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Local Color 01: The 38th Annual CT LGBTQ Film Fest starts June 20

June 12, 2025

On this episode we hear from Mark Slitt, a member of selection committee for the CT LGBTQ Film Festival which opens on June 20th, 2025. You can check out independant queer cinema from all over, all are welcome...

Goodbye, XL! Hartford’s Largest Arena Receives New Name

NaShawn Livingston

June 11, 2025

Featured, Headlines, Local News, News, Sports

On its 50th anniversary, Hartford, Connecticut's iconic XL Center has officially been renamed to PeoplesBank Arena. The Holyoke, Massachusetts-based company purchased the sponsorship rights for the former X...

Magdalena Bay at College Street, 4/30/2025

Photos: Magdalena Bay at College Street Hall

Shanice Rhule

May 16, 2025

Featured, Music, Photo Gallery

Synth-pop duo Magdalena Bay performed at New Haven’s College Street Hall on Wednesday, April 30th, as a part of their Imaginal Mystery Tour. Alternative hip-hop/rock artist Sam Austins opened. The gro...

SXSW 2025: An Interview with Bill Adair and Nina Jankowicz

Katie Servas

May 7, 2025

Featured, Interviews, SXSW

This is an interview conducted by WHUS News Director Katie Servas with South By Southwest Panelists Bill Adair and Nina Jankowicz. This interview discusses topics such as disinformation, the importance of ...

Photos: Remi Wolf at College Street Hall

Shanice Rhule

May 6, 2025

Concert Reviews, Featured, Music, Photo Gallery

Remi Wolf performed at her sold-out show at New Haven’s College Street Music Hall on Friday, April 24th, as a part of her Big Ideas Tour. Musical duo and band, Dana and Al...

UConn Athletics Prepare for New Era of Revenue Sharing

Jack Ross

May 5, 2025

Featured, News, Sports

Starting July 1, the University of Connecticut, along with every other Division I university, will embark on a new plan of revenue sharing relating to the paying of college athletes. A revenue-sharing mode...

UConn Announces Assistant Coaching Change

NaShawn Livingston

May 5, 2025

Featured, News, Sports, Sports Columns

With 20 years of experience and four national championships, it has been a long and very successful tenure for Tom Moore as UConn’s assistant coach. That said, all good things must come to an end as t...

WNBA Draft Recap: Bueckers Goes First Overall, Chen and Griffin Drafted

Jack Ross

May 5, 2025

Featured, News, Sports

To no one’s surprise, University of Connecticut’s star and former AP Player of the Year Paige Bueckers went number one overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft. The Dallas Wings now have their star player and will t...

Long River Rewind 02

WHUS Staff

April 28, 2025

Featured, Long River Rewind, Podcasts, Talk

Episode two, Interviews with two literary competition winners. This episode you can hear interviews with Charlotte Ungar, winner of the Wallace Stevens Poetry Prize and Jenna Ulizio, winner of the Edward R....

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Titans, Saints Draft Franchise Quarterbacks

Sam Calhoun

April 24, 2025

Featured, Sports, Sports Columns

The 2025 NFL Draft begins Thursday night from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. It is a star-studded class, headlined by Colorado’s Travis Hunter, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. Some teams need to...