enjoy a set from YAMAGUCHI RADIO while you read:
Yamaguchi Radio is a Rozz-Tox production of deejay sets that happen live in both our Rock Island & Guangzhou locations.
HOURS
wednesday 5pm-12am
thursday 5pm-12am
friday 5pm-12am
saturday 10am-12am
sunday 10am-3pm
CLOSED MONDAY+TUESDAY
wednesday 5pm-12am
thursday 5pm-12am
friday 5pm-12am
saturday 10am-12am
sunday 10am-3pm
CLOSED MONDAY+TUESDAY
PROGRAMME
friday 13 june
RAGGED RECORDS PRESENTS: THE TUBS
w/ SUBATLANTIC + CAMP REGRET
RAGGED RECORDS PRESENTS: THE TUBS
w/ SUBATLANTIC + CAMP REGRET
THE TUBS
thetubs.bandcamp.com/album/cotton-crown
post-punk Celtic jangle from the London-based Welsh band. This is their frist US tour-- let's show em some Quad City love. RIYL: Richard Thompson, Sebadoh, The Feelies
SUBATLANTIC
subatlantic.bandcamp.com/
sonorous dream-pop to crisp, danceable post-punk
CAMP REGRET
instagram.com/camp_regret/
Quad City post-punk
$15 advance - ON SALE NOW
$20 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
thetubs.bandcamp.com/album/cotton-crown
post-punk Celtic jangle from the London-based Welsh band. This is their frist US tour-- let's show em some Quad City love. RIYL: Richard Thompson, Sebadoh, The Feelies
SUBATLANTIC
subatlantic.bandcamp.com/
sonorous dream-pop to crisp, danceable post-punk
CAMP REGRET
instagram.com/camp_regret/
Quad City post-punk
$15 advance - ON SALE NOW
$20 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* this show is presented by Ragged Records
saturday 14 june
GARDEN CINEMA: SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)
GARDEN CINEMA: SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)
SLEEPAWAY CAMP
1983 | R | 1h 28m
dir. Robert Hiltzik
the summertime slasher staple. a movie with a progressive narrative wrapped in conservative fears, and an early entry into queer horror.
• Death Stitch Clothing will be vending thier iconic horror apparel
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
17+ ages
9PM screening
1983 | R | 1h 28m
dir. Robert Hiltzik
the summertime slasher staple. a movie with a progressive narrative wrapped in conservative fears, and an early entry into queer horror.
• Death Stitch Clothing will be vending thier iconic horror apparel
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
17+ ages
9PM screening
friday 20 june
AMATEUR SELECTORS PRESENTS: JAZZ KISSA
AMATEUR SELECTORS PRESENTS: JAZZ KISSA
W/ LUCAS BERNS
[bop] [experimental] [avant] [free]
join us on summer solstice for a jazz kissa with our friend lucas!
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[bop] [experimental] [avant] [free]
join us on summer solstice for a jazz kissa with our friend lucas!
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
saturday 21 june
OUTLETProgramme PRESENTS: GS70 + jm wave
w/ GABRIEL DOWIE
OUTLETProgramme PRESENTS: GS70 + jm wave
w/ GABRIEL DOWIE
GS70
gs70.bandcamp.com/album/hi-anastasia
the solo project of Anastasia Gladkova, a musician and sound artist based in Chicago, IL. Born and raised in Russia, Anastasia combines delicate vocals and warm ambient textures with industrial noises and layers of heavy guitar to speak to human vulnerability and trauma. Permeated with sentimentality and nostalgia, GS70’s music explores grief and longing for a sense of home that might have been lost. Inspired by orthodox chants and Eastern-European folk, she cherishes her culture’s century-old traditions, balancing it with a fascination for the underground scene of Soviet post-punk, shoegaze, and industrial music as a form of rebellion. Blending these influences, Anastasia creates cathartic narratives that express the emotional complexity of searching for an identity in a life complicated by an autocratic regime and separation from loved ones.
jm wave
jmwave.bandcamp.com/album/key-x-two-2018-2024
the solo project of Chicago-based musician Zachary Sprenger. Since 2018, throughout his shifting roles playing synthesizer, drums, and guitar in the band Dendrons (Innovative Leisure, Earth Libraries), Sprenger has been steadily refining their home recording practice and producing equally mutable demos in the background. Named after their late cat Keke who often sat beside them while recording, the result is the self-released debut, Key x Two: a subdued and honest collage of the aforementioned tracks made using acoustic and electronic instrumentation and experimental processes. Using modular synthesizer, mangled samples, acoustic and fuzzed-out guitar, piano, and lap steel, Sprenger aims to straddle the line between blissful ambiance and cathartic noise, and continues to adapt their sonic trajectory.
