April showers bring May… Foulab events! Get ready for a packed month of hands-on workshops, open lab nights, and thrilling activities. If you love spring, you will love it here - we have drawers full of them.
Lead 101 and Tenant Organizing workshop - Tuesday May 6th @ 19:00 - 21:00
Learn the basics of lead contamination: what it is, where it hides, and why it matters. Then dive into how to organize with your neighbors to demand safer housing before you start glowing in the dark.
Hosted by @adouglas89
Bare Metal Emulation workshop - Tuesday May 13th @ 19:00 - 21:00
Come relax and feel the warm silicon between your registers as you dive into the art of interfacing with bare metal components, and help out a fellow Foulaber test run a workshop that is to be presented at NorthSec!
Hosted by @m00ooo
Killed by Dice presents: Classic Traveller - Sunday May 18th @ 16:00 - 19:00
Blast off into one of the original sci-fi tabletop RPGs. Continue your journey through the stars, and with enough wits and luck, you may even survive character creation. Limited spots available.
contact david AT killedbydice.com if you are interested.
Hosted by @der_moderne_man
MESH DAY with Montreal ATC - Monday May 19th @ 13:00 - 21:00
The Montreal Anarchist Tech Convergence presents a day of mesh networking workshops at Foulab, followed by a movie night. Get hands-on with the tools of modern digital autonomy: Meshtastic and LoRa for anarchists, Reticulum’s resilient protocols, and bleeding-edge experiments with Kulupu, Yggdrasil, and HaLow WiFi. It’s networks without landlords.
For more information check out mtl-atc.org
Foulab Monthly Meeting - Thursday May 22th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Join us for a high-impact alignment session where stakeholders converge to leverage synergies, optimize decision pipelines, and deep-dive into actionable governance items. KPIs include community engagement, beer drinking, and sustained operational excellence.
Killed by Dice presents: Pool RPG - Sunday May 25th @ 16:00 - 19:00
Curious about tabletop RPGs but don’t know where to start? The Pool by James V. West is a minimalist, story-first game perfect for beginners and veterans alike. No complicated rules, just shared imagination, a handful of dice, and a lot of weird narrative choices. Come roll with us!
contact david AT killedbydice.com if you are interested.
Hosted by @der_moderne_man
FOULAB PARTY!!11!1 - Saturday May 31st @ 17:00 - 23:00
:wq! your responsibilies and come overclock your vibes - there will be pizza, music, and good times with fellow hackers! If you’re curious about the lab, this is your sign to show up, hang out, and remind yourself that community is the best kind of infrastructure.
The ice is melting and with the reappearance of the long-forgotten grass comes a whole new month of creation and collaboration to take part in.
Wednesday Mesh Evening - Wednesday April 2nd @ 19:00 - 22:00
Explore and help build parts of this decentralized digital community filled with games, interesting people, and information. All hosted on physical nodes throughout Montreal.
The Wednesday Mesh Evening is a Wednesday evening event dedicated to mesh networking in all its forms. From discussing it, researching and testing alternative network topologies, to practical exercises in deploying peer-to-peer infrastructure in FOULAB and around it.
Come discover the wonders of the Mesh Network with kryma and friends!
Killed by Dice Presents: Classic Traveller - Sunday April 13th @ 16:00 - 19:00
We are diving back into the world of sci-fi roleplaying games. Come join the group for a new adventure!
We will have our first session of the monthly Classic Traveller game. There are still some open spots, please contact david AT killedbydice DOT com for more information, AKA der_moderne_man on Mattermost.
Sewing Orientation Workshop Night - Thursday April 17th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Want to learn the secrets of the elusive Foulab sewing machine? Fix your jeans, make a pouch, or even learn how to hem this Thursday.
Walking you through basic sewing machine etiquette, watch kida make and commentate his creation workflow. Hope to see you there!
Spring Cleaning - Saturday April 19th 26th! @ 09:00 - 18:00
Time to reckon with all the dust, debris, and desolate desktops residing in our beautiful space.
