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  • April 2025
  • Thu 24
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off
    April 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 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 […]

  • Thu 24
    Black and white photo of a shirtless hunk sitting on a fence, with the following text: Overflowing Poetry Presents: Mark Francis Johnson Ryan Skrabalak Jennifer Soong Ted Rees Iffy Books 404 S. 20th Thurs 4/24 7p
    April 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    🗯️ Overflowing Poetry: Mark Francis Johnson, Ryan Skrabalak, Jen Soong & Ted Rees

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

    Doors at 7, reading at 7:30!

  • Fri 25
    A photo of an audio cassette tape, made of black plastic with a red label. The brand is BASF, and the text says "ferro super LH 90"
    April 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 🎵 Cassette Mixtape Session

    🎵 Cassette Mixtape Session

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

    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: coming soon!

  • Fri 25
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black
    April 25 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 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 […]

  • Sat 26
    Simplified illustrations of four types of waves: a sine wave in red, a square wave in green, a triangle wave in blue, and a sawtooth wave in purple. CC-BY Omegatron, from Wikipedia.
    April 26 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

    🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

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

    Create your own digital audio sampler using a Pi Pico clone board! This project requires some soldering. It's recommended for folks who have soldered once or twice before, but beginners […]

  • Sun 27
    April 27 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am 🌊 Wave Craft

    🌊 Wave Craft: Music Box Spectrogram

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

    Stay tuned for details!

  • Tue 29
    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.
    April 29 @ 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 30
    Book cover for 'The Year of the Flood' by Maragaret Atwood, with a photo of a red poppy flower overlaid on a person in a feather-covered mask.
    April 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group

    🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Year of the Flood’ by Margaret Atwood

    The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. > Our April book is Margaret Atwood's Year of the Flood and in May […]

  • May 2025
  • Thu 1
    A painting of several factory buildings by Vincent van Gogh. There's matted hay on the ground in the foreground. A person dressed in black in the middle distance is carrying a long yellow object
    May 1 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 📚 Capital Reading Group

    📚 Capital Reading Group

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

    Join us on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. for a reading group on Capital by Karl Marx. Readings for May 1st: • The Working […]

  • Fri 2
    Simplified illustrations of four types of waves: a sine wave in red, a square wave in green, a triangle wave in blue, and a sawtooth wave in purple. CC-BY Omegatron, from Wikipedia.
    May 2 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm 🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

    🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

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

    Create your own digital audio sampler using a Pi Pico clone board! This project requires some soldering. It's recommended for folks who have soldered once or twice before, but beginners […]

  • Fri 2
    The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font
    May 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
    A king penguin head. Photo taken at Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland.
    May 4 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 🐧 Linux Lab

    🐧 Linux Lab: How to Transfer a Large File

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

    The first Sunday morning of every month we'll host a drop-in event for Linux beginners. No registration needed. Stay tuned for details! Photo CC-BY-SA Mark Dickson

  • 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.
    May 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
    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 Weds, May 7th 6–8 PM Thurs, May 22nd 6–8 PM Sign up at iffybooks.net !
    May 7 @ 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 […]

  • Thu 8
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black
    May 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 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 […]

  • Fri 9
    Simplified illustrations of four types of waves: a sine wave in red, a square wave in green, a triangle wave in blue, and a sawtooth wave in purple. CC-BY Omegatron, from Wikipedia.
    May 9 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm 🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

    🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

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

    Create your own digital audio sampler using a Pi Pico clone board! This project requires some soldering. It's recommended for folks who have soldered once or twice before, but beginners […]

  • Sat 10
    Simplified illustrations of four types of waves: a sine wave in red, a square wave in green, a triangle wave in blue, and a sawtooth wave in purple. CC-BY Omegatron, from Wikipedia.
    May 10 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

    🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

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

    Create your own digital audio sampler using a Pi Pico clone board! This project requires some soldering. It's recommended for folks who have soldered once or twice before, but beginners […]

  • 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.
    May 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
    Cover of the book 'Why we fear AI' by Hagen Blix & Ingeborg Glimmer, with pixelized text and a black and white halftone image of an outstretched hand with fingers spread
    May 14 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Why We Fear AI’ by Hagen Blix & Ingeborg Glimmer

    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 […]

  • Thu 15
    Painting of workers and enormous machines in a Detroit auto plant, painted by Diego Rivera
    May 15 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 📚 Capital Reading Group

    📚 Capital Reading Group

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

    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 […]

  • Fri 16
    Simplified illustrations of four types of waves: a sine wave in red, a square wave in green, a triangle wave in blue, and a sawtooth wave in purple. CC-BY Omegatron, from Wikipedia.
    May 16 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm 🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

    🎹 Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop

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

    Create your own digital audio sampler using a Pi Pico clone board! This project requires some soldering. It's recommended for folks who have soldered once or twice before, but beginners […]

  • Sun 18
    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.
    May 18 @ 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 third Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed […]

  • 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.
    May 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
    The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.
    May 21 @ 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 every other third Wednesday at Iffy Books! You can join us in person (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or remotely via Jitsi Meet. ➡️ […]

  • Thu 22
    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
    May 22 @ 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 23
    Photo of an ESP32-C3 Super Mini microcontroller, a quarter-sized circuit board with 16 pin holes along the edges
    May 23 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm 👻 Wi-Fi Tricks with Ghost ESP

    👻 Wi-Fi Tricks with Ghost ESP

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

    If you're interested in learning about wi-fi and Bluetooth networking but you can't afford a Flipper Zero, this workshop is for you! Ghost ESP is a network analysis/testing tool that […]

  • Fri 23
    Photo of an ESP32-C3 Super Mini microcontroller, a quarter-sized circuit board with 16 pin holes along the edges
    May 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 👻 Wi-Fi Tricks with Ghost ESP

    👻 Wi-Fi Tricks with Ghost ESP

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

    If you're interested in learning about wi-fi and Bluetooth networking but you can't afford a Flipper Zero, this workshop is for you! Ghost ESP is a network analysis/testing tool that […]

  • Sat 24
    Photo of an ESP32-C3 Super Mini microcontroller, a quarter-sized circuit board with 16 pin holes along the edges
    May 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 👻 Wi-Fi Tricks with Ghost ESP

    👻 Wi-Fi Tricks with Ghost ESP

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

    If you're interested in learning about wi-fi and Bluetooth networking but you can't afford a Flipper Zero, this workshop is for you! Ghost ESP is a network analysis/testing tool that […]

  • Tue 27
    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.
    May 27 @ 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 28
    May 28 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 🎸 Thrash Bot Workshop

    🎸 T̶h̶r̶a̶s̶h̶ ̶B̶o̶t̶ ̶W̶o̶r̶k̶s̶h̶o̶p̶ (Saturday!)

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

    This workshop has been postponed 'til Saturday the 31st. Sorry for the inconvenience!

  • Wed 28
    Cover of the book 'Piranesi' by Susanna Clarke, with an illustration of a satyr standing on a column playing a double-horned instrument
    May 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group

    🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘Piranesi’ by Susanna Clarke

    The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

  • Thu 29
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off
    May 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 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 […]

  • Thu 29
    A large spool of solder
    May 29 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm ⚡️ Solder & Gab

    🔥 Solder & Gab

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

    Join us every other Thursday from 4:30 to ̶7̶:̶0̶0̶ ̶p̶.̶m̶.  6:30 p.m. for a social soldering session at Iffy Books! Everyone's welcome, from dabblers to experts. Bring a project you've […]

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