Saturday, October 22nd from 10am-2pm. In advance of the event, the Guild was interviewed by Technical.lyPhilly. Article below: http://technical.ly/philly/2016/10/14/philly-fixers-guild-repair-fair/
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The Philadelphia Sculpture Gym hosts another Repair Fair
Join us for our 7th Repair Fair event, and the first in 2016! We’ll be back at the Sculpture Gym; the location where we started just over a year ago. Hope to see you and your broken stuff there! DETAILS
Kensington Community Food Co-op to host Fall Repair Fair
KCFC, the Kensington Community Food Co-op, will partner with the Philly Fixers Guild and host their September 19th Repair Fair. KCFC’s future store site at the corner of Lehigh and Frankford Avenues in Philadelphia will serve as the event location on Saturday, September 19th from 10AM to 2PM. Members of the community and people from […]
The Associated Press visited our Repair Fair
AP reporter Kathy Matheson visited Repair Fair #4 at Greensgrow Farms. Photo Credit: (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) See her article and a short video here: Article
EcoPhilly covers January 2015 Repair Fair
Student and independent journalist Frances Dumlao (@francesdumlao) produced, shot and edited this outstanding quick-look into what we’re all about. She attended our third Repair Fair at Memphis Street Academy in January 2015, interviewing and shooting for her Arcadia University senior project. Her YouTube web series EcoPhilly is just off the ground and not something to be missed! […]
Philly’s Greensgrow Farms to host Repair Fair
Greensgrow Farms, an urban farming legend and staple in Philadelphia, has scheduled the Philly Fixers Guild for a repair fair this Spring. On March 28th, 2015, the fixers and volunteers of the Philly Fixers Guild will set up shop in the greenhouse area at Kensington’s Greensgrow Farms. Event Details here…
Nearly 60 Broken Items Brought to November Repair Fair
This past Saturday, the Guild’s talented fixers had their hands full with a continuous stream of broken and damaged items. Guests from as far away as Buck’s County brought everything from lawn mowers to dining room chairs. Of the almost 60 items carried in for repair, 30 were brought back to life through cooperation between owner […]
You’ve Got to Break It Down to Fix it Up
We at the Guild love to fix stuff. Fixing things is fun, rewarding, and responsible. It saves the expense of replacing the item, keeps the broken item out of the landfill, and it feels great to solve the puzzle and keep that favorite piece of furniture or stereo working. That’s the purpose of today’s entry, […]
Our first Repair Fair – Busy and Fun!
This past Saturday, we held our first Philly Fixers Guild – Repair Fair at the Sculpture Gym in Fishtown/Kensington. After all the planning and probably an inappropriate amount of hand-wringing, it all went down really well! Our inaugural group of volunteer Fixers were absolutely amazing! By the end, a total of 13 Fixers had made it to the […]