GABRIEL DOWIE
gabrieldowie.bandcamp.com/track/a-beat-for-andrew
a musical project currently exploring ethereal and intimate textures, extended harmony, and asymmetric forms and rhythms. Lyrics focus on post-Christian alienation, betrayal, depression, and evil.
$10 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation, a nonprofit (501c3) arts & culture community interest project that focuses on presenting sound artists, djs, experimental, avant-garde, electronic, and international artists. if you like what we're doing, or if you can't make it but want to help us continue bringing stuff like this to rock island, please consider donating here.
gs70.bandcamp.com/album/hi-anastasia
the solo project of Anastasia Gladkova, a musician and sound artist based in Chicago, IL. Born and raised in Russia, Anastasia combines delicate vocals and warm ambient textures with industrial noises and layers of heavy guitar to speak to human vulnerability and trauma. Permeated with sentimentality and nostalgia, GS70’s music explores grief and longing for a sense of home that might have been lost. Inspired by orthodox chants and Eastern-European folk, she cherishes her culture’s century-old traditions, balancing it with a fascination for the underground scene of Soviet post-punk, shoegaze, and industrial music as a form of rebellion. Blending these influences, Anastasia creates cathartic narratives that express the emotional complexity of searching for an identity in a life complicated by an autocratic regime and separation from loved ones.
jm wave
jmwave.bandcamp.com/album/key-x-two-2018-2024
the solo project of Chicago-based musician Zachary Sprenger. Since 2018, throughout his shifting roles playing synthesizer, drums, and guitar in the band Dendrons (Innovative Leisure, Earth Libraries), Sprenger has been steadily refining their home recording practice and producing equally mutable demos in the background. Named after their late cat Keke who often sat beside them while recording, the result is the self-released debut, Key x Two: a subdued and honest collage of the aforementioned tracks made using acoustic and electronic instrumentation and experimental processes. Using modular synthesizer, mangled samples, acoustic and fuzzed-out guitar, piano, and lap steel, Sprenger aims to straddle the line between blissful ambiance and cathartic noise, and continues to adapt their sonic trajectory.
GABRIEL DOWIE
gabrieldowie.bandcamp.com/track/a-beat-for-andrew
a musical project currently exploring ethereal and intimate textures, extended harmony, and asymmetric forms and rhythms. Lyrics focus on post-Christian alienation, betrayal, depression, and evil.
$10 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation, a nonprofit (501c3) arts & culture community interest project that focuses on presenting sound artists, djs, experimental, avant-garde, electronic, and international artists. if you like what we're doing, or if you can't make it but want to help us continue bringing stuff like this to rock island, please consider donating here.
wednesday 25 june
FILMOSOFIA
FILMOSOFIA
free community film screening and reading discussion with philosophical themes hosted by Deke Gould PhD (Augustana College)
the film:
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
dir. Godfrey Reggio
runtime: 1h 26m
reading selection: Clark & Chalmers, “The Extended Mind” (1998)
*free print copies available in the cafe
free admision
all ages
pre-screening discussion 630pm
screening 7pm
post-screening discussion to follow
the film:
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
dir. Godfrey Reggio
runtime: 1h 26m
reading selection: Clark & Chalmers, “The Extended Mind” (1998)
*free print copies available in the cafe
free admision
all ages
pre-screening discussion 630pm
screening 7pm
post-screening discussion to follow
friday 27 june
SPECTRA READING SERIES
SPECTRA READING SERIES
David R. Collins Writers' Conference Faculty Reading & Participant Open Mic
Social at 6pm
Faculty Reading at 7pm
Participant Open Mic at 8pm
free and open to the public
Join us to hear the faculty of the Midwest Writing Center's annual Writers' Conference reading their work, featuring Skylar Alexander, Brett Biebel, Rebecca Entel, and Marguerite L. Harrold. The faculty reading will be followed by an open mic for Conference participants.
Bios:
Skylar Alexander wears many hats: she is an English teacher in an online private school; a book designer working with small presses, nonprofits, and individual clients; and a writer of poetry, creative nonfiction, and flash fiction. Her debut collection, Searching for Petco, was published by Forklift Books in 2022, and other work of hers has appeared in numerous places. She earned degrees in English and Entrepreneurial Management from the University of Iowa in 2015 and a Master’s in Secondary Education from NYU Steinhardt in 2022. She is a part-time digital nomad, splitting her time between her native Midwest, the East Coast, and abroad.
Brett Biebel is the author of 48 Blitz (Split/Lip Press, 2020), A Companion to Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon (University of Georgia Press, 2023-2024), and Gridlock (Cornerstone Press, 2024). His short fiction has been anthologized in Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction and featured in Wigleaf’s Top 50 Very Short Stories (2021). He writes and teaches in Illinois at Augustana College.
Rebecca Entel is the author of a novel, Fingerprints of Previous Owners; stories and essays in such journals as Guernica and Literary Hub; and flash in Jellyfish Review, Copper Nickel, and elsewhere. She teaches creative writing, including a novel-writing course patterned after National Novel Writing Month; U.S. and Caribbean literature; and the literature of social justice at Cornell College. As director of Cornell’s Center for the Literary Arts, she oversees a Visiting Writer Series, workshops and events, a literary and art magazine, and an internship program. She also mentors in the PEN America Prison and Justice Writing program.
Marguerite L. Harrold s a poet and writer from Chicago. Her first book, Chicago House Music: Culture and Community (Belt/Arcadia, 2024,) was short listed for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2024 by Chicago Review of Books (CHIrby award) and was nominated for Outstanding Book on the History of Chicago 2025, by the Union League Club of Chicago. She is the Educational Promotions Manager for African Poetry Book Fund, and an Associate Editor of Prairie Schooner. Marguerite is a PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her work focuses on African American and African Diasporic poetry, ecology, folklore, culture, social justice.
Social at 6pm
Faculty Reading at 7pm
Participant Open Mic at 8pm
free and open to the public
Join us to hear the faculty of the Midwest Writing Center's annual Writers' Conference reading their work, featuring Skylar Alexander, Brett Biebel, Rebecca Entel, and Marguerite L. Harrold. The faculty reading will be followed by an open mic for Conference participants.
Bios:
Skylar Alexander wears many hats: she is an English teacher in an online private school; a book designer working with small presses, nonprofits, and individual clients; and a writer of poetry, creative nonfiction, and flash fiction. Her debut collection, Searching for Petco, was published by Forklift Books in 2022, and other work of hers has appeared in numerous places. She earned degrees in English and Entrepreneurial Management from the University of Iowa in 2015 and a Master’s in Secondary Education from NYU Steinhardt in 2022. She is a part-time digital nomad, splitting her time between her native Midwest, the East Coast, and abroad.
Brett Biebel is the author of 48 Blitz (Split/Lip Press, 2020), A Companion to Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon (University of Georgia Press, 2023-2024), and Gridlock (Cornerstone Press, 2024). His short fiction has been anthologized in Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction and featured in Wigleaf’s Top 50 Very Short Stories (2021). He writes and teaches in Illinois at Augustana College.
Rebecca Entel is the author of a novel, Fingerprints of Previous Owners; stories and essays in such journals as Guernica and Literary Hub; and flash in Jellyfish Review, Copper Nickel, and elsewhere. She teaches creative writing, including a novel-writing course patterned after National Novel Writing Month; U.S. and Caribbean literature; and the literature of social justice at Cornell College. As director of Cornell’s Center for the Literary Arts, she oversees a Visiting Writer Series, workshops and events, a literary and art magazine, and an internship program. She also mentors in the PEN America Prison and Justice Writing program.
