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la nostra biblioteca

Our Library

Our library is open!

If you like to use some unexpected time at home to catch up on your reading, our library is open and we can arrange to meet you and provide you access.

Items may be borrowed by making arrangements with a club member who has access to our building.   You may be able to have items delivered to your home.

Some items, such as the First Families of Kelowna 2019 to 2024 stories, are being circulated by contacting Don Rampone.
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new to our library

FEATURED
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PASTIME IN PAST TIMES IN THE KELOWNA ITALIAN COMMUNITY
​BY DON RAMPONE

For Heritage Week, Don took a look at what the Italian community in Kelowna did for fun and recreation.
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ECHOES OF GROWING UP ITALIAN - EDITED BY GINA VALLE
​Echoes of Growing up Italian features accounts of the immigrant experience as told through the eyes of fifteen women from across North America.

We have some other new additions to our library. Check below to see if there's anything of interest...
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489 - Passages to America - Werner, Emmy E - 920 BIO
490 - Passage to liberty: The story of Italian Immigration and the birth of America - Ciongoli, A Kenneth and Jay Parini - 920 BIO
491 - Our History, Our Heritage - Kelowna Branch OHS - 970 HIS
492 - Italians of the Gold Country (Images of America) - Fregulia, Carolyn - 970 HIS
493 - Kelowna, the Orchard City - Surtees, Ursula and Martha Pry - 970 HIS
494 - The Kelowna Story, an Okanagan History - Simpson, Sharron J - 970 HIS
495 - The Games Grandpa Played - Surtees, Ursula - 970 HIS
496 - From Slates to Blackboards to Computers, a History of Public Schools in the Central Okanagan -Central Okanagan Retired Teachers’ Association - 970 HIS
497 - Rutland, Pictorial History, How one beautiful Okanagan Valley became the townsite of a growing community, 1908-2008 = Vielvoye, Evelyn and Elaine Senger - 970 HIS
498 - Life’s Journey, a Young Italian Peasant in 1899 Travels to South Philadelphia… - Pasquarello, Josephine B - 920 BIO
499 - Okanagan Women’s Voices, Sylix and Settler Writing and Relations 1870s - 1960s - Armstrong, Jeannette and Kelly Grauer and Janet MacArthur - 970 HIS
500 - Okanagan History, 88th Report, 2024 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
501 - Okanagan History, 87th Report, 2023 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
502 - Okanagan History, 86th Report, 2022 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
503 - Okanagan History, 85th Report, 2021 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
504 - Okanagan History, 84th Report, 2020 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
505 - Okanagan History, 83th Report, 2019 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
506 - Okanagan History, 82th Report, 2018 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
507 - Okanagan History, 81th Report, 2017 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
508 - Okanagan History, 80th Report, 2016 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
509 - Okanagan History, 79th Report, 2015 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
510 - Okanagan History, 78th Report, 2014 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
511 - Okanagan History, 76th Report, 2012 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
512 - Okanagan History, 75th Report, 2011 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
513 - Okanagan History, 74th Report, 2010 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
514 - Okanagan History, 72th Report, 2008 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
515 - Okanagan History, 71th Report, 2007 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
516 - Okanagan History, 69th Report, 2005 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
517 - Okanagan History, 66th Report, 2002 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
518 - Okanagan History, 59th Report, 1995 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
519 - Okanagan History, 53th Report, 1989 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
520 - Okanagan History, 50th Report, 1986 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
521 - Okanagan History, 44th Report, 1980 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
522 - Okanagan History, 32th Report, 1968 - Okanagan Historical Society - 970 HIS
523 - The Casorso Story, a Century of Social History in the Okanagan Valley - Casorso, Victor - 970 HIS
524 - The Vision Fulfilled, Historical Sketches of Central Okanagan Japanese Canadian Families and Community Organizations 1894 - 1994 - Hoshizaki, Bill: The Kelowna and District Association of Japanese Canadians - 970 HIS
525 - Stagecoach North, A history of Barnard’s Express - Mather, Ken - 970 HIS
526 - Ranch Tales, Stories from the Frontier - Mather, Ken - 970 HIS
527 - Trail North, The Okanagan Trail of 1858 - 68 and its origins in British Columbia and Washington - Mather, Ken - 970 HIS

Our Puzzle Swap

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​Have some fun and keep your brain active!  Puzzlers know how to do both!

