Reading of Kaddish by Allen Ginsberg
Sunday, April 15 at 2:00 p.m.
Jewish Museum of Florida
301 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach

Next@19th and the Jewish Museum of Florida are proud to partner in presenting a multi-dimensional experience at the Jewish Museum of Florida that explores art, classical music and poetry. Coinciding with the Museum’s current exhibition, Max Miller: Final Mourner’s Kaddish – 333 Days in Painting, and in celebration of National Poetry Month, a variety of local writers are to perform a reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Kaddish at the Museum, followed by a reception at The Betsy – South Beach on April 15 at 2:00 p.m. For more information, please visit www.nextat19th.org or www.jewishmuseum.com.

The Betsy-South Beach will join festivities by hosting a post-event reception, sponsored by the hotel’s philanthropy, arts and culture program. The works of Holocaust survivor Mimi Schiff and of Isreali photographer Zion Ozieri will be projected in homage to Yom Hashoah.
Valet and street parking available at the hotel

RSVP at 786.972.3175 or by email at info@jewishmuseum.com.

Admission to Kaddish by Allen Ginsberg: Adults $6, seniors $5, families $12, and Museum members and children under 6 yrs are free.

Spotlighting a variety of local writers – many from Next@19th’s CHAIku series and the Miami Poetry Collective – a special reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Kaddish will be presented at the Jewish Museum of Florida in celebration of National Poetry Month. Ginsberg (1926-1997), the visionary poet and founding father of the Beat generation, inspired the American counterculture of the second half of the 20th century with groundbreaking poems such as Howl and Kaddish. He used poetry for both personal and collective expression in his fight for a more interesting and open society.

Max Miller: Final Mourner’s Kaddish – 333 Days in Paintings
On view until May 13, 2012
Jewish Museum of Florida
301 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach
Max Miller: Final Mourner’s Kaddish – 333 Days in Painting is a vivid, moving and cathartic account of the artist’s year spent saying Kaddish (the Jewish prayer of mourning) for his father. A collection of 50 vibrant watercolors depict the synagogues Miller visited in New York, Vermont, Ohio and Florida – including 18 synagogues in South Florida – with commentary on his thoughts and experience. Miller’s show originated at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City and is sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts.