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  • July 2024

  • Tue 23
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: New Summer Hours! 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.

    โœ๏ธ The Writing Room

    July 23, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm โœ๏ธ 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 24
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black

    ๐Ÿ“ก Meshtastic 101

    July 24, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ๐Ÿ“ก 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-sizedย LoRa radio transceivers. Weโ€™ll show you how to flash the […]

  • Wed 24
    The cover of 'Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech' by Brian Merchant. The words "Blood in the Machine" are in red, along with a large X covering an etching of two people working in a factory, one with a sledgehammer raised above his head.

    โš™๏ธ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Blood in the Machine’ by Brian Merchant

    July 24, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm โš™๏ธ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Blood in the Machine’ by Brian Merchant
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We moved our next meeting to Thursday, August 29th. See you then! 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @ Iffy Books โžก๏ธ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for […]

  • Thu 25
    A large spool of solder

    โšก๏ธ Intermediate Soldering Session

    July 25, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm โšก๏ธ Intermediate Soldering Session

    We host an intermediate soldering class on the fourth Thursday of every month. Weโ€™ll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for […]

  • Fri 26
    Photo of a Shure SM58 microphone

    ๐ŸŽค Audio Recording Basics

    July 26, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ๐ŸŽค Audio Recording Basics
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for a workshop on the basics of recording audio! Weโ€™ll discuss mic technique, audio hardware, recording conditions, and software options. Everyone will get a chance to make a […]

  • Fri 26
    Flyer with a book cover featuring a photo of a stack of hand-labeled cassette tapes, with the following text: Book talk with Rob Drew, author of Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable / Iffy Books Friday, July 26th Doors at 6:30, talk at 7 404 S. 20th St., PHL

    ๐Ÿ“™ Book talk with Rob Drew, author of ‘Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable’

    July 26, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us to hear Prof. Rob Drew trace the history of the cassette tape, a cheap, low-fidelity music medium that fans grew to love. Rob will discuss how cassettes upended […]

  • Sat 27
    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.

    ๐ŸŽถ Intro to Computer Music: Build an Algorithmic Sequencer in Max with Dr. Matt

    July 27, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ๐ŸŽถ Intro to Computer Music: Build an Algorithmic Sequencer in Max with Dr. Matt
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Sun 28
    The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.

    ๐Ÿ’พ๐ŸŒพ Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup

    July 28, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ๐Ÿ’พ๐ŸŒพ Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup is every fourth Sunday at 1:00 PM ET. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi […]

  • Tue 30
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: New Summer Hours! 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.

    โœ๏ธ The Writing Room

    July 30, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm โœ๏ธ 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 31
    Cover of the novel 'Annihilation' by Jeff VanderMeer, with a green illustration of a dragonfly and a threatening-looking flower

    ๐Ÿช Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘Annihilation’ by Jeff VanderMeer

    July 31, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Wednesday, July 31st at 7 p.m. weโ€™ll meet to discuss Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. See you then!

  • August 2024

  • Fri 2
    The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font on a black background, followed by the word "Meetup" and the following text: Friday, August 2nd 6-8 p.m. Iffy Books 404 S. 29th St., PHL

    ๐Ÿ’ป Philly 2600 Meetup

    August 2, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ๐Ÿ’ป 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

    ๐Ÿ“š Philly Socialists Reading Group: ‘Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization’ by Rodrigo Nunes

    August 4, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Weโ€™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 […]

  • Tue 6
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: New Summer Hours! 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.

    โœ๏ธ The Writing Room

    August 6, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm โœ๏ธ 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 […]

  • Thu 8
    Photo of a soldering kit with a circuit board shaped like a weevil, three resistors, two LEDs, a transistor, a photoresistor, and a battery clip.

    โšก๏ธ Beginner Soldering Workshop

    August 8, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm โšก๏ธ Beginner Soldering Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On the second Thursday of every month we run a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but youโ€™ll need to buy a circuit board with components for […]

  • Fri 9
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black

    ๐Ÿ“ก Meshtastic 101

    August 9, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ๐Ÿ“ก 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-sizedย LoRa radio transceivers. Weโ€™ll show you how to flash the […]

  • Tue 13
    Flyer with the following text, accompanied by a book cover and black and white photos of two bearded people: We Are The Ones We've Been Waiting For: Adam Greenfield in Conversation with Glenn Wallis (author of "An Anarchist's Manifesto") celebrating the release of Adam's new jawn 'Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire' Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 6:30Pm Iffy Books 404 S. 201H St., Philadelphia PA 19146

    ๐Ÿ“™ Adam Greenfield in conversation with Glenn Wallis, celebrating the release of ‘Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire’

    August 13, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us on Tuesday, August 13th at 6:30 p.m. for an event with Adam Greenfield, author of Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire (Verso, 2024). He'll […]

  • Wed 14
    The cover of 'Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech' by Brian Merchant. The words "Blood in the Machine" are in red, along with a large X covering an etching of two people working in a factory, one with a sledgehammer raised above his head.

    โš™๏ธ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Blood in the Machine’ by Brian Merchant

    August 14, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm โš™๏ธ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Blood in the Machine’ by Brian Merchant
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We moved our next meeting to Thursday, August 29th. See you then! 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @ Iffy Books โžก๏ธ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for […]

  • Fri 16
    The logo for The Open Organization of Lockpickers, with the acronym TOOOL at the top in red. Each letter O in the acronym is designed to look like the keyway of a lock.

