Dave Gil de Rubio
In addition to being editor of Massapequa Observer and Hicksville News, Dave Gil de Rubio is a regular contributor to Long Island Weekly, specializing in music and sports features. He has won several awards for writing from Press Club of Long Island (PCLI).
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Scrap-It! Keeps Junk Removal Green
You can say junk is in Orville Davis’ blood. His late father Winston Davis, who passed away from a stroke in 2007, owned a Queens-based junkyard, one of the largest in the New York Metro...
Arts, Music & Entertainment
Steve Cropper Fires It Up
Guitar legend emerges from pandemic with new album The social distancing and other aftereffects of COVID-19 may have caused plenty of creative outlets to grind to a halt, but it didn’t stop storied guitarist Steve Cropper...
Nassau News
Giving Students The Tools To Spread The Green Gospel
PSEG Long Island once again hosts PSA video contest In keeping with community outreach in celebrating Earth Day, PSEG Long Island is running its first-ever energy efficiency contest. Not unlike last year’s “I Am EM-Powered! Public...
Arts, Music & Entertainment
Bridging The Cultural Divide With Basketball
Boogie brings Asian-American representation to the hardwood In the grand scheme of substantial basketball movies, the main characters are usually African-Americans, be it in releases like He Got Game, Love & Basketball, Above the Rim or...
Arts, Music & Entertainment
Boogie’s Taylor Takahashi Picks His Three Favorite Ballers
As the lead character of Boogie, actor/writer/chef Eddie Huang’s directorial debut, Taylor Takahashi was hand-picked by Huang to play Alfred “Boogie” Chin, a Chinese-American high school basketball player who aspires to play in the NBA....
Arts, Music & Entertainment
Bringing Some Spice To The Walking Dead
Puerto Rican playwright added to cast for tenth season Rolling into the tenth season of The Walking Dead (TWD), the creators of this zombie dystopia have kept the ball rolling by bringing intriguing and often odd...
Arts, Music & Entertainment
A Princess’ Passion For Plays
The Walking Dead’s Paola Lázaro’s fave dramatic pieces Currently playing Juanita “Princess” Sanchez in season 10 of The Walking Dead (TWD), Paola Lázaro is significantly upping her profile know that she’s entered the world of TWD....
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The Search
Someone asked me, what is your favorite piece of art? The first image that emerged were paintings by Edward Hopper. You might know him as the artist who painted “Nighthawks”, the diner scene that captured...
Long Island News
Lending The Lone Star State A Helping Hand
Long Islanders aid Texans struggling from latest natural disaster When a freak deep freeze swept through Texas last month, the privately held state utility company Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) proved to be woefully unprepared...
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Traveling With Teenage Grandchildren, Part II
Read Traveling With Teenage Grandchildren, Part I Lyn and I are in a fortunate enough position to have made this proposition to our three grandchildren:...
En Garde At 5T Fencers Club
As one of the millions of people who saw Wonder Woman recently, I too, now have a new life goal to become an Amazon...
Detective Pikachu Channels Noir Nostalgia
Millennials grew up with Pokémon. They filled binders with the trading cards and waited eagerly to find out if they could trade with their...
Long Island Native Breaking Down Walls In The Courtroom And On Broadway
As a partner at The Sanders Firm, Oceanside native Marc Grossman has made leaps and bounds in combating corporate greed and outside of the...
Top Three Moments In Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
As an ordained Presbyterian minister, Fred Rogers practiced a progressive style of spiritualism that found him at odds with conservative corners of his viewing...
