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  • December 2025

  • Thu 25
    Super close macro photo of a snowflake. CC-BY Alexey Kljatov https://www.flickr.com/photos/chaoticmind75/46796797182/
    December 25, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

    ❄️ Closed December 25th

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We'll be closed on December 25th. Sorry for the inconvenience! Photo CC-BY Alexey Kljatov

  • Sat 27
    Flyer with a pink toy keyboard in the background and the following text: Toy Quieting Workshop December 27 & 28 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM 404 S. 20th St., PHL
    December 27, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop

    🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Is there a toy in your house that’s so loud it’s driving you up a wall? Are you just curious about electronics and sound? Join us for a hands-on workshop […]

  • Sun 28
    Flyer with a pink toy keyboard in the background and the following text: Toy Quieting Workshop December 27 & 28 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM 404 S. 20th St., PHL
    December 28, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop

    🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Is there a toy in your house that’s so loud it’s driving you up a wall? Are you just curious about electronics and sound? Join us for a hands-on workshop […]

  • Tue 30
    Package label with a circuit diagram showing the connections between a Pi Pico development board, a DFplayer MP3 player module, and a speaker. The text reads: Breadboard MP3 Player Kit • Pi Pico board with USB-C port  & pre-soldered header pins • DFplayer MP3 Player module • 3W speaker • 830 tie point breadboard • 2-prong screw terminal • 4 push buttons • single-core wire (20") • mini wire cutter/stripper tool • M2 screw Instructions & MicroPython code at iffybooks.net/breadboard-mp3-player
    December 30, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm 🎶 Breadboard MP3 Player Workshop

    🎶 Breadboard MP3 Player Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Stay tuned for details! Instructions & example code Here's what's included in the kit: Pi Pico board with USB-C port & pre-soldered header pins DFplayer MP3 Player module 3W speaker […]

  • Wed 31
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black
    December 31, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm 📡 Meshtastic 101

    📡 Meshtastic 101

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radio transceivers. We’ll show you how to flash the […]

  • January 2026

  • Thu 1
    1920s(?) era greeting card with an illustration of an old man holding a scythe exiting on the left while a baby stands with its right arm up on the right. Here's the text: GOODBYE OLD YEAR! Good-bye Old Faults, Old Complaints, Old Grievances. - Good-bye Grouches, good-bye Bad Habits, good-bye Pessimism, good-bye Hard-times, Welcome a Fresh-start. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU
    January 1

    🕰️ Closed January 1st

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We'll be closed on New Year's Day. Sorry for the inconvenience!

  • Fri 2
    The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font
    January 2 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 💻 Philly 2600 Meetup

    💻 Philly 2600 Meetup

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.

  • Sun 4
    Pi Pico Development board with red and black wires running to a USB port, attached to the Pico with twist tie wire
    January 4 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 🔄 Solder & Code: Pico Power Cycler

    🔄 Solder & Code: Pico Power Cycler

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build a gadget that turns power on and off for a USB-powered device. Useful for rebooting solar-powered radios, making decorations blink, etc. No experience with soldering […]

  • Sun 4
    '80s style pink glowing text reading "Homebrew Website Club" with a purple triangle and rainbow and grid receding into the background
    January 4 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club

    🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Homebrew Website Club is a growing world-wide network of meetups for everyone who wants to take back their web experience from social media silos, and own their online identities & […]

  • Tue 6
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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 chargers, notepads, etc.
    January 6 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Wed 7
    The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.
    January 7 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup

    💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Permacomputing + Solarpunk meetup is the first Wednesday every other month at Iffy Books! You can join us in person (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or remotely via Jitsi Meet. […]

  • Thu 8
    Old-fashioned website screen capture with a repeated picture of a cloud in the background: Welcome To The *Making Your First Website* Workshop Learn HTML and create a home page on Neocities! Total beginners welcome! Iffy Books / Ragman WARNING: this page is under construction
    January 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🚧 Make Your First Website

    🚧 Make Your First Website

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Make a home page like it's 1999! Join us at Iffy Books for a new workshop called Make Your First Website, led by Ragman a.k.a. Richard Green. You'll learn the […]

  • Fri 9
    Photo of blurry spinning top with colorful LEDs, and the following text: LED Top Soldering Kit Motion-activated spinning top w/ flashing lights! → Includes two CR2303 coin cell batteries
    January 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    For this class we're building a spinning top toy with LED lights that flash when it spins. No previous soldering experience required! Registration

  • Fri 9
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off
    January 9 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ❤️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    ❤️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Fri 9
    Photo of a black 3.5-inch floppy disk
    January 9 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    🛠️ D̶i̶g̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶P̶r̶i̶v̶a̶c̶y̶ ̶&̶ ̶A̶u̶t̶o̶n̶o̶m̶y̶ ̶W̶o̶r̶k̶s̶h̶o̶p̶ (postponed ’til March!)

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We're postponing this workshop 'til March. Stay tuned for an update! A workshop/discussion on digital security, tools, and divestment from big tech. Our goal is to find alternate platforms for […]

  • Sat 10
    A drawing of two smiling turtles facing each other, with a wi-fi symbol over their heads. One is wearing a cowboy hat and the other is wearing a little bowler. Both turtles have computers on their backs. The text "Model Internet Club" is at the bottom in a typewriter font.
    January 10 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 🚂 Model Internet Club

    🚂 Model Internet Club

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every second Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed […]

  • Sat 10
    The cover of a recent edition of 'Technics and Civilization' by Lewis Mumford, with blue and yellow overlapping circles superimposed on a photo from the '30s(?) of a train with a giant propeller on the front, with two people standing nearby
    January 10 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Technics and Civilization’ by Lewis Mumford (moved to Saturday!)

