[CALCITE-6302] Add news item for 1.37.0 release

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+layout: news_item
+date: "2024-05-06 10:30:00 +0000"
+author: snuyanzin
+version: 1.37.0
+categories: [release]
+tag: v1-37-0
+sha: 61ee73e95129873d8bd648e6b0ac9e5f85ea4a33
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+The [Apache Calcite PMC]({{ site.baseurl }}) is pleased to announce
+[Apache Calcite release 1.37.0]({{ site.baseurl }}/docs/history.html#v1-37-0).
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+This release comes 5 months after [1.36.0](#v1-36-0),
+contains contributions from 46 contributors, and resolves 138 issues. It's worth highlighting the
+introduction of adapter for Apache Arrow ([<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-2040">CALCITE-2040</a>]),
+StarRocks dialect ([<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-6257">CALCITE-6257</a>]).
+The release also added support for lambda expressions in SQL ([<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-3679">CALCITE-3679</a>]),
+'Must-filter' columns ([<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-6219">CALCITE-6219</a>]).
+For table function calls it is now possible to use them without `TABLE()` wrapper in `FROM` ([<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-6254">CALCITE-6254</a>]).
+Furthermore, there is support for optional `FORMAT` of `CAST` operator from SQL:2016 ([<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-6254">CALCITE-6254</a>])
+and more than 15 new SQL functions in various libraries such as BigQuery, PostgreSQL and Spark.