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CSUMB presents an evening with Lea DeLaria

Orange is the New Black actress visits Oct. 15

An evening with Lea DeLaria will highlight Cal State Monterey Bay’s celebration of LGBTQ history month.

DeLaria’s talk, followed by a question-and-answer session, will get under way at 7 p.m., Oct. 15, in the University Center ballroom.

Featured in Netflix’s hit series *Orange is the New Black*, DeLaria is an out-and-proud lesbian actress, comedian, writer and blues/jazz musician who has spent her career advocating for LGBTQ rights.

Prior to her success on Orange, she was seen in countless TV series (*Awkward*, *Californication*, *The Oblongs*, *One Life to Live*, *Law and Order SVU*, *Will and Grace*, *Friends* to name a few), and movies (*First Wives Club*, *Dear Dumb Diary*, *Edge of Seventeen*). She also has five records out on the Warner Jazz and Classics label and her book *Lea's Book of Rules for the World* is in its third printing at Bantam Doubleday and Dell. Admission is free for CSUMB students with CSUMB username; $4 for CSUMB staff and faculty with ID; $6 for non-CSUMB students with ID; and $8 for everyone else.

The University Center is located on Sixth Avenue at B Street. Driving directions and a campus map.

Complete schedule of LGBTQ history month events.