wild project in association with New York City’s Open Culture program present
Wild Culture
Wild Culture is a series of outdoor performances & events occurring every Saturday throughout the Summer. Wild Culture’s purpose is to facilitate cultural sustainability and help support our artists and venue by bringing the East Village neighborhood together to overcome the challenges brought by the pandemic through art and performances.
Throughout the summer Wild Culture will produce downtown artists across music, spoken-word, poetry, dance, theater & more on our E. 3rd St. block, just outside our venue to help revive, with our neighborhood partners, the East Village, and our city.
Saturday, August 7
Melody Berger, 2:00 PM
Award-winning fiddler Melody Allegra Berger has been raising a ruckus in NYC for the past decade and has toured nationally and abroad. You can hear her on projects like House of Cards (S2E05) and the Gangstagrass album American Music which debuted at Number 5 on the Billboard bluegrass chart.
Youth In A Roman Field, 4:00 PM
Youth in a Roman Field is a surrealist folk band led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Claire Wellin. It includes collaborators Tiffany Topol, Scott Stangland, Cassidy Stirtz, and Jamie Mohamdein. Incorporating sounds of “Appalachia, cayenne pepper, and ghosts,” they use their collective training in classical, jazz, and folk traditions to create an original, progressive sound with sweeping, powerful vocals at the forefront. Based in Queens, the band released their second studio album, ‘Storm Conductor,’ in 2018 and recently finished recording their third studio album, ‘Get Caught Trying,’ to be released in 2022.
Open Jam, 5:00 PM
Open Culture is a program created by New York City to help cultural institutions secure outdoor space for safe live performances.
Made possible with generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Department of Cultural Affairs.
*Any opinions or other content expressed by wild project and the artists do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of the New York State Council on the Arts and/or other supporters of this program.