Kabir Bhatia
Senior Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Arts, culture, history, technology
Education: Hudson High School
Case Western Reserve University
Kent State University - Master of Arts
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Geauga Lake (until 2007); CVNP (2008-present)
Experience:
Kabir Bhatia joined WKSU in 2010 and has been a senior arts & culture reporter since 2022. Prior to that, he was a student employee at the station and also worked in Cleveland and Chicago in print, radio and television.
Highlights:
- 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Arts/Entertainment Reporting - “Akron Civic's BOOM! Theater drops the mic on aging”
- 2022 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Reporter
- 2021 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Feature Reporting
- 2020 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors, Best Sports Feature - “Cleveland Might Never Get Another NHL Franchise. OH Really?”
- 2019 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Consumer Reporting - "With Amazon Looming, What Is the Future of Retail in Akron?"
- 2018 Press Club of Cleveland, Best Use of Sound - “The Dragon Invasion of Turkeyfoot Lake Could Net About $20,000 For Breast Cancer Awareness”
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Monica Youn, Ned Blackhawk, Teju Cole and Maxine Hong Kingston are this year's recipients of the Cleveland-based prize.
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The performer, writer and mentor spent decades championing mid-century gospel music at churches throughout Northeast Ohio.
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The researcher and author will speak on Wednesday and also take questions, no matter how "weird," about the human body
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Five pieces, inspired by the April 8 solar eclipse, are on view now through June along Water Street in Downtown Kent
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Great Lakes Theater Associate Artistic Director Sara Bruner will take over when Charles Fee retires after the 2025-26 season. The pair have been working together since 2020.
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The power pop singer-songwriter notched more than a dozen hit records in a career spanning five decades.
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Everyone from Taylor Swift to Tracy Chapman is part of the look at women in music from the punk explosion of the 1970s until today.
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The funding from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture will be distributed by several arts nonprofits, and many of the applications are already online.
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Gina Vernaci's nomination will be considered this summer as CAC Board Chair Nancy Mendez is expected to step down in April.
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From train museums to large concerts, there's plenty to do before, during and after the eclipse on April 8.