Vahini Shori
WBHM Faith & Culture ReporterVahini Shori covers faith and culture for WBHM as a Report for America Corps Member. She explores how religion is practiced in Alabama and how different faiths manifest in the state’s social fabric.
Vahini loves everything about audio, and feels lucky to report on a fascinating beat in a vibrant city. Before WBHM, she worked as a production associate at Kaleidoscope, a small-podcast shop telling global stories. She is a proud alumna of Columbia Journalism School and Rutgers University.
Vahini was born and raised in the greatest place in the world: New Jersey. You can talk to her about it anytime. She loves The Sopranos and misses not having to pump her own gas. In her free time you can find her at the movies, trying new recipes, and speed reading to catch up to her Goodreads reading goal.
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Colored powder filled the air at Veterans Park on Saturday. Crowds gathered to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of spring, usually identified by the throwing of colors. -
Claude Monet and Henri Matisse may already be household names for fans of Impressionism, French painting or water lilies, but the Birmingham Museum of Art is offering a fresh look into 100 years of French modern art beyond the famed Frenchmen. It’s all in their newest exhibit Monet to Matisse: French Moderns, 1850–1950, opening Friday. -
Members of the Birmingham community bore the cold Friday evening in a two-hour vigil in honor of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal immigration agents last weekend in Minnesota, and others who have died in incidents involving United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
The Islamic Academy of Alabama applied to rezone an office park space in Hoover to expand. The issue sparked anti-Islamic rhetoric, notably from U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville. -
Some members of the Alabama Educational Television Commission said disaffiliation is needed because the network has to cut costs after the Trump administration eliminated all funding for public media. -
The Birmingham Youth and Young Adult Choir returns to NBC's "America's Got Talent" Tuesday after having won one of the show's golden buzzers earlier this summer. -
This summer Pelham Parks and Recreation hosted their first cricket camp for boys age six to 18 to learn foundational skills and techniques of the game.
