Book readings: Artist-activist Ben Morea reflects on 'A Life of Rebellion'

There's a new memoir from Ben Morea, a central figure in the 1960s Lower East Side anarchist guerilla-theater collective.

His bio includes the following: 

"As the unseen hand of the 1960s revolutionary underground, Morea is infamous for shutting down MoMA, forcibly entering the Pentagon, occupying the Fillmore East and Columbia University, and dumping the neglected garbage of the Lower East Side into the fountains of Lincoln Square. He was the force behind the 1960s art/anarchist collective Up Against the Wall Motherfucker and the legendary anarchist zine/broadside Black Mask." 

On Thursday evening at Printed Matter in Chelsea, Morea is in conversation with political theorist and anticapitalist activist Sabu Kosho to launch "Full Circle: A Life in Rebellion." 

The evening includes an informal jazz performance from Marc Mommaas and Kenny Wessel. 

Thursday, May 8

6-8 p.m. 

Printed Matter, 231 11th Ave. (at 26th Street) 

More details here.