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By Karen Postupac, Bulletin Contributor On January 22, 2025, two of Bloomfield’s local restaurants, FET-FISK and Apteka, were honored with a James Beard award nomination. James Beard awards recognize establishments and individuals of the food industry as having “exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, media, and broader food system, as well as a demonstrated commitment to equity, community, sustainability, and a culture where all can thrive,” says the James Beard website. Located on Liberty Ave, FET-FISK’s menu highlights locally-sourced produce, sustainably-sourced fish and meats and wines all produced via natural and biodynamic growing, says the restaurant’s website. [...]

By Sophie McClung, Pittsburgh Fringe Festival Tymisha Harris, star of “A Cabaret of Legends.” The Pittsburgh Fringe Festival, an all-out, no-holds-barred, inclusive multi-disciplinary performing arts event featuring an eclectic mix of international, national and local artists, is returning to Pittsburgh. In its twelfth year, the festival will return to a fully in-person capacity – the first time since 2019 – spanning multiple venues along Penn Avenue in Bloomfield, Garfield, and Friendship from Thursday, March 20 to Sunday, March 29. The festival will showcase more than 40 productions, spanning theater (physical, street, musical), comedy, visual arts, puppetry, family entertainment, [...]

By Jamie Kelly, Bulletin editor The Diocese of Pittsburgh has put the former Immaculate Conception Catholic Churdh in Bloomfield up for sale. The asking price is $3.5 million. The same group of residents who tried to stop the closing of Immaculate Conception Church in Bloomfield are hoping to have some say in the redevelopment of the property. The Diocese of Pittsburgh listed the property, which covers about 1 acre in Bloomfield, for sale for $3.5 million. The price includes the land, which is zoned to allow multi-family residential development, as well as the church building, a school building [...]

By Karen Postupac, Bulletin Contributor Pictured is the Garfield Community Farm’s allotment garden. In Spring 2023, the farm in-stalled 14 raised beds for neighbors to use as their personal growing spaces. On March 3, applications closed for United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania (SWPA)’s Community Food Solutions grant. Established in August 2023, this grant has provided funds of over $230,000 to 49 local organizations. These grantees utilize their expertise and United Way’s funds to bring food security to the community. Currently running a grant cycle of three times a year, United Way SWPA is preparing for its sixth cohort [...]

By Joe Reuben, Bulletin Contributor A boarded-up, single-family home at 5149 Hillcrest St. that has sat vacant for over a decade now appears likely to remain in that condition indefinitely, following a ruling by Common Pleas Court Judge Alan Hertzberg. Hertzberg was acting in a response to a petition filed over three years ago by Rising Tide Partners, Inc. that sought to have the court appoint the Garfield-based non-profit as a conservator for the property. Under Pennsylvania’s conservatorship law, Rising Tide would have become the caretaker of the house until such time that its owner, Sandra Hall, chose to either [...]