Join Foulab for the wonderful team-building exercise of getting your hands dirty and making clean. The event will be going on all day so bring your game face and come help out. Maybe enjoy some pizza with everyone after.
Due to scheduling conflicts with a holiday, this event has been re-scheduled to April 26th.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Tuesday April 22nd @ 20:00 - 21:30
This month we will be discussing the workshop, our incoming lock box, and other general infrastructure information. Come to get a sneak peek at potential workshops and events for next month or to have a say in the group decisions of the lab.
Share your ideas, your projects, and your thoughts on the future of Foulab. Your input is important to our future!
Project Night - Tuesday April 29th @ 19:00 - 22:00
Calling creators as well as spectators, come share and see what your fellow Foulabers have been working on. Ask questions, watch demos, and discuss passions during this quarterly project night where everyone will be enjoying the work of others.
Beginners welcome! If you’re new to the space, come by and see what we’re all about. It’s a great way to meet people and get involved in the community.
In other news be sure to check out the Linux installation workshop at the awesome CIEL CDN on Tuesday, April 15th from 16:00 - 20:00. Learn how to install the latest stable 64-bit version of Linux on your laptop! Join the fun here.
Brrr… on long cold nights such as these… it is always right to huddle next to your local CPU for warmth and company with those in your community… Don’t miss out on all the events in this busy March.
Wednesday Mesh Evening - Wednesday March 5th @ 19:00 - 22:00
This is your sign to come join us in building the most expansive, elaborate, decentralized, alternative network Montreal has ever seen!
The Wednesday Mesh Evening is a Wednesday evening event dedicated to mesh networking in all its forms. From discussing it, researching and testing alternative network topologies, to practical exercises in deploying peer-to-peer infrastructure in FOULAB and around it.
Everyone is hosting, and kryma invites you to host as well. Join the network!
Infrastructure Night - Tuesday March 11th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Join us as we dive into FOULAB’s “cinderblock” OPNsense firewall, its setup, administration, and maintenance.
FOULAB’s Infrastructure Nights are small, bite-sized lectures and workshops on Foulab’s internal IT infrastructure - how it works, how to use it, and how to fix things that inevitably go wrong in it.
Brought to you by eigma, this will be sure to increase your appreciation of the space and what goes into maintaining it!
Gentoo Night - Thursday March 13th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Have you ever wondered what goes into crafting Linux installs tuned for your specific devices and needs?
Wonder no more, and join us on March 13th as hairu presents their infrastructure for managing Gentoo with build scripts!
Sewing Orientation Workshop Night - Tuesday March 18th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Have a growing pile of clothes that need a bit of love, be it pants that need a bit of a hem, or holes that you’ve been meaning to patch, but just haven’t felt comfortable around the arts of the fiber and cloth?
kida is here to come to your rescue, hosting a workshop walking through getting started using a sewing machine, making something simple (a pencil case? a pouch?) and tips and tricks to get you started on your mending and making.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Thursday March 20th @ 20:00 - 21:30
This month, we’ll be discussing the workshop reorganization (the light at the end of the tunnel is there!), the museum reorganization, life at the lab, and keeping on keeping on.
Share your ideas, your projects, and your thoughts on the future of Foulab. Your input is important to our future!
Killed by Dice presents: Classic Traveller - Sunday March 23rd @ 16:00 - 20:00
We will be starting a monthly game of Classic Traveller, using the bare bones rules from 1977/1980. The first event will include character creation and some orientation. There are a few open spots,
contact david AT killedbydice.com if you are interested.
Tabletop Open Gaming Night - Tuesday March 25th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Open gaming night returns this month.
We usually play Warhammer 40K, with One Page Rules. Melee, Wizard, and Battle Line are also available. Others are encouraged to bring games they want to play. Warhammer? Magic the Gathering? Risk? Mouseguard: Swords & Strongholds?
