As a part of its visiting writers series, the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College will welcome actress, author, playwright and teacher Anna Deavere Smith for a speaking engagement at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21. Both in-person and livestream tickets are available, at no cost.

Although tickets are free, advance registration is required. Reserve online at grunincenter.org. In-person tickets will be reserved in socially distanced pods. Livestream tickets are one per viewing device.

According to her website, Smith “looks at contemporary issues from multiple viewpoints and combines the journalistic…