Marguerite L. Harrold s a poet and writer from Chicago. Her first book, Chicago House Music: Culture and Community (Belt/Arcadia, 2024,) was short listed for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2024 by Chicago Review of Books (CHIrby award) and was nominated for Outstanding Book on the History of Chicago 2025, by the Union League Club of Chicago. She is the Educational Promotions Manager for African Poetry Book Fund, and an Associate Editor of Prairie Schooner. Marguerite is a PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her work focuses on African American and African Diasporic poetry, ecology, folklore, culture, social justice.
saturday 28 june
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
LIMBO ROCK W/ BBJr
[rock 'n roll] [soul] [doo-wop]
dubuque homie BBJr returns to the record bar with more hits and deep cuts from the 1950s & early '60s. if you're a regular here then you've definitely heard his last set coming through the speakers more than once in the last couple of years.
and check out their record store in dubuque, RUIX RECORDS
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[rock 'n roll] [soul] [doo-wop]
dubuque homie BBJr returns to the record bar with more hits and deep cuts from the 1950s & early '60s. if you're a regular here then you've definitely heard his last set coming through the speakers more than once in the last couple of years.
and check out their record store in dubuque, RUIX RECORDS
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
saturday 05 july
AMATEUR SELECTORS PRESENTS: JAZZ KISSA
AMATEUR SELECTORS PRESENTS: JAZZ KISSA
THE REWIND W/ DAVID BAKER
[hard bop] [free jazz] [soul] [rnb]
KALA 88.5FM station manager, record collector, and music lover David Baker pops in for his debut on the record bar. David has been in radio since 1980! it's an honor to have him here spinning records for us.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[hard bop] [free jazz] [soul] [rnb]
KALA 88.5FM station manager, record collector, and music lover David Baker pops in for his debut on the record bar. David has been in radio since 1980! it's an honor to have him here spinning records for us.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
friday 11 july
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
READING IS A LISTENING W/ APRI ORION
[ambient] [ambient techno] [neoclassical]
apri is back! bring a book and settle into the environment music.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[ambient] [ambient techno] [neoclassical]
apri is back! bring a book and settle into the environment music.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
saturday 12 july
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
OUTTA SPACE W/ TREEPUNK
[dub] [punk] [house] [indie rock]
the treepunk is back, judging your trees and dropping needles on hot tracks. artwork by squid.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[dub] [punk] [house] [indie rock]
the treepunk is back, judging your trees and dropping needles on hot tracks. artwork by squid.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
saturday 19 july
OUTLETProgramme PRESENTS: JEREMY YOUNG + JESSE PERLSTEIN
w/ BISSELL & BERNS
OUTLETProgramme PRESENTS: JEREMY YOUNG + JESSE PERLSTEIN
w/ BISSELL & BERNS
JEREMY YOUNG is a maker of analog concrète electronic tape music from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Quebec. He is a member of the experimental poetry_sound unit Cloud Circuit, alongside writer Deanna Radford, and the electroacoustic modern classical trio Sontag Shogun, with pianist Ian Temple and sound/voice artist Jesse Perlstein, as well as other projects. Making use of a sine and square wave oscillator system, 1/4″ magnetic tape loops, filtered radio and EMF signal, and foley-inspired sound treatments from amplified surfaces and objects, Young’s improvisational techniques are influenced by Cagean chance as well as haptics-based praxis and deep listening. His unique, grid-less approach is anchored by combining the physical treatment of audio signal with complex musical content to create sonic narratives imprinted by the media on which they are recorded, edited, and played back.
Here in Rock Island, Young will perform sketches for tape and oscillators extrapolating the material on his new record, Cablcar (2025, Halocline Trance).
cargocollective.com/jeremyyoung
jeremyyoung.bandcamp.com/
JESSE PERLSTEIN is an LA-based composer/performer. He uses a mix of vocals, field recordings dubbed-to-tape, synth & analog processing to create experimental compositions bridging ambient soundscapes with looped harmonizing voice, resulting in rhythms and melodies that build, swell and explode into noise. He is also a member of the experimental, neo-classical trio Sontag Shogun, and the improvisational industrial techno outfit AxOxH.
jesseperlstein.bandcamp.com/
jesseperlstein.com/
BISSEL & BERNS
Drew Bissell and Lucas Berns present rumbling atmospheric sonic explorations via modular synthesis. Visual accompaniment synced live. For the seekers and the searchers.