The Roombening - Saturday March 29th @ 15:00 - 20:00
In the far year of 2025, Robots rule the world, and AI superintelligence can generate pictures that seamlessly blend into our reality. You may have a corporate robot in your house right now. Let’s hack it and make it your own! As roombas gain sentience, the importance of self-reliance when it comes to hosting of infrastructure becomes more important than ever…
This event is an old-fashioned hackparty dedicated to all sorts of cleaning robots. We’ll be assuming direct control of our Roombas through hidden maintenance ports and installing the custom firmware Valetudo on any compatible machine that we find.
Bringing a cleaning robot that supports Valetudo is required if you want to install it!
February is here and what better way to avoid the looming cold than joining in on these exciting Foulab events! Lets see what this month has in store for us…
Wednesday Mesh Evening - Wednesday February 5th @ 19:00 - 22:00
Looking to help with the ongoing creation of the coolest local network in Montreal? Consisting of physical nodes placed across the island this project is a great example of community hacking.
The Wednesday Mesh Evening is a Wednesday evening event dedicated to mesh networking in all its forms. From discussing it, researching and testing alternative network topologies, to practical exercises in deploying peer-to-peer infrastructure in FOULAB and around it.
This event is hosted by kryma so node-body should be missing it.
Wiki Night - Thursday February 13th @ 20:00 - 20:30
Interested in the organization of Foulab’s history and internal encyclopedia? Join eigma in tackling the ever evolving battle against out of date documentation.
Learn about the wiki and the inner workings of Foulab while in great company.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Tuesday February 18th @ 20:00 - 21:30
Workshop renovations, the museum expansion, and more will be discussed and decided upon at the monthly meetings. Come share your ideas for the space and weigh in on important issues. And get some pizza after.
This public night will have a special time slot for an organizational meeting. Join us to talk about FOULAB - make your voice heard on things that matter most.
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen V - Sunday February 23rd @ 16:00 - 19:00
Ever wondered what it would be like to be an intergalactic creature slaying badass? Join der_moderne_man in delving into the role playing game Three Sixteen V, where you can be that… and more.
Collaborated by the NDG tabletop roleplaying group Killed by Dice and Foulab.
Tabletop Game Night - Tuesday February 25th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Another night to play your favorite table top games with other enthusiasts. Starting as a Warhammer night the evening has been now opened to other strategic tabletop wargames and more.
With games like Melee & Wizard, Warhammer, and whispers of a Trench Crusade appearance, this is shaping up to be a night to remember.
der_moderne_man is hosting, so be sure to stop by!
November is here, and we are officially in the second year of our regular updates! Join the new events - participation is always welcome.
Debian & Stuff - Saturday November 2nd @ 10:00 - 17:00
It has happened - Debian & Stuff returns to FOULAB on the 2nd of November. An opportunity to chat Debian and the rare FOULAB open day - will you join it?
“Debian & Stuff” are informal gatherings of the local Debian community in Montreal to work on things related to Debian - or not. Come talk to us or work on an interesting project: everyone is welcome!
Wednesday Mesh Evening - Wednesday November 6th @ 19:00 - 22:00
The mesh networking struggle continues! Last month, we experimented with our first HaLow chips - this month, we’re looking to build links.
The Wednesday Mesh Evening is a Wednesday evening event dedicated to mesh networking in all its forms. From discussing it, researching and testing alternative network topologies, to practical exercises in deploying peer-to-peer infrastructure in FOULAB and around it.
As usual, kryma is hosting. Come build a new internet with us?
F0UL4B HACKERSPACE PROJECT NIGHT - Tuesday November 12th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Do you have four months’ worth of projects gestating on your shelf for too long? Are you craving a deadline to show your latest and greatest work in a big way? Good news for you, then - the project night is back.
The quarterly HACKERSPACE PROJECT NIGHT is an event dedicated to you - yes, you - and your projects. Bring your newest hobby in and show it off to an audience of hackers, or come in to watch what the rest of FOULAB has been cooking up. Either way, it’s going to be a creative blast.
Hosting the night is the legendary majir himself - folk tales say he wrote his own WASM compiler using a Lisp development environment and a can of beer.