KCIC has a puzzle exchange.  Take a puzzle 🧩, bring a puzzle 🧩 to share with others.  Jane R. has presently set up puzzles for exchange, on shelves, at the back of the main hall.  Puzzles have been put into zip loc bags (indicated by a dot & star sticker on the outside of each box), so pieces don’t get lost. Puzzles are grouped by number of pieces (e.g. 100, 300, 500, 1000).

Jane will regularly check the puzzles to make sure, that ones coming in from members, have zip loc bags.  Have a great time, puzzlers!

DVDs to borrow

Our library has a limited number of Italian language DVDs you can borrow.  The list is below (Title - Director). If you're interested in borrowing these, fill out the form below and we will get back to you with instructions and a pick up time.
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Vento Fa Il Suo Giro - Diritti, Giorgio
Cinema Paradiso, The New Version - Tornatore, Giuseppe
La Vida Es Bella - Bengigni, Roberto e Cotone, Mario
Operazione Shufongfong - Stilton, Geronimo
Caravaggio, L’Ombre del Genio - Longoni, Angelo
Il Postino - Gori, Mario e Vittorio
The Secret of Santa Vittoria - Kramer, Stanley


The Bicycle Thief - DeSica, Vittorio
Mid-August Lunch - DiGregorio, Gianni
Ciao, Professore! - Wertmuller, Lina
Le Notti Bianche - Visconti, Luchino
The Night of the Shooting Stars - Taviani, Paolo e Vittorio
Mafioso - Lattuada, Alberto
Baaria- Tornatore, Giuseppe

    DVD Request Form

    Put titles you're interested in from the list above. Maximum 2 per request.
Submit

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Phone: 250 762 0900

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The Kelowna Canadian Italian Club acknowledges that our clubhouse is situated on the beautiful unceded traditional territory of the Syilx/Okanagan people. Who, for thousands of years, have lived in harmony with nature and continue to this day to offer us so much culture and understanding.
  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • President's Message
    • Vice President's Message
    • Executive and Directors
    • About KCIC and Our History
    • Membership
    • Volunteers
  • NEWS & ARTICLES
    • The Grapevine Newsletter
    • THE ITALIAN GARDENER
    • Kelowna's First Families
  • WHAT'S HAPPENING AT KCIC
    • 2025 Calendar
    • Club Happenings >
      • Bocce
      • Ferragosto Family Picnic
      • Aperitivo Vibes
      • Giuseppe's Cafe
      • Night at the Opera
      • Trattoria Dinners
      • LUNCH Open House
      • La Bella Tavola - Cooking Classes
      • KCIC Library
      • La Nostra Famiglia Italiana >
        • Order First Family Books!
        • CASORSO DOCUMENTARY
        • Upcoming NFI Events
        • Il Nostro Lascito Legacy Project
        • Past NFI Events >
          • NFI - ROOTS TO RESILIENCE
          • NFI - Follow That Bell!
          • NFI - Spaghetti
          • NFI - Bisnonno
          • NFI - L'Acqua
          • NFI - Terrazzo
          • NFI - Guerra
          • NFI - Lilia
          • Coming to Pier 21
          • Dalla Terra
          • Dialetti!
          • Sveva Caetani
          • Emilio Picariello
          • Between Neighbours
      • Ladies Night Out
      • Vendemmia Highlights 2024
      • Family Games Night
      • Festa Della Repubblica
    • Our 55th Birthday!
  • More From Us
    • CONTACT US
    • Clubhouse Rentals
    • 50th ANNIVERSARY >
      • 50th Anniversary
      • Mercato
      • Dinner & Dance Gala
    • Miss Kelowna Cdn. Italian Club
    • Calendar Page
  • Take Out Dinners
  • Family Games Night