

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poets@Play Creative Writing Workshop with Darrell Dela Cruz!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 22 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sun, 22 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Poets@Play is a monthly creative writing workshop hosted by former Santa Clara County Poet Laureate David Perez. Each session features a different guest facilitator—or sometimes David himself—leading hands-on exercises to inspire creativity and new ideas.

Our Facilitator: Darrell Dela Cruz
Darrell Dela Cruz’s debut collection This is a Love Poem, Listen (Tourane Poetry Press) came out in 2024.  His work has also appeared in Saw Palm, The Minetta Review, Crab Orchard Review, Studio One, Steam Ticket, and Cider Press Review. As an editor, he worked in Reed Magazine and Red Wheelbarrow. He was a VONA 2025 fellow.   For more about him and his analysis of poems: ddcpoetry.blogspot.com.


No RSVP required. Just show up at 1:00pm

Admission: Free (donations welcome)

📍Location: Markham House @ History Park
635 Phelan Ave, San Jose, CA. 

Free parking right outside of the main gate or in the lot at the end of Phelan Avenue (except during some History Park events.)

Once you walk into the park from Phelan Avenue, go straight until the road dead ends, then make a left. Markham House is then the second house on your left. There will be a flag over the steps that reads OPEN.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-jose/poets-play-creative-writing-workshop-with-darrell-dela-cruz/200029836529329
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: San Jose
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1650 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA, United States, California 95112
- **lat**: 37.31895
- **long**: -121.85898
- **full address**: 1650 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA, United States, California 95112

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Poetry Center San José (https://allevents.in/org/poetry-center-san-josé/2551954)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 22 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1650 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA, United States, California 95112
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Poetry Center San José
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Poets@Play Creative Writing Workshop with Darrell Dela Cruz! ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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