Miami Beach, FL – June 18, 2018 – A Standing-Room-Only extravaganza took South Beach by storm! The VIP opening reception for “Charlie Cinnamon: Legendary Press Agent” at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU features a spectacular exhibition that will remain on view all summer long, through mid-September. The museum’s Executive Director, Susan Gladstone, along with Ira Giller (Board Chairman of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU), the Museum Manager Nancy Doyle Cohen, and Curator Jacqueline Goldstein welcomed hundreds of arts patrons and community leaders, media elite, philanthropists, and donors. Crowds waited outside the museum an hour prior to the opening to catch a glimpse of the first-ever museum exhibition about the beloved Press Agent, honoring the celebrity-studded life and career of a promotional genius who was nationally recognized and greatly admired. The co-originators of this genius idea, Richard Jay-Alexander and Manny Hernandez, led a star-studded cast for this memorable tribute. Some of the evening’s luminaries included: Howard Lipman, Lee Brian Schrager, Joy Wallace, Pauline Winick, Elaine Bloom, Danny and Merle Weiss, Isabel Bernfeld Anderson, Barbara Hulanicki, Adam Epstein, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber and Commissioners Micky Steinberg and Michael Gongora, Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard, Susie Krajsa, Ariel Roman-Harris, Lenore Toby Simmons, Evelyn Baron, Elaine & Stanley Cinnamon, Meryl Cinnamon, Christopher & Nanci Ross Weaver, Marvin Ross Friedman, Morris & Rhoda Levitt & Family, Toby Lerner Ansin & Sanford Evans, Lenore Toby Simmons, Lola Jacobson & Marisa Toccin Lucas, Harvey Burstein, Lisa Cole & Ron Greenspan, Elizabeth Schwartz & Lydia Martin, Richard Milstein, Lisa Petrillo, Louis Aguirre, Belkys Nerey, Sam Champion, Tom Austin, Virginia Miller, Luis Rigual, Lori Capullo, Rafa Carvajal, Greg Carannante, Elyzse Held, Iran Issa-Khan and Sergio Carmona. Guests were treated to a powerful tribute performed by Richard Jay-Alexander, accompanied by Frank Ricigliano on the piano.