Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
Cassette Mixtape Session
Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape! We have plenty of cassettes to share. We're suggesting a $5–$15 donation for […]
Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]
Cassette Mixtape Session
Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape! We have plenty of cassettes to share. We're suggesting a $5–$15 donation for […]
Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]
The Writing Room
Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer […]
Cassette Mixtape Session
Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape! We have plenty of cassettes to share. We're suggesting a $5–$15 donation for […]
Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]
Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ by Shoshana Zuboff
Our next book for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group is The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (2019). 
Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! Full schedule: […]
Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]
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Canceled due to the parade 
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Model Internet Club
The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every third Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. Space is limited […]
Design a Flyer with Scribus
Scribus is a free computer program you can use to design flyers, zines, books, and anything else you're planning to print! Unlike Microsoft Word, you can arrange text and images […]
The Writing Room
Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer […]
Design a Flyer with Scribus
Scribus is a free computer program you can use to design flyers, zines, books, and anything else you want to print! Unlike Microsoft Word, you can arrange text and images […]
Intro to Computer Music: Build an Algorithmic Sequencer in Max
This workshop approaches one of the most fundamental components of electronic music-making -- the sequencer -- as a potential creative collaborator. Leveraging a handful of simple algorithms, participants will develop […]
Capital Reading Group
Join us on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. for a reading group on Capital by Karl Marx. We'll post the sections we're covering before […]
Capital Reading Group
Join us on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. for a reading group on Capital by Karl Marx. For February 20th we're reading chapters 3 […]
Design a Flyer with Scribus
Scribus is a free computer program you can use to design flyers, zines, books, and anything else you want to print! Unlike Microsoft Word, you can arrange text and images […]
TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
The third Friday of every month from 6–8 p.m. we host a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our […]
Design a Flyer with Scribus
Scribus is a free computer program you can use to design flyers, zines, books, and anything else you want to print! Unlike Microsoft Word, you can arrange text and images […]
Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico
In this workshop you'll build and program a customizable 3-button USB keyboard using a Pi Pico microcontroller. You can program each button to type a chunk of text (e.g., your […]
The Writing Room
Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer […]
Volunteer Zine Folding Session
We print a *lot* of zines at Iffy Books, which we distribute for free or by donation. That means we’re constantly folding and stapling, which takes patience. And we’re currently […]
Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Birds of Maine’ by Michael DeForge
On Wednesday, February 26th at 7 p.m. we'll discuss the graphic novel The Birds of Maine by Michael DeForge. Hope to see you there! > Long after the demise of […]
Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]
Cassette Mixtape Session
Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape. We have plenty of tapes to share! Register:
̶M̶e̶s̶h̶t̶a̶s̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶1̶0̶1̶ (tomorrow at PCW instead!)
We're calling off this workshop because we're doing one with Philly Community Wireless the following day, Saturday, March 1st. We're very sorry for the inconvenience. Join us for an introduction […]
Meshtastic Workshop with Iffy Books & PCW
Join us Saturday, March 1st at 2141 N. Howard St. to learn about Meshtastic and LoRa for building encrypted networks with Steve McLaughlin from @iffybooks! Meshtastic uses small radios to […]
Linux Lab: E-Z Command-Line Encryption
The first Sunday of every month we'll host a self-guided tutorial for Linux beginners. On March 2nd we'll focus on no-frills encryption techniques using the command line. Stop by any […]
The Writing Room
Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer […]
Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable
Join us for a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners! You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. […]
Capital Reading Group
Join us on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. for a reading group on Capital by Karl Marx. We'll be reading Paul Reitter's recent translation […]
Beginner Soldering: DIY Audio Meter
Join us for another beginner-friendly soldering project at Iffy Books! You'll assemble a DIY audio meter kit, which you can use to visualize an audio signal's amplitude. To complete this […]
