The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU Presents “Irene Williams: The Queen of Lincoln Road”
Miami Beach, FL – July 13, 2017 – The Executive Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, Susan Galdstone, welcomed hundreds to the opening reception for the new summer pop-up show “Irene Williams: Queen of Lincoln Road.” The filmmaker Eric Smith presented his film about Irene Williams – a beloved South Beach icon – to a standing-room-only audience that included: Kenneth Bloom, Ira Giller, Richard Jay Alexander, Daniel and Merle Weiss, Pauline Winick, Isabel Anderson, Charles Greenfield, Harvey Burstein, Tom Austin, George Neary, Herb Sosa, Jenni Person, and Carol Coombes. The nostalgic exhibition celebrates the spirit of individualism and creativity that defined South Beach’s renaissance, and the memorable, colorful characters like the late Irene Williams who was beloved and fondly remembered. Watch the film by Eric Smith here.
Eric Smith & Richard J. Alexander
Carol Coombes, Eric Smith, & Richard J. Alexander
Eric Smith & Carol Coombes
Carol Coombes & Eric Smith
Carol Coombes, George Neary, & Raquel Berman
David Vance, Myra Wexler, & Kyle Plyler
George Neary, Isabel Bernfeld Anderson, & Eric Smith
George Neary, Susan Gladstone, Isabel Bernfeld Anderson, Eric Smith, & Kenneth Bloom
Jordana Pomeroy, Kenneth Bloom, & Susan Gladstone
Jordana Pomeroy & Kenneth Bloom
Raquel Berman & Carol Coombes
Eric Smith
Susan Gladstone
George Neary & Susan Gladstone
Tom Austin, Eric Smith, Susan Gladstone, & Mark Needle
David Vance, Susan Gladstone, Kyle Plyler, & George Neary
Neil Dern, Joyce Wachman, & Jackie Goldstein
Isreal Sands, Jodan Levin, & Tom Austin
Roberta Cao, Melody Torrens, & Lee Taylor
Merle Weiss, Eric Smith, & Dan Weiss
Dan & Merle Weiss
Merle Weiss, Eric Smith, Dan Weiss, & Isabel Bernfeld Anderson
Bruce Pasternack, Susan & Larry Golinsky