$15 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation, a nonprofit (501c3) arts & culture community interest project that focuses on presenting sound artists, djs, experimental, avant-garde, electronic, and international artists. if you like what we're doing, or if you can't make it but want to help us continue bringing stuff like this to rock island, please consider donating here.
Here in Rock Island, Young will perform sketches for tape and oscillators extrapolating the material on his new record, Cablcar (2025, Halocline Trance).
cargocollective.com/jeremyyoung
jeremyyoung.bandcamp.com/
JESSE PERLSTEIN is an LA-based composer/performer. He uses a mix of vocals, field recordings dubbed-to-tape, synth & analog processing to create experimental compositions bridging ambient soundscapes with looped harmonizing voice, resulting in rhythms and melodies that build, swell and explode into noise. He is also a member of the experimental, neo-classical trio Sontag Shogun, and the improvisational industrial techno outfit AxOxH.
jesseperlstein.bandcamp.com/
jesseperlstein.com/
BISSEL & BERNS
Drew Bissell and Lucas Berns present rumbling atmospheric sonic explorations via modular synthesis. Visual accompaniment synced live. For the seekers and the searchers.
$15 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation, a nonprofit (501c3) arts & culture community interest project that focuses on presenting sound artists, djs, experimental, avant-garde, electronic, and international artists. if you like what we're doing, or if you can't make it but want to help us continue bringing stuff like this to rock island, please consider donating here.
friday 25 july
GARDEN CINEMA: JAWS (1975)
GARDEN CINEMA: JAWS (1975)
JAWS
1975 | PG | 2h
dir. Steven Spielberg
it's the 50th anniversary of this masterpeice. the movie that coined the term "blockbuster".
• Death Stitch Clothing will be vending thier iconic horror apparel
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
all ages
9PM screening
1975 | PG | 2h
dir. Steven Spielberg
it's the 50th anniversary of this masterpeice. the movie that coined the term "blockbuster".
• Death Stitch Clothing will be vending thier iconic horror apparel
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
all ages
9PM screening
wednesday 30 july
PHILOSOPHY PUB
PHILOSOPHY PUB
join us for a discussion lead by Luca Barba on the self.
free and open
8-930pm
free and open
8-930pm
friday 01 august
GARDEN CINEMA: JUMANJI (1995) - 90s FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
GARDEN CINEMA: JUMANJI (1995) - 90s FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
JUMANJI
1995 | PG | 1h 40m
dir. Joe Johnston
a classic for the 90s kids, and the last generation of family movies that were made a little bit darker.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
all ages
9PM screening
1995 | PG | 1h 40m
dir. Joe Johnston
a classic for the 90s kids, and the last generation of family movies that were made a little bit darker.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
all ages
9PM screening
saturday 09 august
OUTLETProgramme PRESENTS: STEPHAN HALUSLKA / ADAM SHEAD DUO
OUTLETProgramme PRESENTS: STEPHAN HALUSLKA / ADAM SHEAD DUO
STEPHAN HALUSKA - prepared harp
ADAM SHEAD - drums, percussion
https://www.adamsheadmusic.com/
https://stephanhaluska.wordpress.com/
Percussionist Adam Shead and harpist Stephan Haluska form an inventive duo that explores the outer edges of sound through improvisation and experimental music. Based in Chicago and Cleveland respectively, the two musicians merge their unique instrumental voices—percussion and harp—into textured, dynamic soundscapes that blur genre boundaries. Their collaboration draws on a shared commitment to sonic exploration and contemporary composition, creating performances that are as meditative as they are unpredictable.
Adam Shead is a Chicago-based percussionist and composer with deep roots in avant-garde jazz and experimental music. He has studied at Columbia College Chicago and the University of Michigan, and has performed with notable artists such as Marilyn Crispell and Roscoe Mitchell.
Stephan Haluska, based in Cleveland, is a harpist known for his use of extended techniques, electronic processing, and prepared harp textures. He holds degrees from Mills College and Bowling Green State University, and is active in both performance and education, including his work with the Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project. Together, Shead and Haluska craft a distinct musical language that reimagines the possibilities of their instruments.
$10 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation, a nonprofit (501c3) arts & culture community interest project that focuses on presenting sound artists, djs, experimental, avant-garde, electronic, and international artists. if you like what we're doing, or if you can't make it but want to help us continue bringing stuff like this to rock island, please consider donating here.