Creative Recycling: Making Art with Scrap Material - Saturday November 16th & Sunday November 17th @ 19:00 - 22:00
Missed your chance in October? Creative Recycling returns for another round! Join the team and create some awesome sculptures with materials you got for free with food.
Creative Recycling is a semi-recurring workshop that shows how to creatively incorporate refuse plastic and aluminum into aesthetically pleasing sculpture. The workshop is entry level - students with no previous experience are welcome to attend.
Local artist stuntman (also known as @jonjonanimation) invites you to bring your creativity out. Turn your trash into treasure, today.
Warhammer Night 6 - Tuesday November 19th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Another Warhammer night! Join our lively mix of wargamers, sculptors, and 3D printers. Fight with your minifigures - or tune them up to be real fancy.
Warhammer Nights are a recurring event dedicated to the Warhammer series, and similar strategic tabletop wargames that we play over the course of an open night.
der_moderne_man invites you to fight once again - are you bad enough to take on the challenge?
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Thursday November 21st @ 20:00 - 21:30
Last meeting was all about updates. An update on the museum and its wonderful new shelves, an update on the bathroom (being worked on). This time, let’s finish some infrastructure renovations.
This public night will have a special time slot for an organizational meeting. Join us to talk about FOULAB - make your voice heard on things that matter most.
Welding curious? - Saturday November 23rd @ 13:00 - 17:00
Always wanted to try arc welding, but the money and time commitment held you back? Worried about blinding yourself or burning the house down? Come on down and give it a try with us! We will thoroughly discuss welding safety, and explain the different arc welding processes. You’ll get to join weld some metal together and make a small project!
Required - wool, cotton or other fire resistant clothing that you don’t mind damaging. Long sleeves, long pants and closed footwear. Be ready to tie back long hair and remove dangling jewellery. Work boots not required but won’t hurt. We provide other PPE but you are welcome to bring your own. strawdog is hosting.
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen IV - Sunday November 24th @ 16:00 - 19:00
We return to another session of Three Sixteen - an easy game about being a space marine, and a guaranteed afternoon of fun for everyone participating.
This is a regular collaboration between the NDG tabletop roleplaying group Killed by Dice and FOULAB. RSVP to join us for a monthly open game - slots are limited.
With der_moderne_man playing as a ton of deadly aliens, Earth’s ambitious colonization project cannot advance without you. Join the crew!
Open-source HVAC/PPE afternoon hangout - Saturday November 30th @ 15:00 - 18:00
The first HVAC/PPE afternoon is officially a thing! Join fellow enthusiasts and talk about your achievements. Have you installed solar to passively cool your house in an eco-conscious way? Are you heating your apartment with a Bitcoin rig in the winter? Do you consider chemical warfare protection when choosing your wardrobe for the day? We want to hear it.
This is an experimental gathering with the aims to bring together people interested in air quality control, temperature regulation, and other atmospheric safety measures - whether on a scale of one person or a whole building. HVAC and PPE enthusiasts welcome - as is anyone who is interested in the topic.
June has come - and with it, the summer has started! Feeling the heat yet? That’s a fantastic new month the lab is cooking up.
Sunday Mesh Morning III - Sunday June 5th 9th @ 10:00 - 13:00
An ongoing exploration of mesh networking and decentralized infrastructure hosted by none other than kryma and the team.
Come join the crew - get mesh networking software on your laptop, and maybe even set a piece of lab infrastructure up!
Warhammer Night - Tuesday June 11th @ 19:00 - 21:00
A community of Warhammer enthusiasts is slowly assembling at Foulab. Seems those minis are just irresistible, huh?
Come join der_moderne_man’s charge to secure a little event for the tiny plastic soldier appreciators. 3D prints and plamods welcome!
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Saturday June 15th @ 15:00 - 17:00
Meeting time! Let’s get some pizza going and discuss how the lab has been running so far. Make your voice heard - members, users, and the Foulab public is welcome and encouraged to attend!
Among topics to discuss are upcoming conferences and conventions, making the space all nice, and potential new projects to integrate into the lab.
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen - Sunday June 16th @ 16:00 - 19:00
der_moderne_man, Foulab’s resident game master and Killed by Dice operator, brings a Space Marine sort of adventure to the lab. Fight with honor and fulfil your duty as a citizen in a tabletop RPG heavily inspired by Starship Troopers. Enlist today on Eventbrite - spots are limited!
Wiki Night - Tuesday June 18th @ 20:00 - 20:30
The Wiki Night has been going great! Last time, we were connecting isolated pages to the main Foulab wiki graph. Want to do some documentation in a cool way? Join our documentation overlord eigma for the most fun 30 minutes you can have with a community-run encyclopedia.
Demonstration of Resilient Infrastructure Through Open Sessions (aka Infrastructure Night) - Tuesday June 25th @ 20:00 - 22:00
One system administrator is too little for a big thing like Foulab. You can be a system administrator, too! Join eigma and a few other interested parties as we train green rookies and pros alike to become hardened hackerspace maintainers.
Another event is to be announced later in the month.
May is upon us! Let’s start with a big announcement.
FOULAB Does Gamedev v1 - a month-long SMBX level design collab
With support of four generous sponsors, we are launching a month-long platformer game collab fest.
Your goal is simple. Make a level for a classic platformer game, the first work of the famous indie developer Redigit, Super Mario Bros. X.
You can download the game here. (A faithful Linux port with a lesser editor is available here, and a fan-made continuation lives on here )
Why make a level? Well, it has been agreed that for every unique Foulaber that makes a level*, each of the sponsors will pitch in $5 to the lab - a total of $20. Twenty dollars - and your mark on a grand piece of Foulab art. Want to support the space and flex your creative muscles in the meantime? Get making! Don’t want to do that? Get your friends making! We are situated in the ~UUDDLRLRBAStart channel in Mattermost.
(*donation extends up to a maximum of 20 participants involved)
The work will be released as a collab album later in the year.
Sunday Mesh Morning II - Sunday May 5th @ 10:00 - 13:00
kryma and the mesh team are up to their usual again. Join a team of ragtag enthusiasts and make computers talk to each other.
We will install Linux on new routers, and try to get a nice high-speed Foulab node for our local network project KULUPU. Join us?
Intro workshop for FOULAB Does Gamedev v1 - Tuesday May 7th @ 19:30 - 21:00
How do I join Foulab Does Gamedev? Can I make a level, too? What’s a mario?
Let’s answer those questions together - drop by our space with a laptop for a quick run-through of how to install the collab game, how to navigate the gameplay and the editor controls, and even how to make a small level yourself! Any OS welcome.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Saturday May 11th @ 15:00 - 17:00
An inside look at FOULAB’s kitchen awaits you at this meeting. Join as as we discuss administrative details and all sorts of nitty-gritty operation that keeps the lab running, and the nights open.
No need to be a member, or even register! Sit in and learn about the lab’s day-to-day - or make your opinions known!
Scrap Sculpture Workshop II - Tuesday May 14th @ 19:00 - 23:00
By popular demand, the sculpture workshop from February returns! stuntman, our local artist and part-time mech, presents another workshop on turning plastic scrap into art. Come and make something beautiful - walk-ins welcome!
Killed by Dice Presents: InSpectres - Sunday May 19th @ 16:00 - 19:00
Killed by Dice and der_moderne_man return with another banger. Have you ever seen Ghostbusters? Up for a light-hearted, hilarious tabletop RPG featuring a squad of paranormal exterminators out on a mission?
Meet up with old friends, connect with new ones. This is the perfect event for someone new to Foulab - or even to Montreal! Tickets are limited - register here if you’d like to attend!
Edited to amend: the correct date is May 19th, not 26th as mistakenly published before.
Wiki Night - Tuesday May 21st @ 20:00 - 20:30
FOULAB’s infrastructure operator and archivist eigma invites you for another wiki night - where we read the articles of the wiki of old, and write new ones as we see fit. Join our thirty-minute flow of information - let’s document the lab!
We’ll also be visiting OSHWA - a summit for open hardware artists and hobbyists taking place this month in Montreal. Swing by our booth!
