Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
Our September book is Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors, a post-colonial fable that features, among other things, a support group for the chosen ones who were, in the end, not […]
On the second and fourth Thursday of every month we run a soldering workshop for beginners! You’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the […]
Join us for a workshop on the basics of recording audio! We’ll discuss mic technique, audio hardware, recording conditions, and software options. Everyone will get a chance to make a […]
Join us for a meetup of Meshtastic users in Philly! We'll meet in person at Iffy Books, and we'll be running a live stream so folks can try to join […]
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 […]
A talk by Gaia at Iffy Books Wednesday, October 2nd at 6 p.m. Ever been curious as to how your home WiFi works? Maybe you’ve heard of an IP address, […]
CALL TO ACTION: Join us at our open house at Iffy Books on Oct 3rd from 7pm - 8pm. Come engage with other folks concerned about these overpowered buckets of […]
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
Join us for a meetup of Meshtastic users in Philly! We'll meet in person at Iffy Books, and we'll be running a live stream so folks can try to join […]
We’re reading Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization by Rodrigo Nunes. How do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign? A decade […]
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 […]
The Neo-Luddite Reading Group meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Starting October 9th we'll discuss The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence […]
On the second and fourth Thursday of every month we run a soldering workshop for beginners! You’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the […]
Forget this Good Thing is a first-of-its-kind literary and philosophical experience. Both a book and an app, it was named a finalist for the Big Other Book Prize for Nonfiction. […]
On Saturday, October 12th at 6:30 p.m. we're screening the film Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou and Lang. This free event is presented […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We’re reading Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization by Rodrigo Nunes. How do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign? A decade […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our Meshtastic 101 class will begin at 3 p.m. on October 23rd, followed by a general meetup for local Meshtastic users from 4–6 p.m. Join us for an introduction to […]
On the second and fourth Thursday of every month we run a soldering workshop for beginners! You’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the […]
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 […]
Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape. We have plenty of tapes! Stop by any time 1-5 p.m. No registration […]
Join us Wednesday, October 30th at 7 p.m. to discuss the novel To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers. (We moved Who Fears Death to November 27th because copies were […]
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
We’re opening late on Sunday, November 3rd. We’ll be here 4–7 p.m. Sorry for the inconvenience!
This group is open to anyone committed to collective learning and liberation whether they are a member of Philly Socialists or not. We aim to tackle challenging theoretical texts together. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Once a niche interest of avant-garde electronic musicians, the practice of modular synthesis has flourished in the hands of a vibrant international community of artists, hobbyists, and weirdos. Electronic Music […]
