Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
Beginner Circuit Workshop
Beginner Circuit Workshop
On Sunday, October 29th at 1:30 p.m. we’re hosting an electronics workshop for beginners. No soldering required! 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 $12 to complete the projects. The kit contains the parts […]
The Writing Room
The Writing Room
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.
First Friday TOOOL Meetup
First Friday TOOOL Meetup
On Friday, November 3rd, 6–9 p.m. we’re hosting a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our monthly First Friday 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 […]
Disengineering Society Vape Mic Workshop
Disengineering Society Vape Mic Workshop
Vape Mic: Build a DIY mic using parts from a disposable vape a workshop led by the Disengineering Society In a world of products planned for obsolescence, disposable vapes reign supreme as pieces of modern technology that are almost never properly recycled. While the vape juice may run out, the battery, sensor, and sturdy housing […]
Philly Socialists is a political organization committed to creating a just and sustainable future for ourselves and our planet. As socialists, we believe in freedom, democracy, and the right to basic human dignity. Capitalism denies us all these. Only revolutionary change that ends capitalism will win us the future we deserve. And only a massive, […]
Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Human Use of Human Beings’ by Norbert Wiener (Chs. 3–7)
Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Human Use of Human Beings’ by Norbert Wiener (Chs. 3–7)
Our current book for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group is The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener (1950, revised 1954). On Tuesday, November 7th we're meeting to discuss chapters 3–7. Meetup link After this book we’ll read Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin (could maybe pair it with chapters from Artificial Whiteness, unless we […]
The Writing Room
The Writing Room
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
Beginner Soldering Workshop
On Thursday, November 9th 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 […]
Model Internet Club
Model Internet Club
The Model Internet Club meets again on Saturday, November 11th, 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 […]
Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, November 12th at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. This month we're discussing the talk "An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture" by Devine Lu Linvega. 
Meetup Link From Permacomputing.net: Permacomputing is a […]
The Writing Room
The Writing Room
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.
A reading by Treatbaby, Silt, Ferrucci & Skrabalak
A reading by Treatbaby, Silt, Ferrucci & Skrabalak
Hi Philly poetry pals, Next Friday, November 17th, four of my favorite people and poets will be in our fair city to give readings. There will also be a surprise! Please join me in welcoming this legendary quartet— seriously, you won't want to miss this. Nora Treatbaby is a writer and artist based in New York State. […]
Future of Coding Meetup
Future of Coding Meetup
Future of Coding is an online community with a welcoming, cooperative, and revolutionary spirit. We are unified in the belief that the common practice of programming is tragically less humane than it could be. There’s a world of possibilities that get more beautiful the further away from the norm you go. We’re here to explore […]
The Writing Room
The Writing Room
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, November 24th we'll be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., which means we're opening and closing a little earlier than usual.
The Writing Room
The Writing Room
Come co-work with other writers for 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.
Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Great Derangement’ by Amitav Ghosh
Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Great Derangement’ by Amitav Ghosh
On Wednesday, November 29th at 7:00 p.m. we’ll meet to discuss the book The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2016) by Amitav Ghosh. Hope to see you there! Get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else […]
Reading & discussion with José Alaniz, author of ‘Puro Pinche True Fictions’
Reading & discussion with José Alaniz, author of ‘Puro Pinche True Fictions’
On Thursday, November 30th we're hosting an event with José Alaniz, author of the new book "Puro Pinche True Fictions" (FlowerSong Press). Author/cartoonist José Alaniz has released a new prose/comics collection titled Puro Pinche True Fictions. The hybrid book collects short stories and comics, mostly set in the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas/Mexico border. […]
Philly 2600 Meetup
Philly 2600 Meetup
This will be the last Philly 2600 meetup at the old Iffy Books location, 319 N. 11th St. #2I. Should be a good one! > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people. Next week we're moving Iffy Books to […]
Philly Zine Fest
Philly Zine Fest
Philly Zine Fest is on Saturday, December 2nd from 10–5 p.m. at Temple's Mitten Hall (1913 N. Broad Street). See you there! Organized by The Soapbox. Sponsored by Temple University Libraries, with additional support provided by The Center for Humanities at Temple.
Tabling at the Anarchy Skill Fair 