ADAM SHEAD - drums, percussion
https://www.adamsheadmusic.com/
https://stephanhaluska.wordpress.com/
Percussionist Adam Shead and harpist Stephan Haluska form an inventive duo that explores the outer edges of sound through improvisation and experimental music. Based in Chicago and Cleveland respectively, the two musicians merge their unique instrumental voices—percussion and harp—into textured, dynamic soundscapes that blur genre boundaries. Their collaboration draws on a shared commitment to sonic exploration and contemporary composition, creating performances that are as meditative as they are unpredictable.
Adam Shead is a Chicago-based percussionist and composer with deep roots in avant-garde jazz and experimental music. He has studied at Columbia College Chicago and the University of Michigan, and has performed with notable artists such as Marilyn Crispell and Roscoe Mitchell.
Stephan Haluska, based in Cleveland, is a harpist known for his use of extended techniques, electronic processing, and prepared harp textures. He holds degrees from Mills College and Bowling Green State University, and is active in both performance and education, including his work with the Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project. Together, Shead and Haluska craft a distinct musical language that reimagines the possibilities of their instruments.
$10 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation, a nonprofit (501c3) arts & culture community interest project that focuses on presenting sound artists, djs, experimental, avant-garde, electronic, and international artists. if you like what we're doing, or if you can't make it but want to help us continue bringing stuff like this to rock island, please consider donating here.
friday 15 august
GARDEN CINEMA: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
GARDEN CINEMA: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
1982 | R | 1h 32m
dir. Amy Heckerling
our back to school pick.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
17+ ages
9PM screening
1982 | R | 1h 32m
dir. Amy Heckerling
our back to school pick.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
17+ ages
9PM screening
friday 22 august
GARDEN CINEMA: HOT FUZZ (2007)
GARDEN CINEMA: HOT FUZZ (2007)
HOT FUZZ
2007 | R | 2h
dir. Edgar Wright
a perfect movie.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
17+ ages
830PM screening
2007 | R | 2h
dir. Edgar Wright
a perfect movie.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
17+ ages
830PM screening
saturday 06 september
GARDEN CINEMA: DEATH BECOMES HER (1992)
GARDEN CINEMA: DEATH BECOMES HER (1992)
DEATH BECOMES HER
1992 | PG-13 | 1h 44m
dir. Robert Zemeckis
zemeckis is awesome, so is the cast. and autumn is around the corner so a horror comedy felt right.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
all ages
830PM screening
1992 | PG-13 | 1h 44m
dir. Robert Zemeckis
zemeckis is awesome, so is the cast. and autumn is around the corner so a horror comedy felt right.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
all ages
830PM screening
thursday 11 september
OUTLETProgramme PRESENTS: ZOH AMBA SUN ENSEMBLE
w/ RANDALL HALL
OUTLETProgramme PRESENTS: ZOH AMBA SUN ENSEMBLE
w/ RANDALL HALL
ZOH AMBA SUN ENSEMBLE
zohamba.com/
Sun is the new project by Zoh Amba with pianist Lex Korten and percussionist Miguel Marcel Russell. The project was conceived through a commission from Roulette blending avant-garde, noise, and devotional hymns with a release June 2025 on the Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound. Zoh Amba is a composer, instrumentalist and songwriter from East Tennessee living in New York city. She began her musical journey steeped in the musical traditions of the South and has taken it from coast to coast. Zoh released her first two records in 2022, her debut record O, Sun which was released on Tzadik, the second record, Bhakti features Micah Thomas, and Tyshawn Sorey. She has collaborated with a variety of musicians such as Chris Corsano, Myriam Gendrom, Glen Hansard, Jim White, gabby fluke-mogul, William Parker, and Bill Orcutt. Amba has also performed at well respected venues and festivals such as ReWire (NL), BRDCST Festival (BE), Roulette (NY), Jazz En Agosto (Portugal), Saalfelden (AU), Big Ears (Knoxville) and Willisau Jazz. Today, Amba’s powerfully unique avant-garde music is full of folk melodies, mesmerizing refrains, and repeated incantations.
