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

Letter Writing for 6 Forest Defenders in Atlanta Denied Bail
2023-02-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Thursday, February 2nd at 6 p.m. we’re hosting a letter writing event for six Atlanta Forest defenders who have been denied bail. Bring a pen!

✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books
2023-02-01 17:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Wednesdays 5–8PM (except the last week 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.

Philadelphia Creators Meetup
2023-01-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
A new meetup for creators in Philly! You can find more info on Facebook: Philadelphia Creators Meetup

Game Night: Solarpunk Futures
2023-01-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Thursday, January 26th at 6:30 p.m. we’ll play a round of the tabletop storytelling game Solarpunk Futures.
Solarpunk Futures is a storytelling game where players imagine the pathways to a desirable world from the perspective of a utopian future. Players use a deck of cards to remember Ancestors and work together using Tools and Values to overcome a set of real-world Challenges. Through dialogue and collaborative worldbuilding, collective and visionary narratives emerge of a new society, along with plausible scenarios for how to get there.
Solarpunk Futures is a project by Solarpunk Surf Club, led by members Nick Lyell & Max Puchalsky
Illustration by Solarpunk Surf Club, licensed under CC BY NC SA 4.0
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📚 Reading Group: 'Too Like the Lightning' by Ada Palmer
2023-01-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
For our January reading group, we’ll discuss Ada Palmer’s Too Like the Lightning, a utopian vision of a world that has radically reimagined, among other things, transportation, citizenship, and communication. See you Wednesday, January 25th at 7 p.m.!
This event is free. Donations accepted.

💾🌾 Permacomputing Meetup
2023-01-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
We’re hosting a permacomputing meetup on Sunday, January 22nd at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi audio stream.
➡️ Jitsi Stream Link
Here’s a recording from our December Meetup:

🔊 Cassette + Vinyl Digitization Clinic
2023-01-21 12:00 - 19:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Saturday, January 21st we’re running an audio digitization clinic! Bring a cassette tape or record from noon to 7 p.m. and we’ll help you make a digital copy.
If you bring a laptop, we’ll show you how to do it yourself. We’ll also have a computer available to share.
Sign up for for a 1-hour time slot:
➡️ Register for 1 p.m.
➡️ Register for 5 p.m.
This event is free. If you want to donate, you can find us on Patreon and Venmo.
Photo by Stuart Childs (CC-BY)

Bleeding Control Basics
2023-01-19 19:00 - 20:30 | 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.
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✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books
2023-01-18 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-01-11 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-01-04 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-28 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-14 17:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Want to get some writing done?
Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized into three 40-minute units of silent writing with 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins in-between.
BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc. See you there!

⚡️ Beginner Circuit Workshop
2023-01-15 15:30 - 17:30 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Sunday, January 15th at 3:30 p.m. we’re hosting an electronics workshop for beginners! We’ll use A Beginner’s Guide to Circuits by Øyvind Nydal Dahl as our guide.
This workshop is free to attend, but you’ll need to buy an electronics kit for $10 to complete the projects. The kit contains the parts you’ll need to complete all nine projects in the book A Beginner’s Guide to Circuits. We’ll also have copies the book for sale for $17.95. (9-volt battery not included. We’ll have batteries to share at the event.)
If you can’t afford $10 for the kit, email iffybooks@iffybooks.net and we’ll make arrangements.
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Workshop: Spread ideas with a pocket wi-fi portal
2023-01-14 15:30 - 17:30 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Saturday, January 14th (3:30–5:30 p.m.) we’re running our workshop Spread ideas with a pocket wi-fi portal. You’ll learn to program a Wemos D1 development board (based on an ESP8266 chip) to make a wi-fi access point with a web server. Anyone who connects to the wi-fi network will see a web page made by you. We’ll also show you how to install a bare-bones anonymous chat program on your Wemos D1.
We’ll have Wemos D1 clone development boards available for $4. Bring a laptop if you have one!
📶 Spread ideas with a pocket wi-fi portal
📶 Screen reading PDF
📶 Print-imposed PDF
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🎉 Spacewarming Party on the Second Floor
2023-01-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Friday, January 13th we’re having a party in our new space. It’s bigger, with windows! We’re in the same building, on the second floor in 2I. Stay tuned for more details.

💻 Command Line Beginners Meetup
2023-01-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Thursday, January 12th from 6–8 p.m. we’ll host a meetup for folks who are learning about the command line. Bring a laptop if you have one! Any OS is fine: macOS, Windows, or Linux.
This will be an informal meetup, without a set program or start time. We’ll have a few command-line experts on hand to answer questions and demonstrate whatever tools people are interested in.

🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop
2023-01-07 13:00 - 15:30 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Does your kid have a toy that’s so loud it’s driving you up the wall? Are you just curious about electronics and sound? Join us January 7th at 1 p.m. for a hands-on workshop on how to quiet or silence kids’ electronic toys. Bring an electronic toy to modify and we’ll walk you through the steps.
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🔓 TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
2023-01-06 18:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Friday, January 6th we’re hosting a TOOOL meetup from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Stop by and get some lock picking practice! All are welcome, including beginners.

🎊 We're open on New Year's Day
2023-01-01 12:00 - 18:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
We’ll be open from noon to 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day! Stop by and see our new space on the second floor (room 2I).

Closed December 24th & 25th
2022-12-24 - 2022-12-25 | PA
We’re closed December 24th and 25th. Sorry for the inconvenience!
We’ll reopen Wednesday, December 28th in room #2I, our new space on the second floor.

