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Flea, a founding member of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, discusses his new memoir, "Acid For The Children," with Chicago author Jessica Hopper.

Flea, the bassist, actor, and founding member of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, discusses his new memoir, Acid For The Children, with Chicago author and journalist Jessica Hopper in an on-stage conversation. There will be a Q and A portion of the evening. All attendees will receive a signed copy of Flea's memoir. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls the book, "[An] electric, surprisingly moving memoir...Flea is an enlightened narrator, and this passionate, smart memoir will resonate with readers whether they're fans of the band or not."

About Acid for the Children: Flea takes readers on a revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical meditations, and occasional flights of fantasy, Flea deftly chronicles the experiences that forged him as an artist, a musician, and a young man. His dreamy, jazz-inflected prose makes the Los Angeles of the 1970s and 80s come to gritty, glorious life. In L.A. young Flea, looking to escape a turbulent home, found family in a community of musicians, artists, and junkies who lived on the fringe. He spent most of his time partying and committing petty crimes. But it was in music where he found a place to channel his frustration, loneliness, and love. This left him open to the life-changing moment when he and his best friends, soul brothers, and partners-in-mischief came up with the idea to start their own band, which became the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Acid for the Children is the debut of a stunning new literary voice, with witty, entertaining, and wildly unpredictable prose. It's a tenderly evocative coming-of-age story and a raucous love letter to the power of music and creativity from one of the most renowned musicians of our time.

About Flea: Flea is an Australian-born American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the bassist and co-founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and co-founder of The Silverlake Conservatory of Music.

Flea will be joined on stage with Chicago-based author and journalist Jessica Hopper. She is a music critic, producer and author based in Chicago. In a career spanning more than twenty years, Hopper has earned acclaim as a provocative, fearless music journalist. She has written for GQ, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Elle, and Bookforum. A long time contributor to the Chicago Reader, she was also a columnist for the Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, and Punk Planet, as well as the music consultant for This American Life. Her first book, The Girls Guide To Rocking (Workman, 2009) was named a Notable Book for Young Readers by the American Library Association.