5 Things You Need To Know Today: March 14

1. There is a benefit performance of The Diviners at Framingham High by the Framingham High School Drama Company at 7 tonight. Tickets are available at the door and may be ordered online by clicking here. Tickets are $10 online. 

The cast of 12, with a crew of more than 60, qualified for the semifinals of Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild's Drama Festival. Framingham High will host a semifinal round Saturday, March 15.

2. Don't be surprised if you see a lot of pies and numbers today. Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.

3. There is a chair yoga class at 10 a.m. at the Callahan Senior Center. Admission $3.

​4. The Education Cooperative, of which Framingham is a member, will hold a special meeting today at 11:30 a.m. at Wellesley College Club to hear an update on the TECCA Commonwealth Virtual School and vote to approve it board of trustees.

5. ​In Case You Missed It: Massachusetts House Speaker Bob DeLeo on Thursday released his plan to raise the state's minimum wage to $10.50 an hour.​ ​The wage hike would be phased in, according to the AP:

• The minimum wage would jump from $8 an hour to $9 on July 1
• It would go to $10 in 2015
• It would rise again to $10.50 in 2016

The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour. President Obama has supported a plan to raise that figure to $10.10, and other states are considering raising their own minimum wages.​