Events

Router Hack Day III is Saturday, July 29th! Now that we have a working OpenWRT firmware build for the routers we've been working on, we'll show everyone how to install it. And then the fun begins! Here's our how-to guide for Saturday:➡️ Install OpenWrt on your Atlas Media Router  

On Sunday, July 30th at 1:00 p.m. we’re hosting an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radios. Here’s a link to our updated zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. If you have a LoRa radio (or reserve one below), we’ll show you how to flash the latest Meshtastic firmware […]

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Thursday, August 3rd at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios. To join the network, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices. ➡️ Meetup link Here’s a link […]

The Philly 2600 meetup will be at Iffy Books on Friday, August 4th, starting at 6:00 p.m. > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people. There won't be a Philly TOOOL Meetup this month. Sorry about that! The next one will be on […]

The Model Internet Club meets again on Saturday, August 5th, 1–5 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning. We’re just getting started on building it, so newcomers are welcome!

🌻 Wonder is coming to Iffy Books in Philly Aug 5, catch Ted Dodson, Liza Kotlar, Bridget Talone, Josef Kaplan and Ben Fama. There might even be a surprise laureate or two. Hope to see you there 🌻 Doors at 7:00, reading at 7:30. Ted Dodson is the author of An Orange (Pioneer Works / Wonder, […]

Time and Place: 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month 6:30–8:30 p.m. @ Iffy Books ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Contact: neoluddite@victorgom.es @notnaughtknot Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! You may have played around with chatGPT, or perhaps even used DALL-e to generate images from text. Though Large Language Models have been around since 2018, they're currently […]

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

On Thursday, August 10th at 6:00 p.m. we’re running a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but you’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the project. Here’s what’s included in the kit: 1 x Weevil-shaped PCB 2 x LEDs 1 x 47k Ohm resistor 1 x […]

Hello Philly friends, I hope all of you are managing to stay cool at the moment— the hallucinatory heat of high summer is truly upon us. Stay hydrated! I'm very excited to be hosting a phenomenal reading in a few weeks at Philly's best radical bookstore, Iffy Books. Joining us will be Danielle LaFrance, a writer […]

Saturday, August 12th, 12–4 p.m. at Iffy Books Unlock your making potential with the Hive76, Philly’s member owned and operated makerspace! Learn how to use laser cutters, 3D printers, and electronic equipment to cut, fabricate, and wire up your next project. Hive76 is a community of makers and crafters organized around a shared workspace. We […]

On Saturday, August 12th, 6–8 p.m. we're pleased to present DJ Mixing 101, a workshop led by PILLAR 5. You'll learn the basics using the free program VirtualDJ (available for macOS & Windows) and you'll get to see a TRAKTOR DJ controller in action. You'll need to bring a laptop to participate in the hands-on portion […]

Face masks required! Presented by Untitled Medical Collective in association with Philly 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 […]

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

Join us Friday, August 18th at 7 p.m. for a screening of Videos from the Trash Dimension Episode 1. It's free!

The Model Internet Club meets again on Saturday, August 19th, 1–5 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning. Newcomers are welcome! At our last meeting we set up a DHCP server, which will handle assigning IP addresses when new devices join the network. We have two or three websites running […]

Join us for a night to celebrate COLLIDE zine’s fourth issue at Iffy Books in the Vox Populi Art Gallery building in Chinatown. Enjoy light refreshments and Iffy’s charming new space which hosts monthly events for avant-garde artists, poets and internet techies! Open-mic sign-ups will be available for anyone that wants to read from the […]

Our monthly permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, August 20th at 1:00 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. See you there! ➡️ Meetup Link From Permacomputing.net: Permacomputing is a more sustainable approach to computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. Permacomputing is both a […]

Time and Place: 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month 6:30–8:30 p.m. @ Iffy Books ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Contact: neoluddite@victorgom.es @notnaughtknot Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! You may have played around with chatGPT, or perhaps even used DALL-e to generate images from text. Though Large Language Models have been around since 2018, they're currently […]

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

On Thursday, August 24th from 6–8 p.m. we're hosting an intermediate soldering session. We'll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for sale. Or bring your own project! Register:  

Bring your laptops and hang out with fellow community members of Philly JS Club for an evening of hacking on personal projects. The Philadelphia JavaScript Club, founded in 2022, is a place for developers of all skill and experience levels to connect, show off their work, and learn new things. We are devoted to being […]

For the Philly Bookstore Crawl on Saturday, August 26th, we're hosting an all-day workshop called Draw with Code: An intro to turtle graphics using Python. Stop by any time from 12 to 8 p.m. and learn to use Python Turtle, a drawing tool based on the educational programming language Logo. All ages and experience levels are […]

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on Wednesday, August 30th at 7 p.m. to discuss The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin. See you there!

Most of the art galleries in our building have postponed their First Friday openings to September 8, to avoid falling on Labor Day weekend. We'll be here 5–9 p.m. on Friday, September 1, opening slightly later than usual. We'll be closed on Saturday, 9/2 and Sunday, 9/3.

We will be open Saturday, September 2nd from 2pm to 6pm, and Closed Sunday, September 3rd. Sorry for the inconvenience!

We'll be closed on Saturday, September 2nd and Sunday, September 3rd. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

On Friday, September 8th at 6 p.m. we’re hosting a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our monthly Open Pick Night at Iffy Books! Whether you’re a novice who just stumbled upon LockpickingLawyer, a seasoned safecracker, or somewhere in between, come join us for a evening of […]

Echo Broadcast is an exhibition at Practice Gallery that explores fear and reverence to our complex relationship to ubiquitous technologies. The show highlights artists whose works are grounded in material reality, debunking the effortlessness of the cloud, examining techno-spiritualism, tech-capitalism, and the idea of the techno-utopian future. Artists and organizations involved in the exhibition include: […]

Stop by Iffy Books any time from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 9th and make a DIY Faraday shield for your phone! It's a quick project using aluminum foil and construction paper. When your phone is inside, you can be fairly sure it's isolated from radio communication via wi-fi, Bluetooth, and the cell […]