Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL

📚 Reading Group: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
2022-07-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
The Iffy Books Reading Group continues in July with A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (2021). We’ll meet to discuss the book on Wednesday, July 27 at 7 p.m.
Discussion leader: Joshua Kopin
Register:

✏️ The Writing Room @ Iffy Books
2022-07-26 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-07-19 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-07-12 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-07-05 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-28 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-21 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-14 17:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Want to get writing done this summer?
Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 pm every Tuesday for the months of June and July. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized into 3 40-minute “units” of silent writing with 10-minute breaks and accountability check-in’s in between. Facilitated by trained writing consultant and fellow co-writer, Shannan Hayes.
Please note: We will get started promptly at 5 pm, so it is recommended that you arrive by 4:45 to settle in. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.
See you there!

🌾💾 Permacomputing Meetup
2022-07-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Our June permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, July 24 at 1:00 PM EDT. Join us in person at the shop, or via Mumble audio stream!
We’ll discuss the following page from the Permacomputing Wiki: Permacomputing Principles
➡️ Download Mumble
Mumble server: 134.209.32.64
Port: 64738
➡️ Here’s a link to a list of topics discussed at the last meeting. Thanks to tonicfunk for putting it together!

🕳 LoRa Meetup [Networks of Philly is postponed]
2022-07-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Mike’s Networks of Philly talk is postponed until further notice. Sorry about that! We’ll let you know when we schedule a new date.

Instead, on Saturday at 2 p.m. we’ll host a LoRa (long-range radio) meetup. Bring a LoRa device if you have one, borrow one of our loaners, or buy your own for for $25.

On Saturday, July 23 at 2 pm, Mike Dank will give a presentation on the hidden internet infrastructure that surrounds us in Philly. We’ll also have copies of Mike’s new zine, LoRa + Meshtastic: Encrypted messaging from your phone without the internet. Hope to see you there!

Philadelphia’s network infrastructure is messy, clumsy, and often unseen by the general public. Wandering the streets, you may get a vague understanding of what’s going on—a manhole cover sits unassumingly on the crosswalk, or maybe a mysterious box with an antenna sits high upon a wall in a back alley, humming into the night. Under your feet and above your eye line, data is soaring by through brightly-lit fiber cable and ethereal radio transmission. The city is alive, but few may ever under stand to what extent.

networksofphilly.org
Networks of Philly on GitHub
@netsofphilly on Twitter

🔊 Audio Visualization Lab
2022-07-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
What’s the difference between a waveform and a spectrogram? What do these blobs and squiggles in my audio editor mean? What are the limitations of audio visualization? If you’re curious about questions like these, you should join us!
You can bring a laptop, but it isn’t required. We’ll be using Sonic Visualiser, a free program with versions available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
This event is free.

📅 CLOSED Sunday, July 17 📅
2022-07-17 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
We’ll be closed all day on Sunday, July 17. Sorry for the inconvenience!

📙 Big Summer Book Sale at Icebox Project Space
2022-07-16 12:00 - 18:00 | Icebox Project Space at Crane Arts, 1400 N American St., Philadelphia, PA, 19122, United States
On Saturday, June 16th we’ll be selling books at the Big Summer Book Sale, organized by Ulises Books. The event is at Icebox Project Space in the Crane Arts Building. See you there!

Game Night: Backdoors & Breaches
2022-07-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Wednesday, July 14 at 7PM we’ll be host a round of the role-playing game Backdoors & Breaches. You should join us! We’ll have drinks and snacks.

🎨 [Postponed!] Art History Teach-In
2022-07-13 18:00 - 21:00
This is event is postponed until September! Stay tuned for the new date.
> To give a 5-minute presentation (or shorter!) on an art topic people should know about, fill out the registration form below. If you want to show slides, you can bring the file on a USB drive or email it to iffybooks@iffybooks.net.
Register:

Anti-Copyright Meetup
2022-07-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
We’re hosting an anti-copyright meetup on Sunday, July 10 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. All are welcome!
Iffy Books
319 N. 11th St. #3E
Philly, PA

Bleeding Control Basics
2022-07-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
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 application. This class doesn’t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as many people as possible.
This workshop is free.
Registration:

[Closed on July 4]
2022-07-04
We’ll be closed on July 4. Sorry for the inconvenience!

