Collide Zine Live Reading + Open Mic

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 […]

💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 […]

⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Resisting AI’ by Dan McQuillan

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 […]

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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.

⚡️ Intermediate Soldering Session

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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:  

💻 Philly JS Club Hack Night

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 […]

🐢 The Philly Bookstore Crawl

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 […]

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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.

🗓 Open 5–9 p.m. on Friday

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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.

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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.

🔓 TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 Opening Reception at Practice Gallery

Practice Gallery 319 N. 11th St. 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, United States

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: […]

🔊 Make a Phone-Sized Faraday Shield

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 […]

📕 Author Event: ‘Sordidez’ by E.G. Condé

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Saturday, September 9th at 7 p.m. we're hosting a reading and Q&A with E.G. Condé, author of the novel Sordidez. Hope to see you there! E.G. Condé is an anthropologist of technology and an emerging speculative fiction writer of the Puerto Rican diaspora. His short fiction appears in If There’s Anyone Left, Reckoning, EASST […]

📡 Meshtastic 101

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Sunday, September 10th 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 […]

💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, September 10th at 3:30 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. ➡️ Meetup Link From Permacomputing.net: Permacomputing is a more sustainable approach to computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. Permacomputing is both a concept and a […]

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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.

⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Thursday, September 14th 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 miniature photocell […]

📡 Virtual Meshtastic Meetup

Jitsi Meet (iffybooks.club)

We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Thursday, September 14th 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 […]

🎵 Velocities 2 in West Philly

Leader Theater 4102 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United States

We'll be tabling and running a workshop at VELOCITIES 2 on Saturday, September 16th, presented by Meantime. The event will be at the Leader Theater in West Philly (4102 Lancaster Avenue). It's free! We'll be there 12–6 p.m., with performances continuing until 9. ➡️ Get a free ticket for the festival From noon to 2 […]

🏃 Running Down The Walls

FDR Park

We'll be tabling at Philly ABC's sixth annual Running Down The Walls (RDTW) on Sunday, September 17th, starting at 10 a.m. The 5K starts at 11 a.m. See y'all there! ➡️ Register by September 3rd Philadelphia Anarchist Black Cross and MXGM Philly invite you to our sixth annual Running Down The Walls (RDTW)! Join us for another […]

🚂 Model Internet Club

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Model Internet Club meets again on Sunday, September 17th, 1–5 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. The network is up and running! We now have a DHCP server, a DNS server with custom domain names, and handful of websites running as virtual hosts in Apache. There's a local bulletin board in the works, and we're considering our […]

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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.

💻 Philly JS Club Hack Night

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Bring your laptops and hang out with fellow community members of Philly JS Club for an evening of hacking on personal projects. ➡️ Register on Eventbrite 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 […]

🖼 Steganography for Everyone

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Saturday, September 23rd at 4 p.m. we're running a beginner-friendly workshop on steganography. You'll use the command-line program steghide to hide encrypted messages in JPEG files in a way that's theoretically undetectable. We'll have computers to share, but bring a laptop if you have one! If you're using macOS or Windows, we recommend installing […]

📊 Python Data Visualization for Beginners

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Sunday, September 24th at 1:00 p.m. we’re hosting a workshop on creating charts and graphs with the Python programming language. We’ll use the modules matplotlib to create a range of common plots: histogram, pie chart, bar graph, line graph, and scatter plot. We’ll use Jupyter Notebook to keep our code organized. This workshop is designed with beginners in […]

Narcan Training with Unity Recovery

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Sunday, September 24th at 6 p.m. we're hosting a free training session from Unity Recovery on when and how to administer naloxone (a.k.a. Narcan) to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. They'll also demonstrate how to use Fentanyl test strips. Unity Recovery is a recovery community organization (RCO) serving the Philadelphia (PA), Pittsburgh […]

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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.

⚡️ Intermediate Soldering Session

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Thursday, September 28th 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: