Iowa City Repair Cafe

11/21/2025

And another reuse opportunity!

11/21/2025

Help wanted. Flexible hours.
Come visit Wednesdays through Saturdays to learn more.

11/12/2025

Gorgeous repair and restoration work by Houses into Homes! Way to save things from the landfill AND provide folks with the things they need!

11/12/2025

Reduce work, improve soil quality, and benefit from beautiful home lawns and gardens by mulching the fallen leaves 🍁directly into your lawn with mowing: https://www.bobvila.com/articles/mulching-leaves/

More info: www.icgov.org/compost

11/11/2025

"As of Wednesday, August 27th, each and every City High student was given a new chromebook to replace their old one. For most students, this was a much-needed upgrade. But for me, it felt a little unnecessary."

Why? Because why ditch it when you can still fix it? Thanks to Little Hawk opinion editor Nicolas Vergara-Vanegas for this great thought piece!

https://www.thelittlehawk.com/70361/opinion/new-chromebooks-for-better-or-for-worse/

11/05/2025

Repair! It helped preserve the history of Green Day. No really!

UC Berkeley’s campus radio station KALX Radio 90.7 FM Berkeley is a thriving part of Research, Teaching, & Learning (RTL)! Check out The Volunteers and The Couch, the first episode in a series of mini documentaries that emerged from a tour that KALX General Manager Timothy Lynch gave to RTL’s co...

11/04/2025

Volunteer opportunity from our friends Iowa City ReStore!

Did you know that when Iowa City ReStore volunteers fill up a truckload of cans, we receive roughly $1,000 that helps fund Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity's mission?

We are looking for some extra ReStore volunteers who can help us sort cans! This can either be a group volunteer shift or individual volunteers! 🛒💙

Interested? Sign up today at build.iowavalleyhabitat.org/volunteer_calendar and click "ReStore Volunteer"

Questions? Reach out to [email protected]

11/04/2025

And indeed, repair tutorial makers of the world, we too salute you!

Repair Video

10/25/2025

Thanks so much for volunteering your time!

10/17/2025

What will you repair? It's time once again for the Iowa City Repair Cafe, this Saturday 10/18 from 9-1 at the Eastside Reycling Center! Come on down, fix stuff, save the environment, and leave happy!

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/IAIOWA/bulletins/3f69b60