# Event Details - **Event Name**: Noche de Poetas: Mayda del Valle & Luis J Rodriguez - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Chicago and Los Angeles poet laureates in conversation starting stories and poetry.About this EventNoche de poetas con Mayda del Valle & Luis J Rodriguez.Mayda del Valle was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago.  She is the author of The University of Hip Hop and a winner of the 2016 Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize from Northwestern University Press. Her full-length collection, A South Side Girl’s Guide to Love and Sex, was published on Tia Chucha press. She began her artistic career at the Nuyorican Poets Café, where she was the 2001 Grand Slam Champion, and went on to become the National Poetry Slam Champion in the same year. She appeared on six episodes of the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, and was a contributing writer and original cast member of the Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. She has performed at venues across the world, including the White House in May of 2009, by invitation` of President Obama and the First Lady. In 2024 Mayda was the recipient of the Letras Boricuas Fellowship, sponsored by Flamboyan Arts Fund and the Mellon Foundation. Most recently she was selected to be the second Poet Laureate of the City of Chicago and will begin her tenure in January of 2026. Luis J. Rodriguez is an acclaimed poet, novelist, journalist, and activist. Rodriguez has penned 17 books spanning poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature, notably the best-selling memoirs Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. (Simon & Schuster, 1994) and It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing (Simon & Schuster, 2011).His literary accolades include the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, a New York Times Notable Book recognition, a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, a Poetry Center Book Award, the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, and the Paterson Poetry Prize. His children’s books, América Is Her Name (Curbstone Books, 1996) and It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: A Barrio Story (Children’s Book Press, 1999), were awarded The Paterson Prize for Books on Young People, two Skipping Stones Honor Awards, and a Parent’s Choice Book Award. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/noche-de-poetas-mayda-del-valle-and-luis-j-rodriguez/100001987359649209 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Entertainment, dance - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: 18th Street Casa de Cultura - **lat**: 41.8574168 - **long**: -87.67817409999999 - **full address**: 18th Street Casa de Cultura, 2057 West 18th Street, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Noche de Poetas: Mayda del Valle & Luis J Rodriguez - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/95d1e9f8dfa29f4eba3e1a4b7902f68a8170b82ace6ffa5cf9600bd3088b58ba-rimg-w1200-h600-dcfafe11-gmir.jpg?v=1776656994 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Noche de Poetas: Mayda del Valle & Luis J Rodriguez being held? - **A:** Noche de Poetas: Mayda del Valle & Luis J Rodriguez takes place on Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm at 18th Street Casa de Cultura, 2057 West 18th Street, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Noche de Poetas: Mayda del Valle & Luis J Rodriguez? - **A:** Noche de Poetas: Mayda del Valle & Luis J Rodriguez is organized by 18th Street Casa de Cultura. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Noche de Poetas: Mayda del Valle & Luis J Rodriguez", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/95d1e9f8dfa29f4eba3e1a4b7902f68a8170b82ace6ffa5cf9600bd3088b58ba-rimg-w1200-h600-dcfafe11-gmir.jpg?v=1776656994", "startDate": "2026-04-24T18:30:00-05:00", "endDate": "2026-04-24T20:30:00-05:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/noche-de-poetas-mayda-del-valle-and-luis-j-rodriguez/100001987359649209", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "18th Street Casa de Cultura", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "2057 West 18th Street", "postalCode": "60608", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.8574168", "longitude": "-87.67817409999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Chicago and Los Angeles poet laureates in conversation starting stories and poetry.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-20", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-24T20:30:00-05:00", "validFrom": "2026-04-20", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/noche-de-poetas-mayda-del-valle-and-luis-j-rodriguez/100001987359649209" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-20", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-20", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/noche-de-poetas-mayda-del-valle-and-luis-j-rodriguez/100001987359649209", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "18th Street Casa de Cultura", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/18th-street-casa-de-cultura/27303214" } ] } ] ```