Side Hustle from WSHU Public Radio is a recurring segment highlighting artists, cultural figures, and other creatives in Connecticut and New York. In each story, reporter Eda Uzunlar details the life of a figure determined in their pursuits, bringing arts and culture down to Earth.
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A new segment of Side Hustle highlights a creative who juggles social work, running a queer-affirming merchandise business, navigating the pulpit, and soon… raising a baby. -
This month, Connecticut hosted the largest ephemeral fair in the United States, where historic objects can cost anywhere from pocket change to thousands of dollars. While some dealers do the job for fun, for others, it's a living. -
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. -
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. -
Video producer and marketer Heather Wright’s side hustle is owning and operating Tea & Tarot Herbal Wellness Boutique in Madison, Connecticut. There, she reads tarot, prepares tinctures and brews tea for her community. -
Many creatives hold different jobs outside of their passion. The same people who are DJs, painters and poets are teachers, accountants and scientists. In this segment of Side Hustle, WSHU spoke with a Norwalk-based designer who spends his free time taking portraits on the street.