🌧 Closing at 8 p.m. due to unpleasant weather
2022-12-23 14:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
We’re closing up an hour early tonight (at 8 p.m.) so we can get home before the worst of the cold. See you next week in our new space!

Bleeding Control Basics
2022-12-22 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.
Register (optional but helpful):

✨ Iffy Market at Black Box
2022-12-21 16:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Iffy Market is on! Presented by Iffy Books and Bonk, with help from Vox Populi.

When: Wednesday, December 21st from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: The Black Box space at Vox Populi, across the hall from Iffy Books Address: 319 N. 11th St., PHL (3rd floor)

Books & Zines:Dead Drop DistroHere and Now ZinesIffy BooksPrayers ZineSam StoneThe Wooden ShoeViscera PVD
Art:Big Baby PokesDre GrigoropolJuan Tang HonLost MiragePet Riso
Fashion:Bee Daddy & SonsBunny EnoHello Pepper WorldKayChainz5000
The entrance to our building has five steps up to a landing where you can get on the elevator. Send an email to iffybooks@iffybooks.net if you’ll need help with a mobility device, or if you have questions.
We have three all-gender restrooms on our floor.
See you there!

💾🌾 Permacomputing Meetup
2022-12-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, December 18th at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL) or via Jitsi audio stream.
➡️ Jitsi Stream Link

☎️ PhilTel Payphone Install Party
2022-12-17 14:00 - 17:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Saturday, December 17th starting at 2 p.m., the folks at PhilTel will install a free payphone on the wall outside Iffy Books and we’ll have a party to celebrate. See you there!
Iffy Books is located at 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL (third floor). At the entrance, ring the doorbell labeled “Vox Populi” and we’ll let you in. We encourage wearing a mask.
The entrance to our building has five steps up to a landing where you can get on the elevator. Send an email to iffybooks@iffybooks.net if you’ll need help with a mobility device, or if you have questions.
PhilTel in the news:

As last pay phones disappear in Philly, new project envisions a free network of cloud-based kiosks to make calls (Philly Voice)
PhilTel wants to bring pay phones back to Philadelphia, for free calls (Philadelphia Inquirer)
A volunteer collective is setting up free pay phones in Philadelphia (CNN.com)
Free pay phones coming to Philadelphia for people without cell phones (KYW Radio)
Volunteers in Philadelphia have plan to reinvent public phones (CBS Philly)

💻 Command Line Beginners Meetup
2022-12-15 18:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Thursday, November 13th from 6–9 p.m. we’ll host a meetup for folks who are learning about the command line. Bring a laptop if you have one! Any OS is fine: macOS, Windows, or Linux. We’ll have drinks and snacks!
This will be an informal meetup, without a set program or start time. We’ll have a few command-line experts on hand to answer questions and demonstrate whatever tools people are interested in.

⚡️ Beginner Circuit Workshop
2022-12-11 15:30 - 17:30 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Sunday, December 11th at 3:30 p.m. we’ll host an electronics workshop for beginners! We’ll use A Beginner’s Guide to Circuits by Øyvind Nydal Dahl as our guide, and we’ll have kits for sale with all the components you’ll need. We’ll also have parts everyone can share.
Stay tuned for more info and registration!
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◼️ Philly ABC Fundraiser
2022-12-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Sunday, December 11th we’ll host a fundraiser for Philadelphia Anarchist Black Cross. Stay tuned for more details!
What is Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)?
ABC chapters around the world autonomously support people who are imprisoned for their thoughts and actions for justice and freedom from oppression, also known as political prisoners or prisoners of war. It is an extension of the work begun by the Political Red Cross in the late 19th century supporting political prisoners in Tsarist prisons or labor camps. PRC not only provided aid, but many times assisted in the planned escapes from prisons or places of exile. In 1907, the Anarchist Red Cross formed and branched out internationally to support both anarchist and socialist revolutionaries in prison and exile, since revolutionaries with these movements had begun to be excluded from the PRC’s support. With the rise of a new dictatorship in Russia, the ARC reorganized in 1919 as the Anarchist Black Cross. During the Spanish Civil War and WWII, ABCs comprised mostly of Russian Jews aided anarchist comrades fleeing from fascist persecution as well as those arrested in the resistance movements throughout Europe.*
In 1979, Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin, an anarchist political prisoner in the US at the time, issued a “Draft Proposal for an ABC Network” in hopes that it would initiate a united mass movement rather than individual collectives. This proposal influenced the growth of ABC for over a decade, and in 1995 several groups banded together to form the ABC Federation of which Philly ABC is still a member. In addition to roughly a dozen chapters across so-called North America, there are chapters in South America, Europe and Asia. As anarchists, we support a diversity of tactics and aim to support current political prisoners as they see fit. Most chapters on Turtle Island prioritize support for Black and Indigenous liberation struggles in addition to people from anarchist and other anti-authoritarian movements.

❄️ Philly Makers Syndicate Presents: A Holiday Vendor Bender!
2022-12-10 15:00 - 21:00 | First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Philly Makers Syndicate presents: A Holiday Vendor Bender!
3–9 PM, December 10th at The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
– 25+ vendors and 4 bands upstairs between two rooms at The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. There will be hot food available in the connecting hallway between spaces.
– The church has a BYOB WITH A STRICT NO GLASS POLICY. That said, there will be a Spike-Your-Own-Hot-Cider donation bar to benefit The Coalition for Black Trans Economic Liberation.
– The inside area and bathrooms are fully accessible with wheelchair accessible ramps to get in/out for patrons and vendors. There are also bathrooms down the stairs and to the right.
