Eda Uzunlar

Dyme Ellis is a 27-year-old poet, musician and organizer with a few part-time jobs on the side. Rather than viewing their side hustles as just a way to get by until they settle into one career, they see their mix of work as a career of its own.

Based in New Haven, Patrick Dunn works in both the nonprofit world for a veterans’ legal aid association and as drag-based performance sensation Kiki Lucia. And he wouldn’t give either of them up.

CT State Community College Housatonic is home to nearly 7,000 works of art, including Picasso, Warhol and Sherman. And they're not just nestled in a dedicated museum space — they're all over the school.

Stamford-based Orchestra Lumos will perform Music of Memory and Reconciliation at the Palace Theater on Feb. 22 and 23. WSHU’s Eda Uzunlar spoke with guest singer and instrumentalist Gabriel Kahane and music director Michael Stern about legacy, community and how music mixes with other parts of our world.

Hustling to keep yourself afloat is hard enough. Hustling for your whole family is another story. A Connecticut dancer and painter share how they’ve learned to keep solving an ever-shifting puzzle of schedules and needs.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong challenges Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. Live poultry markets on Long Island are set to shut down for a week in the hopes of curbing bird flu. It’s almost National Pizza Day – New Haven’s celebrating! Plus, election experts say one program is changing the game in New York State elections.

Suffolk County police look at changing their human trafficking investigations. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy was up at 3 a.m. talking on the floor to oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong says the state will commit to protecting gender-affirming care. Plus, the ski jump world cup hosted at Lake Placid start today.

Connecticut cARTie was started by mother and daughter duo Tish and Clare Murray to bring the arts to kids who they say might not get to experience it otherwise.

Democrats on Long Island sue their county executive over what they say is a militia. Connecticut lawmakers and utility companies butt heads over the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. National Grid workers and union reps work to avoid a strike. Plus, trade concerns both the US and Canada still have despite a pause on threatened tariffs from Donald Trump.

Nassau County officials say their police will work with ICE. United Way of Greater New Haven receives almost $1 million to support early childcare. Bald eagles are getting spotted in Connecticut. Plus, a look from the CT Mirror on Governor Lamont’s budget before it’s released tomorrow.