🗓 First Friday at Iffy Books!
2022-07-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Friday, July 1 we’re hosting a reception for First Friday from 6–9 PM. We’ll have drinks and music — should be fun!

📚 Reading Group: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
2022-06-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Ursula K Le Guin’s The Dispossessed is a thought experiment in anarchist practice, a meditation on individual relationships as a model for political action, a treatise on the philosophy and physics of time, a climate change novel, and so full of other things that it didn’t have room for the communal pickle barrels.*
Join us on Wednesday, June 29th at 7:00 PM at the bookstore for the first meeting of the Iffy Books reading group, featuring The Dispossessed. Stop by the shop ahead of time to pick up a copy, available for $8.99.
Discussion hosted by Joshua Kopin.
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Register for the reading group:

💾🌾 Permacomputing Meetup
2022-06-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Our June permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, 6/26 at 1:00 PM EDT. Join us in person at the shop, or via Mumble audio stream!
➡️ Download Mumble
Mumble server: 134.209.32.64
Port: 64738

🎥 Resist Climate Inaction
2022-06-24 17:30 - 19:30 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Change of plans! We’re screening Resist Climate Inaction today at 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm so y’all can make the protest at City Hall.
On Friday, June 24 at 7PM we’re screening Resist Climate Inaction, a 12-minute film from Blockade Australia that everyone should see.
This event is free! We’ll have a discussion after the screening for anyone who wants to hang out and chat.

🔊 Audio Visualization Lab
2022-06-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
What’s the difference between a waveform and a spectrogram? What do these blobs and squiggles in my audio editor mean? What are the limitations of audio visualization?
If you’re curious about questions like these, this is the event for you!
Registration:

⌨️ Typewriter Party
2022-06-17 18:00 - 21:00
Do you have a typewriter you never get to show off? Bring it to the Iffy Books Typewriter Party on Friday, June 17, 6–9 PM.
We’ll have drinks and snacks! It’ll be fun!

🎥 Crass: There is No Authority But Yourself
2022-06-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On June 16 we’re hosting a free screening of the documentary Crass: There is No Authority But Yourself (2006), directed by Alexander Oey. Hope to see you there!
From Wikipedia:
> There is No Authority But Yourself is a Dutch film directed by Alexander Oey documenting the history of anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archive footage of the band and interviews with former members Steve Ignorant, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher. As well as reflecting on the band’s past the film focusses on their current activities, and includes footage of Rimbaud performing with Last Amendment at the Vortex jazz club in Hackney, a compost toilet building workshop and a permaculture course held at Dial House in the spring of 2006.

Anti-Copyright Meetup
2022-06-12 13:00 - 16:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
We’re hosting an anti-copyright meetup on Sunday, June 12 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All are welcome!
Iffy Books
319 N. 11th St. #3E
Philly, PA

🎥 Resist Climate Inaction
2022-06-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Friday, June 10 at 7PM we’re screening Resist Climate Inaction, a 12-minute film from Blockade Australia that everyone should see.
This event is free! We’ll have a discussion after the screening for anyone who wants to hang out and chat.

⚡️ Breadboard Night
2022-06-09 17:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Thursday, June 9 is Breadboard Night at Iffy Books! We’ll have plenty of breadboards, electronic components, and example circuits for y’all to play with. Stop by 5–8 PM.
This event is free! If you build a circuit you want to keep, you can pay for the parts and take it home.

Bleeding Control Basics
2022-06-08 19:00 - 21:00
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 application. This class doesn’t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as many people as possible.
Registration:

✏️ The Writing Room @ Iffy Books
2022-06-07 17:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Want to get writing done this summer?
Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 pm every Tuesday for the months of June and July. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized into 3 40-minute “units” of silent writing with 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins in-between. Facilitated by trained writing consultant and fellow co-writer, Shannan Hayes.
Please note: We will get started promptly at 5 pm, so it is recommended that you arrive by 4:45 to settle in. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.
See you there!
