Email Author Sebastian del Mármol

2010 Stories by Sebastian del Mármol

• Acrobats Get High

  published December 30, 2010

  Long before incredibly successful Cirque du Soleil pitched a tent in its native Canada in the ’80s, China’s Golden Dragon... More >>

• Gift of the Magi

  published December 30, 2010

  Just because Christmas and New Years Eve are behind us, it doesn’t signal the end of gift-receiving. Every January, Latino kids run to their... More >>

• Tectonic Beats

  published December 30, 2010

  Millions of years ago, the Earth’s crust was one big hunk of land called Pangaea. But then tectonic plates began shifting and that hunk... More >>

• Artopia on the Cheaptopia! Get Half Off Tickets Until Sunday

  published Dec 30, 2010

  There's nothing quite as titillating as indulging your base instincts in the name of art. When high brow and low brow mix deliciously nobody knows exactly where the night will end. We believe in the n... More >>

• Spread a Little New Year's Hate: Five Resolutions You Won't Mind Not Keeping

  published Dec 30, 2010

  By now, the whole New Year's resolution thing is so played out that the only thing more tired than talking about resolutions is talking about how tired you are about talking about resolutions. Even so... More >>

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  How to Waste Time at Work While Everyone Else Is on Vacation

  published Dec 27, 2010

  Some of us got stuck at the office this week, a strange five-day limbo that falls between Christmas and New Year's. You may have blown your load on vacation days too early or your bosses just felt lik... More >>

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  51. Jonathan David Kane

  published Dec 23, 2010

  In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents "100 Creatives," where we feature Miami's cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profilesr Email cultist@m... More >>

• Songz into the New Year

  published December 23, 2010

  At 26 years old, R&B songster Trey Songz is already the envy of 99.9 percent of the music industry. He toured with Jay Z last year and is... More >>

• Calling All Shriners

  published December 23, 2010

  For 64 years, the King Orange Jamboree Parade traveled up and down Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami every New Year’s Eve. But the... More >>

• Orange You Glad There's Football

  published December 23, 2010

  The fourth-ranked Stanford Cardinal face the 13th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies at the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl in a match-up that features... More >>

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  Tomorrow Is Festivus: Time to Air Some Grievances!

  published Dec 22, 2010

  The more the commercial industrial complex tries to sell the merits of the holidays as a time of capitalist bliss, the more you want to paddle your way to communist Cuba. After all, are lines for brea... More >>

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  Anti-Gift Guide: Ten Last-Minute Gifts to Avoid

  published Dec 20, 2010

  If you're reading any gift guide so late in the Christmas game, sorry to tell you -- your goose is already cooked. Significant others can sniff out ill thought up and last minute presents faster than ... More >>

• Youth Served and Swung

  published December 16, 2010

  In the late Nineties, long before becoming the greatest professional tennis player of all time, a pimply-faced Roger Federer played in the Junior... More >>

• What Would Jews Do?

  published December 16, 2010

  Ole J.C. might have a conniption if he were to see what’s become of his birthday. It’s hard to say which of the mortal sins — greed... More >>

• Mango Mash Up

  published December 16, 2010

  What’s the worst thing that happened this year? Oil spill in the gulf? Tea Party becoming a national force? Pot legalization flaming out in... More >>

• King Mango Strut Names A Pair of Nuts as Grand Marshal

  published Dec 16, 2010

  rFor 29 years the King Mango Strut has claimed that it "put the nut back in Coconut Grove." Leave it to organizers of satirical procession to put those nuts in its mouth. No, wait. Put nuts w... More >>

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  Euro Art Snobs: A Field Guide

  published Dec 16, 2010

  rThat five-day art bender, better known as Art Basel, is slowly vacating the recesses of our brains. But if you're feeling a little blue that we'll have to wait a whole year to see that depth of a... More >>

• King Mango Strut Grand Marshal to be Named Tomorrow at the Grove Spot

  published Dec 14, 2010

  rThere is no group of Miami celebrities, or pseudo-celebrities, more revered than the list of grand marshals at the end-of-the-year farcical King Mango Strut in Coconut Grove. Actually, that l... More >>

• Top Five Lists of Year-End Lists

  published Dec 10, 2010

  Maybe it says something about the state of our society that we try to itemize, categorize, and generally make lists out of everything. What does it sayr Not sure, but it can't be good. Don't get us wr... More >>

• Art of Haggling

  published December 9, 2010

  Come Thursday, any pretentiousness left over from this month’s Art Basel Miami Beach at the Miami Beach Convention Center better make for the... More >>

• Solis Eclipse

  published December 9, 2010

  Cuban boxers are revered for their technique and toughness, but surprisingly, there has never been a Cuban heavyweight champion. Fidel Castro... More >>

• Irate Radio

  published December 9, 2010

  Long before the devastating earthquake reduced the country to rubble, Haiti was a country in shambles. A series of dictatorships dating back to... More >>

• Save Alhambra Water Tower Fundraiser Kicks Off in Gables Today

  published Dec 09, 2010

  The City of Coral Gables prides itself on its historic structures: the picturesque Country Club Prado, the recently renovated DeSoto Fountain, and the always fun Venetian Pool. Another iconic building... More >>

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  Muralist Gerry Stecca to Repaint Vandalized Vagabond Mural Today

  published Dec 08, 2010

  rNot everybody used Art Basel week to show their appreciation of art. A couple of losers used Miami and its signature art event as a platform to send us a giant "Fuck You" when they vandalized a... More >>

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  Impromptu Opera Breaks Out in Dadeland Mall Shoe Department (Video)

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Just when you're ready to dump your shopping bags and tell Santa to go f@ck himself and the reindeer he flew in on, finally you get something a little different with this year's holiday shopping exper... More >>