    ๐Ÿ”“ TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup

    August 16, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ๐Ÿ”“ TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The third Friday of every month from 6โ€“8 p.m. we host a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our […]

  • Sun 18

    ๐Ÿ“š Philly Socialists Reading Group: ‘Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization’ by Rodrigo Nunes

    August 18, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Weโ€™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 […]

  • Tue 20
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: New Summer Hours! 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.

    โœ๏ธ The Writing Room

    August 20, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm โœ๏ธ 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
    Flyer with a green cross-stitch border, a picture of a cross-stitch house, and cross-stitch text reading "Host a website at home." At the bottom right there's a list of the following items with a square check box next to each one: - install Ubuntu Server - set up a firewall - make a web page - install & configure Apache HTTP Server - set up port forwarding - set up DDNS

    ๐Ÿ  Host a Website at Home

    August 21, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm ๐Ÿ  Host a Website at Home
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    โ–ถย How-to zine on GitHub Join us on Wednesday, August 21st at 2:00 p.m. for the workshop Host a Website at Home. Youโ€™ll learn to run an Apache web server on […]

  • Wed 21
    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.

    ๐ŸŽถ Electronic Music Machines: Intro to Modular Synthesizers with Dr. Matt

    August 21, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Thu 22
    A large spool of solder

    โšก๏ธ Intermediate Soldering Session

    August 22, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm โšก๏ธ Intermediate Soldering Session

    We host an intermediate soldering class on the fourth Thursday of every month. Weโ€™ll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for […]

  • Fri 23
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black

    ๐Ÿ“ก Meshtastic 101

    August 23, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ๐Ÿ“ก 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-sizedย LoRa radio transceivers. Weโ€™ll show you how to flash the […]

  • Sat 24
    A photo of the interior of Iffy Books, with an emoji of a caterpillar at the bottom right and the following text: Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl at Iffy Books Sat, August 24th, 2024 10 AM - 7 PM Make a cassette mixtape! 20% off climate & degrowth books

    ๐Ÿ› Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl + Cassette Mixtape Session

    August 24, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Saturday, August 24th is the Philly Bookstore Crawl! At Iffy Books we're running an open cassette mixtape session all day, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Stop by any time […]

  • Sun 25
    The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.

    ๐Ÿ’พ๐ŸŒพ Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup

    August 25, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ๐Ÿ’พ๐ŸŒพ Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup is every fourth Sunday at 1:00 PM ET. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi […]

  • Tue 27
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: New Summer Hours! 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.

    โœ๏ธ The Writing Room

    August 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm โœ๏ธ 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
    The cover of 'All Systems Red' by Martha Wells, with a grayish digital painting of a glass-faced humanoid robot with trees in the background

    ๐Ÿช Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘All Systems Red’ by Martha Wells

    August 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Wednesday, August 28th at 7 p.m. weโ€™ll meet at Iffy Books to discuss All Systems Red by Martha Wells. See you there! In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions […]

  • Thu 29
    The cover of 'Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech' by Brian Merchant. The words "Blood in the Machine" are in red, along with a large X covering an etching of two people working in a factory, one with a sledgehammer raised above his head.

    โš™๏ธ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Blood in the Machine’ by Brian Merchant

    August 29, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm โš™๏ธ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Blood in the Machine’ by Brian Merchant
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We moved our next meeting to Thursday, August 29th. See you then! 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @ Iffy Books โžก๏ธ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for […]

  • Sat 31
    Flyer with the following text superimposed on a blank DVD: Iffy Books Bootleg Hacker Conference Sat, Aug 31 10 AM - 6 PM 404 S. 20th St., PHL An All-DAY SCREENING of TALKS FROM HACKER CONFERENCES. Submit your favorites from hope, Defcon, etc. by 8/25 at iffybooks.net/bootleg

    ๐Ÿ’ป Iffy Books Bootleg Hacker Conference

    August 31, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Saturday, August 31st we're hosting a bootleg hacker conference at Iffy Books from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.! We'll spend the whole day watching recorded talks from this summer's […]

  • September 2024

  • Tue 3
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: New Summer Hours! 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.

    โœ๏ธ The Writing Room

    September 3, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm โœ๏ธ 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 […]

  • Fri 6
    The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font

    ๐Ÿ’ป Philly 2600 Meetup

    September 6, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ๐Ÿ’ป 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.

  • Sat 7
    Flyer with illustrations of mushrooms, a photo of 5 people, examining mushrooms in paper bowls, and the following text: Philadelphia Mycology Club First Annual Fungadelphia Festival LECTURES - WORKSHOPS - VENDORS - FOOD - FAMILY FUN Sat., Sep. 7 11AM - 3 PM Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia

    ๐Ÿ„โ€๐ŸŸซ Tabling at Fungadelphia Festival

    September 7, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Philadelphiaโ€™s first annual Fungadelphia Festival is coming to the Schuylkill Center this September! ๐ŸŽ‰ Itโ€™ll be a family-friendly, fungi fun filled day with lectures, workshops, vendors, food, crafts, and more. […]

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