Latvia defines itself on its own terms, apart from its history of being subjugated by Imperial Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, and Russia. Latvian is now the language taught in schools, Latvia ...
Before moving to St. Cloud, Maruta Lietiņš Ray experienced loss, captivity, learning new languages and immigrating to a new country. Born Maruta Lietiņš in 1940 in Latvia, a region soon to be rolled ...
Step into the Latvian Museum in Rockville, and you almost could be in a 19th-century Latvian farmhouse. Detailed carvings adorn the wooden bed frame and table, and delicate embroidery draws color into ...
The impressive animated memoir “My Favorite War” revisits writer-director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen’s childhood in Soviet Latvia in the 1970s and ’80s. The result of a nine-year labor of love from a ...