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3 Super Free, Super Fun, Family Activities For This Weekend

August 11, 2011 Lindsay

So you aren’t at the beach this week with the rest of Pittsburgh – that doesn’t mean you can’t have some family fun. You can mow the lawn next weekend. Here are 3 FREE events that you can check out with your family this weekend.

1. Brookline Breeze and Brookline Breeze Fest

Start your Saturday morning off with a quick 5k jog around Brookline for the 30th Annual Brookline Breeze 5k Race.  
Stay for a day of fun activities for the family. 
Brookline Breeze

Welcome to the official Brookline Breeze website!!! The 30th Anniversary of the Brookline Breeze 5K Race and Fitness Walk is focused on fitness for the whole family! Bring your family for a fun and exciting run or walk and stay to enjoy the music and entertainment at the Brookline Community Festival!

2. PAPA 14 – Pinball World Championships

August 11-14, 2011 @ the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association HQ in Carnegie
Free to attend and watch – lots of pinball machines to play.  Watch pinball professionals compete for $40,000 in prizes.

PAPA 14 World Pinball Championships

Each year, PAPA operates the largest, most competitive pinball tournament held anywhere in the world, bringing more than a thousand players and spectators from around the world to enjoy four solid days of brutal pinball battles. And, of course, to have a flipping good time!

3. The New Hazlet Theater Community Fest

Saturday, August 13
10am-8pm

Music, Crafts, Kids Stuff,

6pm Free screening of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”

New Hazlett Theater
Photo by mikestuf on flickr

New Hazlett Theater

10 am to 8 pm Last activity is a children’s film beginning at 6:00 pm On August 13, 2011, the New Hazlett will host a free community day celebration with fun, food and activities both inside and outside the theater from 10 am to 8 pm.

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About Lindsay

Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh since 2005. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon.

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