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  • September 2024

  • Tue 10
    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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    September 10, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ 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 11
    Flyer image with a book cover, a photo of author Brian Merchant wearing a gray sweater, and the following text: The Neo-Luddite Reading Group presents a virtual discussion with Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech Wednesday, September 11th at 6:30 p.m. EDT Join us at iffybooks.club/neoluddite or in person at 404 S. 20th St., PHL

    ⚙️ Virtual discussion with Brian Merchant, author of ‘Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech’

    September 11, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Blood in the Machine’ by Brian Merchant
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Wednesday, September 11th at 6:30 p.m., Brian Merchant will join us remotely to discuss his book Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. You […]

  • Thu 12
    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.

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop

    September 12, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ⚡️ 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 you’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for […]

  • Fri 13
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black

    📡 Meshtastic 101

    September 13, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm 📡 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 […]

  • Tue 17
    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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    September 17, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ 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 18
    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

    🏠 Host a Website at Home

    September 18, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm 🏠 Host a Website at Home
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    ▶ How-to zine on GitHub Join us for the workshop Host a Website at Home. You’ll learn to run an Apache web server on a single-board computer, letting you host a […]

  • Fri 20
    Flyer with a photo of two women standing back-to-back, with the following text: Love City Brewing, Iffy Books, Monarch Yoga & Toucy/Feely presents... DIGITAL DETOX NO-PHONE PARTY AT LOVE CITY GARDENS Friday | September 20 | 4-11pm At Love City Gardens FREE TO ATTEND

    📵 Digital Detox at Love City Gardens

    September 20, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
    Love City Gardens 1023 Hamilton St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Join us for a social experiment / collective action / community building event! A night of no phones. No digital photos. No social media. No FOMO. Just face to face […]

  • Fri 20
    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.

    🔓 TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup

    September 20, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🔓 TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Sat 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.

    🎶 I̶n̶t̶r̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶C̶o̶m̶p̶u̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶M̶u̶s̶i̶c̶:̶ ̶B̶u̶i̶l̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶A̶l̶g̶o̶r̶i̶t̶h̶m̶i̶c̶ ̶S̶e̶q̶u̶e̶n̶c̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶M̶a̶x̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶D̶r̶.̶ ̶M̶a̶t̶t̶ (Postponed to October 16)

    September 21, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 🎶 Intro to Computer Music: Build an Algorithmic Sequencer in Max with Dr. Matt
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Unfortunately we had to move this workshop to Wednesday, October 16th at 6 p.m. We apologize for the inconvenience! This workshop approaches one of the most fundamental components of electronic […]

  • Sun 22
    The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.

    💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup

    September 22, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 💾🌾 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 […]

  • Sun 22

    📚 Philly Socialists Reading Group: ‘Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization’ by Rodrigo Nunes

    September 22, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Tue 24
    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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    September 24, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ 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 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"

    🎵 Open Cassette Mixtape Session

    September 25, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 🎵 Open 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! Stop by any time 1-5 p.m. No registration […]

  • Wed 25
    The cover of 'The Saint of Bright Doors' by Vajra Chandrasekera, with a pair of ornate doors surrounded by blue with yellow in the background, and pieces of broken chine scattered around the corners

    🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Saint of Bright Doors’ by Vajra Chandrasekera

    September 25, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Thu 26
    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.

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop

    September 26, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Fri 27
    Photo of a Shure SM58 microphone

    🎤 Audio Recording Basics

    September 27, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm 🎤 Audio Recording Basics
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Sat 28
    Flyer image with the following text in black on a green background: PHL Meshtastic Meetups Sat, Sept 28 1–4 p.m. Sat, Oct 5 1–4 p.m. Join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St.) or virtually at iffybooks.club.meshtastic

    📡 PHL Meshtastic Meetup & Live Stream

    September 28, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 📡 Philly Meshtastic Meetup & Live Stream
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • October 2024

  • Tue 1
    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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    October 1, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ 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 2
    Flyer image with an illustration of a woman surfing in the bottom right corner, with the following text in blue: IP Addressing Basics a talk by Gaia Weds, October 2nd 6:00–8:00 p.m. Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL

    🏄‍♀️ IP Addressing Basics

    October 2, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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, […]

  • Thu 3
    Flyer with an illustration of a robotic dog and the following text: Shut Down Ghost Robotics Open House Join. Engage. Resist. Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St. Near Pine St. October 3, 7:00 PM @shut.down.ghost.robotics

    🤖 Shut Down Ghost Robotics Open House

    October 3, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Fri 4
    The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font

    💻 Philly 2600 Meetup

    October 4, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 💻 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 5
    Flyer image with the following text in black on a green background: PHL Meshtastic Meetups Sat, Sept 28 1–4 p.m. Sat, Oct 5 1–4 p.m. Join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St.) or virtually at iffybooks.club.meshtastic

    📡 PHL Meshtastic Meetup & Live Stream

    October 5, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 📡 Philly Meshtastic Meetup & Live Stream
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Sun 6

    📚 Philly Socialists Reading Group: ‘Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization’ by Rodrigo Nunes

    October 6, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Tue 8
    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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    October 8, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ 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 9
    Flyer image with gear teeth at the top and bottom, a book cover, and the following text: Neo-Luddite Reading Group 2nd Wednesday of every month at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) & online at iffybooks.club/neoluddite The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence by Matteo Pasquinelli Wednesday, October 9th 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. EDT Introduction – Chapter 5 Wednesday, November 13th 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. EST Chapter 6 – Conclusion

    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Eye of the Master’ by Matteo Pasquinelli

    October 9, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Eye of the Master’ by Matteo Pasquinelli
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Thu 10
    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.

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop

    October 10, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Fri 11
    Flyer with a drawing of an off-kilter city scene and the following text: A Little Divination Colin Dodds: Forget this Good Thing Aphorisms + An App Matt Dublin Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL Oct 11, 7–9 p.m. Creative good times FREE Please come

    📚 A literary event with Colin Dodds and Matt Dublin: ‘Forget This Good Thing’

    October 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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. […]

  • Sat 12
    Flyer with a purple-teal-peach gradient background, a movie poster with a robotic figure standing in front of skyscrapers, and the following text: A Screening of Metropolis (1927) directed by Fritz Lang based on a novel by Thea von Harbou Sat, October 12th 6:30 p.m. at Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL PRESENTED BY THE NEO-LUDDITE READING GROUP

    🎥 A Screening of ‘Metropolis’ (1927)

    October 12, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Tue 15
    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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    October 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ 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 16
    Flyer with the following text on a yellow background: the lowpass presents INTRO TO COMPUTER MUSIC BUILD AN ALGORITHMIC SEQUENCER IN MAX with Dr. Matt Wednesday, Oct 16, 6-8PM Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St. $5-20 Suggested Donation Laptops available if you need one!

    🎶 Intro to Computer Music: Build an Algorithmic Sequencer in Max

    October 16, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Thu 17
    A painting of two farmers walking. A man with a broad-brimmed hat and a white mustache carries a scythe over his shoulder, while a woman with a scarf over her hair carries a wooden rake beside him.

    📚 Capital Reading Group

    October 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 📚 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 be reading Paul Reitter's recent translation […]

  • Fri 18
    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.

    🔓 TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup

    October 18, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🔓 TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Sun 20

    📚 Philly Socialists Reading Group: ‘Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization’ by Rodrigo Nunes

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

    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 […]

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