Articles Tagged with 'Claudio Vena'

By Sean Delaney On July 19, the City of Toronto paid tribute to two of Emery’s more famous professional musicians with streets named in their honour. The street signs were officially unveiled in the new Casa Development south of Finch on the east side of Weston Road. The new streets are situate...

By Sean Delaney The new development seen soaring into the sky on the south-east side of Finch and Weston Rd. has been assigned street names honouring two local men. Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti had been significantly influential in fashioning the concept for the naming designation. The fin...

By Sean Delaney Famed singer/songwriter and former Emery Collegiate student, Alfie Zappacosta, will appear in May at the prestigious Hugh’s Room on Dundas St. Zappacosta has now been listed as a likely candidate for a future street naming ceremony that would honour his continuing accomplis...

BY TIM LAMBRINOS The musical talent of Claudio Vena was supported and advanced by his parents, Francesco and Colomba Vena. Their family was from the small town of Rende, Italy in the middle part of Calabria. The Vena’s moved into a home on Lanyard Road with their three boys adjacent to Days...