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Celebrate the Super Bowl the New York Latvian way at the Super Bowl Party beginning at 5 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Latvian Ev. Lutheran Church of New York, 254 Valentine Lane, Yonkers. Admission is USD 20 (children under 16 will be admitted free) and includes watching the game on a big screen with projected TV, food, soda, wine and beer. Proceeds will benefit the work of the congregation’s Northern Region and the upkeep of the Yonkers church. All are welcome, even those who are not sports fanatics and don’t understand American football. General information about the game can be found on the NFL page www.nfl.com/rulebook. The two teams that make it to the Super Bowl will play at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., and kick-off time is approximately 6:30 p.m. EST. Madonna will perform at half-time. The party is organized by the New York Latvian Church - Northern Committee.

A meeting of the board of directors of the Latvian Center Gaŗezers is scheduled at 10 a.m. March 10 in the Saulgrieži building of the Latvian Center Gaŗezers, 57732 Lone Tree Road, Three Rivers. For further information, visit garezers.org.

A conference devoted to the archives and material culture of the Latvian exile is scheduled April 12-14 at the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis. The goals of the conference are to create guidelines for documenting and preserving the history and material culture of the Latvian exile; training American Latvian organizations how to work with archives and material culture; and developing a network for future work in documenting and preserving exile culture. The conference is organized by the American Latvian Association in cooperation with the IHRC and the Rīga-based Latvieši Pasaulē museum. For further information, in Latvian, visit www.alausa.org.