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Repair Cafe June 2026

This is a bit late, but I still wanted to recap[…]

Repair Cafe May 2026

We did more repairs last month than we got photos of,[…]

Repair Cafe April 2026

You can tell Spring has arrived when people are so busy[…]

Repair Cafe March 2026

We had two busy events this month, doing a total of[…]

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April News

Hi everyone! Here’s a quick update on the Makerspace for the[…]

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Repair Cafe February 2026

Another month, another Repair Cafe in the history books, and this[…]

Repair Cafe January 2026

We had the biggest turnout this month since we started the[…]

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How the Repair Cafe works

Previously we covered how our Repair Cafe got started, and now[…]

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November News

Hi everyone, Just trying to keep everyone updated to what’s going[…]

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Origins of Repair Cafe Urbana

People have asked how and why we decided to start a[…]