magic for film, TV, and theater, he has extensively explored themes of perception and misdirection from an interdisciplinary standpoint. Mitton’s work finds provocative connections between magic and mathematics. Tadashi Tokieda, Mathematician Tadashi Tokieda is a professor of mathematics at Stanford who explores how ordinary objects can exhibit extraordinarily puzzling behavior. These objects, Tokieda’s toys, reveal surprises of mathematics and physics in ways that cultivate our curiosity and captivate our imagination.

The closest Sunday to October 21th, as is traditional, the MMACA is organizing the day of Martin Gardner, a playful mathematical day for all audiences. It will be at Can Mercader Park in Cornella de Llobregat from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. You will find stalls with jigsaw puzzles, games, cut-outs, the self-sustaining constructions of Leonardo da Vinci and many more activities to play with the mind and hands. Martin Gardner (1914-2010) is one of the most recognized math promoters and writers. His numerous books are a nest of challenges where he combines rigor with the game. On October 21, its anniversary is celebrated worldwide.

Hosting a Celebration of Mind at my home Sunday, October 20th, 2019 from 1-5pm

David Leschinsky of Eureka! Puzzles and Chris Morgan will co-host our Ninth Annual Celebration of Mind on Sunday, October 20th in Brookline (across the street from the Eureka Shop). We’ll be doing some creative puzzle solving and will discuss recreational math topics. Attendees are welcome to give short (5-minute) quick presentations if desired. Please bring any interesting gadgets or items to share. RSVP to Chris Morgan at morgan@bookgenius.org to let us know if you’re coming. Last year we had forty attendees. We hope to see you there!

We’ll be meeting at a restaurant in the Flatiron/Kips Bay area. Contact Brett Kuehner (bvk@pobox.com) for more details.

Celebrating Martin Gardner, Magic Games and Recreational Mathematics – Ricordando Martin Gardner, giochi di magia e di matematica ricreativa

MathsJam #7 in Panama, which will take place on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 at the bar La Rana Dorada en Condado del Rey in Panama City, Panama, from 6 pm to 9 pm, will be the first Celebration of Mind event in the Republic of Panama to celebrate Martin Gardner’s birth month with puzzles, games, magic, math and more!

We meet each month at a pub to talk maths and solve a puzzle sheet. MathsJam takes place around the world on the same night, with one group each month creating a puzzle sheet that we all try to solve. No level of expertise required, just an interest in mathematics. https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-MathsJam/events/264749661/

Martin Gardner Birthday Special

A tribute to the man, the puzzles, and puzzling in general.

Please join us at Tony Roma’s on Pembina Highway on Tuesday, October 22, 2019.

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting.
In V√§xj√∂, we meet on the second-to-last Tuesday of every month from 7pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 22 in The Bishop’s Arms. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

MathsJamis a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. We meet on the second-to-last Tuesday of every month, from around 7pm in the evening, in locations around the world. For more details of local events, choose your region from the menu, or visit thefind a jam page on the mathsjam.com website. Bletchley’s MathsJam is held at Captain Ridley’s Shooting Party each month, and October’s has been registered as a Celebration of Mind event!

Pavia MathsJam celebrated its first birthday in September and is about to enter its second year of activity. We will convene on October 22 for our monthly load of mathematical reveries, logical conundrums and geometrical whatnots. This month we are also celebrating Martin Gardner — well, yes, we already do this each month, but this time a lot more — who was born 105 years (and a day) ago. If you have any question, feel free to drop us an e-mail, or visit our Facebook page, our Twitter page or our Instagram page.
https://twitter.com/PaviaMathsjam

https://www.instagram.com/pavia_mathsjam/

Join the University of Northern Colorado’s Math Club for our 10th annual Celebration of Mind mathematics festival: Wednesday, October 23 from 6:30 to 8:00pm in the University Center Panorama Room. Featuring a special guest lecture by Dr. Heather Russell (University of Richmond) onA Graph Coloring Reconfiguration Problem from 5:00 to 6:00pm in Ross Hall 1040.

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting.

In Turin, we usually meet on the second-last Tuesday or Wednesday of the month, from 7pm in the evening, in Casa del Quartiere di San Salvario, at Via Oddino Morgari, 14.

Uno spazio di comunità generatore di prossimità, per i cittadini e le cittadine

“MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. Events happen simultaneously in London, Manchester and Nottingham.” This session is going to be dedicated to Martin Gardner’s birthday.

Celebration of Mind event Ljubljana, sLOVEnia will take place at the House of Polyhedra. Our theme is ’Magic mARThematics’. A sneak peak into a part of the program of our Martin Gardner’s birthday party: we’ll enjoy the presentation of brand new generative art programs by Bogdan Soban. Dr. Izidor Hafner will show works of Slovene mathARTists as to be presented at the 8th European Congress of Mathematics (Portoro≈æ, Slovenia, 2020). We’ll also celebrate the birth of the first museum of mathematical art in Slovenia – Mathema Art that got the official blessing of the state this Summer. We’ll mention Dr. Cliff Pickover’s new book Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History, and feature some math-art-music collaborative work by AMPEDHEAD and Teja Kracek from the volume AMPEDHEAD: The Miracle, and more…

The Psi Chi Honors Society and the Department of Psychological Science are pleased to present the 5th annual Martin Gardner Celebration of Mind at Carthage. Every year in late October, people around the world gather to honor the legacy of magician, mathematician, skeptic, puzzler, Lewis Carroll scholar, and science writer, Martin Gardner. This year’s Celebration of Mind will explore curiosity through the experiences of a pair of successful Carthage alumnae, magician Jan Rose and mathematician Kathryn Nyman. The event will begin with brief presentations by Jan Rose, Kathryn Nyman, and magician Peter Boie on topics related to Martin Gardner and will culminate with a set of hands-on demonstrations of magic, puzzles, and optical illusions. Following the Celebration of Mind at 8:00pm, Peter Boie will present his show, “Summoning Spirits,” in the Student Union Auditorium!

https://www.corporatemagicltd.com/about/
https://willamette.edu/~knyman/
http://peterboie.com/

Sunday 27 Oct 2019: magicians, puzzlers, cubers and more gather to celebrate the legacy of Martin Gardner

An evening of Math, Puzzles and Games to celebrate Martin Gardner. Come and join us October 29th, 5 to 7 pm, at Ecole Hepworth Central School in Hepworth Ontario.

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