Live music, free beer, and free clothing repair! ... See MoreSee Less
2 days ago ·
Celebrate Maker Week NY and Maker Faire with a Fixing Session!
You broke it? Who cares? We'll fix it together! Celebrate Earth Day EVERY DAY while we're at it!
Besides, now's a great time to make. good. art.
MTA Subway - 1/2/3/A/C/E/F/M/L/PATH West 14th at 7th Avenue
All are welcome, including anyone who wants to observe just by watching.
(We suggest a $5 donation for each item fixed, but no one will be turned away). ... See MoreSee Less
Manhattan Fixing Session
September 20, 2017, 7:00pm - September 20, 2017, 10:00pm
Celebrate Maker Week NY and Maker Faire with a Fixing Session! You broke it? Who cares? We'll fix it together! Celebrate Earth Day EVERY DAY while we're at it! Besides, now's a great time to make. good. art. MTA Subway - 1/2/3/A/C/E/F/M/L/PATH West 14th at 7th Avenue All are welcome, including anyone who wants to observe just by watching. (We suggest a $5 donation for each item fixed, but no one will be turned away).
1 week ago ·
Vincent tries to fasten an eyeglass hinge assembly. He also wants to wait to use a confirmed working battery on the Blackberry Z10. Matt and Rocco work on three pieces of jewelry. Most satisfying was Rocco and Jaime performing electrical bypass on the Macbook Pro AC adapter. D ... See MoreSee Less
1 week ago ·
Reading this reminds us why we fix things when everything else points to another direction. ... See MoreSee Less
"When that polo shirt gets a hole in it, he carefully sews it back together."
2 weeks ago ·
Fix yer clothes this week! We're going - we have stuff that's kinda beyond our talents. ... See MoreSee Less
Worn Wear Repair NYC
September 7, 2017, 11:00am - September 8, 2017, 7:00pm
Worn Wear is here to repair your clothes for free! We will also be accepting use Patagonia clothing trade-ins for credit to use in-store or on wornwear.com. Joining us for the festivities will be Adventure Cafe NYC serving cold brew coffee and iced tea, coconuts from Summers NYC and afternoon brews by Rockaway Brewing Co. Live music by HIGH WAISTED Thursday @ 7:30pm and DJ Jessica Louise Dye will be spinning tunes Friday @ 2pm. Thursday we will be joined by Surfrider Foundation and Friday by Rockaway Waterfront Alliance RWA, both local environmental grant recipients working to protect the places we work and play in NYC. Come meet, eat, drink and repair!
3 weeks ago ·
Our esteemed colleagues at the Boulder U Fix It Clinic are to be commended for inspiring kids to be engineers. ... See MoreSee Less
Boulder U Fix It Clinic and Boulder Public Library's BLDG61 makerspace in an article in American Libraries Magazine, featuring Becca Bloom: americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/09/01/libraries-everything-maintenance-repair-cafe/
3 weeks ago ·
Find out why and how your stuff broke, and how you can fix it. Lower tech gets love, too.
Conference room next to the Library! You'll likely need to be buzzed inside, but if the cafe's open, you can take the elevator.
All repairs are free. If you're really really really happy with the results, a $5 donation would be most appreciated!
MTA Subway - A/C/G Hoyt-Schermerhorn, 2/3 Hoyt St
MTA Bus - B63 or B65 to Atlantic Avenue & Hoyt Street ... See MoreSee Less
Brooklyn Fixing Session
September 6, 2017, 7:00pm - September 6, 2017, 10:00pm
Find out why and how your stuff broke, and how you can fix it. Lower tech gets love, too. Conference room next to the Library! You'll likely need to be buzzed inside, but if the cafe's open, you can take the elevator. All repairs are free. If you're really really really happy with the results, a $5 donation would be most appreciated! MTA Subway - A/C/G Hoyt-Schermerhorn, 2/3 Hoyt St MTA Bus - B63 or B65 to Atlantic Avenue & Hoyt Street
3 weeks ago ·
I have a homeless client with $20 to her name. She refuses to access public benefits. She has a 6 month old laptop that has a crazy virus. She needs the laptop to try to find a job, housing and remain in contact with her family. Can someone sit down with her and figure out how to remove the virus and recover the computer operating system? We've tried resetting and recovery but the virus doesn't allow her to complete it. She is close to your location at 543 Union. ... See MoreSee Less
3 weeks ago ·
Is there a Fixers session this Wed 30th Aug ? ... See MoreSee Less
3 weeks ago ·
We also see a different transformative quality when we fix things. ... See MoreSee Less
Ken Butler is a musician and artist who has hand-made over 400 beautiful musical instruments from ... garbage. He can summon sound and soul from just about anything he finds on the street.
1 month ago ·