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! Full schedule: victorgom.es/neoluddite If you're joining for the first time, I'd suggest you read this before anything else for brief […]

  • Sun 11
    Flyer with 6 LED lights attached to a Pi Pico development board, with the following text: Pico LED Hourglass Workshop ⌛ Iffy Books A programmable timer for writing, cooking, games, etc.!
    January 11 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm ⏳ Pico LED Hourglass Workshop

    ⏳ Pico LED Hourglass Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Learn to make a programmable game timer and dice with a Pi Pico microcontroller! First you’ll solder six LEDs, two switches, and a vibration motor to the board’s GPIO pins. […]

  • Sun 11
    Circle-A anarchy symbol in cross-stitch form | Credit: https://www.deviantart.com/missy-tannenbaum/art/Cross-Stitch-Motif-Anarchy-60553547
    January 11 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Anarchist Sewing Club

    🧵 Anarchist Sewing Club

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Interested in learning to sew, mend or make clothes? Already know how and wanna hang out with people while sewing? Come and join us! Sewing supplies and a sewing machine […]

  • Tue 13
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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 chargers, notepads, etc.
    January 13 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Wed 14
    Flyer with an icon of a laptop and the following text in pink outlined with green: FAFIO meetup fuck around and figure it out!
    January 14 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 🤔 FAFIO Meetup

    🤔 FAFIO Beginner Tech Meetup: Share a File with BitTorrent

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    FAFIO is a new meetup for folks who want to learn new tech skills but aren't sure where to start. Let's fuck around and figure it out! Feel free to […]

  • Thu 15
    An example command using nushell, with nice colors and layout: ls | where size › 10mb sort-by modified
    January 15 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    💻 Nushell Basics

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Nushell is a modern shell that combines a rich programming language with a fully functional shell for efficient and versatile usage. Register

  • Fri 16
    Photo of blurry spinning top with colorful LEDs, and the following text: LED Top Soldering Kit Motion-activated spinning top w/ flashing lights! → Includes two CR2303 coin cell batteries
    January 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    For this class we're building a spinning top toy with LED lights that flash when it spins. No previous soldering experience required! Registration  

  • Fri 16
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off
    January 16 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ❤️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    ❤️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Sat 17
    Price tag with a photo of an ESP32 microcontroller, an LED screen that reads "useful info here :)" and the following text: ESP32 Breadboard Display Kit Connect to wi-fi and display weather, headlines, or transit times on a 1-inch screen! • ESP32 board w/ USB-C port • 0.96" OLED screen • 400 tie point breadboard • 3 push buttons • screw terminal for power/audio • 1 meter single core jumper wire • mini wire cutter/stripper tool 💭 Details and examples at iffybooks.net/esp32-breadboard-display
    January 17 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 🌤️ Breadboard Weather Display Workshop

    🌤️ Breadboard Weather Display Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Learn to connect an ESP32 microcontroller and an OLED screen on a breadboard to make a web-connected weather display! Register coming soon!

  • Sun 18
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black
    January 18 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 📡 Meshtastic 101

    📡 Meshtastic 101

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radio transceivers. We’ll show you how to flash the […]

  • Tue 20
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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 chargers, notepads, etc.
    January 20 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Wed 21
    Cover of the book 'Den of Spies' by Craig Unger, with ominous-looking graphics of Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter on a red square background
    January 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 👁️ Intelligence History Reading Group: ‘Agents of Subversion’ by

    👁️ Intelligence History Reading Group: ‘Den of Spies’ by Craig Unger

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    For our January meeting we're reading Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House (2025) by Craig Unger.   It was […]

  • Thu 22
    Flyer with an image of the Iffy Books logo carved in reverse on a pink rubber block, with the following text: Beginner Block Printing Thurs, January 22nd 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM Sign up at iffybooks.net!
    January 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    🖼️ Beginner Block Printing Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us on January 22nd from 6:00–8:30 p.m. and learn the basics of block printing. We'll carve designs into linoleum blocks and make prints with a provisional press. Thanks to […]

  • Fri 23
    Photo of blurry spinning top with colorful LEDs, and the following text: LED Top Soldering Kit Motion-activated spinning top w/ flashing lights! → Includes two CR2303 coin cell batteries
    January 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    For this class we're building a spinning top toy with LED lights that flash when it spins. No previous soldering experience required! Registration  

  • Fri 23
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off
    January 23 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ❤️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    ❤️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Sat 24
    Flyer with a green cross-stitch border, a picture of a cross-stitch house, and cross-stitch text reading "Host a website at home." At the bottom right there's a list of the following items with a square check box next to each one: - install Ubuntu Server - set up a firewall - make a web page - install & configure Apache HTTP Server - set up port forwarding - set up DDNS
    January 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 🏠 Host a Website at Home

    🏠 Host a Website at Home

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for the workshop Host a Website at Home! You’ll learn to run a web server using Apache on a single-board computer, letting you host a website from your […]

  • Mon 26
    Old-fashioned website screen capture with a repeated picture of a cloud in the background: Welcome To The *Making Your First Website* Workshop Learn HTML and create a home page on Neocities! Total beginners welcome! Iffy Books / Ragman WARNING: this page is under construction
    January 26 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🚧 Make Your First Website

    🚧 Make Your First Website

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Make a home page like it's 1999! Join us at Iffy Books for a new workshop called Make Your First Website, led by Ragman a.k.a. Richard Green. You'll learn the […]

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