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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The annual opera and humanities festival offers plenty of musical power, from classical to jazz to vocal, alongside discussions of what power means.
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Arts and culture options abound this weekend with a day of play at the Cleveland Museum of art, free admission for moms at the McKinley museum and strange cinema in Cleveland Heights.
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Hermione Malone returns to Cleveland after working in nonprofit management in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.
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Bilgesu Sisman will replace co-founder John Ewing, who retires June 30 after 40 years at the helm.
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The 30-cents-per-pack tax has funded the arts since 2007, but revenue is down by half.
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The historic home hosted the popular PBS show and thousands of antique lovers for episodes debuting this month.
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The project to commemorate the park's 50th anniversary is slated for completion this fall.
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Cher called out the museum last year for leaving her off the list since 1990.
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The tax that funds arts in the county and has seen a 50 percent decline since 2007.
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Film adaptations, Tony-winners and jukebox musicals are coming to the nation's second-largest theater district.