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WHAT’S NEWS IN SEWICKLEY NORTH PITTSBURGH QUILTERS GUILD QUILT SHOW COMING IN APRIL FIRST SIP BREW BOX FACILITATES HEARTH 25TH ANNIVERSARY BEER COLLABORATION WITH LINCOLN AVENUE BREWERY First Sip Brew Box has announced a special collaboration with nonprofit organization HEARTH, located in the North Hills, and Lincoln Avenue Brewery, located in Bellevue. They are facilitating a new beer in celebration of HEARTH’s 25 years of serving the community. It will be in conjunction with the Hops for HEARTH beer tasting event, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The goal of the beer collaboration is to continue to build awareness of the mission and services provided by HEARTH. Through its unique approach of providing facility-based transitional housing to homeless women with children who are survivors of domestic violence or trauma, the organization is able to work one-on-one with each individual family to provide support as they achieve economic self-sufficiency. First Sip was excited to put this collaboration together with HEARTH and Lincoln Avenue Brewery and use Pittsburgh’s craft beer industry as a catalyst for helping the community. The collaboration beer will be presented exclusively at the 10th annual Hops for HEARTH Beerfest on Friday, March 20, at Nova Place on the North Side. A select few of Pittsburgh’s libation spots will also have this brew on draft. First Sip Brew Box’s vision is also to connect with local artists to create visual works to showcase the internal struggle we all have in communicating with each other about topics like domestic violence. The works of art will be auctioned off at the event to help raise funds for HEARTH. Tickets for Hops for HEARTH are on sale at bidpal.net/hopsforhearth2020. This year’s event is celebrating 10 years of bringing craft beer to the people in addition to HEARTH’s 25th anniversary. This year there is a special honorary committee comprised of former Hops for HEARTH chairpersons, Chris Borsoni, Tiffany Martin, and Lisa Fox. FAMILY HISTORY CONFERENCE Dates and Times: March 13, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m.; March 14 , 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Address: Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way (15237) Contact: NorthHillsGenealogists.org or [email protected] Registration is required. The conference focuses on FamilySearch.org as well as Irish and overseas research. Participants may attend one or both days. The featured speaker will be David E. Rencher. The NPQG quilt show is a biennial event and will be held April 24-26 at the Ross Township Community Center. This year’s theme is “Log Cabin Fever.” More than 100 quilts will be displayed and there will be a variety of vendors, chances to win a dream basket and sewing machines, and a quilt appraiser. Entry submissions are open to the public for this juried show. Tickets to win the Log Cabin Raffle Quilt are being sold by members and available in local quilt shops. The guild invites you to attend the show as a member or a visitor and enjoy the beautiful handmade quilts. For more information about the show or to become a member go to NPQG.org. SEWICKLEY ARCHITECT PUTS PITTSBURGH ON THE MAP FOR BEST INDOOR AIR QUALITY In a region that consistently ranks at the bottom of the list for outdoor air quality, Allegheny County is about to welcome a restaurant equipped to achieve the world’s best indoor air quality. Studio St.Germain, a Sewickley- based architecture firm specializing in high-performance sustainable building, announced that construction is nearing completion on the new Sewickley Tavern. It will be the first restaurant in the United States—and in the world—to achieve Continued on page 10 > 8 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ icmags.com