Events

On Sunday, January 15th at 3:30 p.m. we’re hosting an electronics workshop for beginners! We’ll use A Beginner’s Guide to Circuits by Øyvind Nydal Dahl as our guide. This workshop is […]

Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

Presented by Philadelphia SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury assessment, basic bleeding control, and tourniquet […]

On Saturday, January 21st we’re running an audio digitization clinic! Bring a cassette tape or record from noon to 7 p.m. and we’ll help you make a digital copy. If […]

We're hosting a permacomputing meetup on Sunday, January 22nd at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via […]

For our January reading group, we'll discuss Ada Palmer's Too Like the Lightning, a utopian vision of a world that has radically reimagined, among other things, transportation, citizenship, and communication. […]

On Thursday, January 26th at 6:30 p.m. we'll play a round of the tabletop storytelling game Solarpunk Futures.Solarpunk Futures is a storytelling game where players imagine the pathways to a desirable […]

A new meetup for creators in Philly! You can find more info on Facebook: Philadelphia Creators Meetup

Wednesdays 5–8PM (except the last week of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks […]

On Thursday, February 2nd at 6 p.m. we're hosting a letter writing event for six Atlanta Forest defenders who have been denied bail. Bring a pen!

The Philly 2600 meetup will be at Iffy Books on Friday, February 3rd, starting around 6:00 p.m. > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, […]

On Saturday, February 4th we're hosting a data destruction event at Iffy Books. Join us at 1 p.m. for a workshop on several command-line tools for securely deleting data on […]

Join us at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 5th and make your own MP3 boombox! We'll use the DFPlayer Mini MP3 player board (below), which has an SD card slot […]

Philly ABC is back with our regular letter-writing events this month featuring Alex Stokes, an antifascist prisoner sentenced to 20 years for defending himself and others from armed Proud Boys […]

Wednesdays 5–8PM (except the last week of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks […]

Chip Set is a DIY electronics meetup at Iffy Books on the second and fourth Thursday of each month (starting February 2023). If you're interested in circuits, microcontrollers, and/or single-board […]

Are you curious about Mastodon and the fediverse? Join us Saturday, February 11th at 1:00 p.m. for an introduction to federated social media with Nelson Chu Pavlosky. Nelson is an […]

On February 11th and 12th we're hosting a two-day workshop on how to build a tent-safe heater that can burn isopropyl alcohol or ethanol. Workshop Day 1: Making the burner […]

Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, February 12th at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via […]

On February 11th and 12th we're hosting a two-day workshop on how to build a tent-safe heater that burns isopropyl alcohol or ethanol. Workshop Day 1: Making the burner Workshop […]

Wednesdays 5–8PM (except the last week of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks […]

This meetup is focused on hands-on learning and networking for those interested in information security. In other words a place for people to learn more about computer security and the […]

Join us Sunday, February 19th at 3:30 p.m. to celebrate the launch of "Fuck a Cellicon Valley," a zine about a development plan that would displace residents and destroy wild space […]

Presented by Untitled Medical Collective in association with Philly SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury […]

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. […]

For our February reading group, we’ll discuss Allegra Hyde’s cli-fi novel Eleutheria. See you Wednesday, February 22nd at 7 p.m.! This event is free. Donations accepted.

Chip Set is a DIY electronics meetup at Iffy Books on the second and fourth Thursday of each month (starting February 2023). If you're interested in circuits, microcontrollers, and/or single-board […]

On Friday, February 24th at 6 p.m. we're hosting a book launch party for Space Rogue: How the Hackers Known as L0pht Changed the World by Cris Thomas. Join us […]

Join us on Saturday, February 25th at 1:00 p.m. for a presentation by the folks at Philly Community Wireless. They'll tell us about the network they've built so far, where […]

On Sunday, February 25th at 3:30 p.m. we’re hosting a darning workshop and mending session. Total beginners welcome! Register:

Want to grow something this spring but not sure where to start? Have a community garden plot? A pot on your fire escape? A vacant lot on your block? In […]

On Sunday, February 26th at 3:30 p.m. we're running a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but you'll need to buy a circuit board with components for […]

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. […]