RANDALL HALL
randallhall.net/
Saxophonist, composer and improvisor Randall Hall moves at the sonic limits of the instrument to delve into the mythic, the esoteric, and the apophatic. As a leading interpreter of contemporary music for saxophone, his performances of new compositions and improvisations feature his mastery of extended techniques and cutting-edge electronics. Innova Recordings describes his music as “high-octane, supercharged sax” while The Wire says he plays with “utter confidence,” “fire and teeth,” and “unexpectedly tough beauty.”
$10 advance - ON SALE NOW
$15 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
zohamba.com/
Sun is the new project by Zoh Amba with pianist Lex Korten and percussionist Miguel Marcel Russell. The project was conceived through a commission from Roulette blending avant-garde, noise, and devotional hymns with a release June 2025 on the Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound. Zoh Amba is a composer, instrumentalist and songwriter from East Tennessee living in New York city. She began her musical journey steeped in the musical traditions of the South and has taken it from coast to coast. Zoh released her first two records in 2022, her debut record O, Sun which was released on Tzadik, the second record, Bhakti features Micah Thomas, and Tyshawn Sorey. She has collaborated with a variety of musicians such as Chris Corsano, Myriam Gendrom, Glen Hansard, Jim White, gabby fluke-mogul, William Parker, and Bill Orcutt. Amba has also performed at well respected venues and festivals such as ReWire (NL), BRDCST Festival (BE), Roulette (NY), Jazz En Agosto (Portugal), Saalfelden (AU), Big Ears (Knoxville) and Willisau Jazz. Today, Amba’s powerfully unique avant-garde music is full of folk melodies, mesmerizing refrains, and repeated incantations.
RANDALL HALL
randallhall.net/
Saxophonist, composer and improvisor Randall Hall moves at the sonic limits of the instrument to delve into the mythic, the esoteric, and the apophatic. As a leading interpreter of contemporary music for saxophone, his performances of new compositions and improvisations feature his mastery of extended techniques and cutting-edge electronics. Innova Recordings describes his music as “high-octane, supercharged sax” while The Wire says he plays with “utter confidence,” “fire and teeth,” and “unexpectedly tough beauty.”
$10 advance - ON SALE NOW
$15 at the door (cash only)
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* this concert is supported by Quad City Arts, through the Arts Dollars re-granting program, supported by The Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency, The Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, and the Quad Cities Community Foundation - Isabel Bloom Art Education Endowment, and is an OUTLETProgramme presentation, a nonprofit (501c3) arts & culture community interest project that focuses on presenting sound artists, djs, experimental, avant-garde, electronic, and international artists. if you like what we're doing, or if you can't make it but want to help us continue bringing stuff like this to rock island, please consider donating here.
friday 19 september
GARDEN CINEMA: THE WITCHES (1990) - 90s FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
GARDEN CINEMA: THE WITCHES (1990) - 90s FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
THE WITCHES
1990 | PG | 1h 31m
dir. Nicolas Roeg
the last movie jim henson personally worked on, the director of "don't look now" and "the man who fell to earth" at the helm, an adaptation of a roald dahl story, and anjelica huston. all star.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
all ages
8PM screening
1990 | PG | 1h 31m
dir. Nicolas Roeg
the last movie jim henson personally worked on, the director of "don't look now" and "the man who fell to earth" at the helm, an adaptation of a roald dahl story, and anjelica huston. all star.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
all ages
8PM screening
friday 26 september
GARDEN CINEMA: LA DOLCE VITA (1960)
GARDEN CINEMA: LA DOLCE VITA (1960)
LA DOLCE VITA
1960 | NR | 3h
dir. Federico Fellini
for our final garden cinema of the year we're screening a big one. we've been dreaming about this film playing in the garden for a long time. settle in, grab some wine, and let il Maestro take you for a ride. and we won't judge you if you wanna get up a dance a little.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
17+ ages
730PM screening
1960 | NR | 3h
dir. Federico Fellini
for our final garden cinema of the year we're screening a big one. we've been dreaming about this film playing in the garden for a long time. settle in, grab some wine, and let il Maestro take you for a ride. and we won't judge you if you wanna get up a dance a little.
• bring blankets or lawn chairs, blankets in front chairs in back please
• do not bring your own food or drink, the service window will be open
• screening in the back garden weather permitting
free admission
17+ ages
730PM screening
