Academy meeting

CASTINE – The Maine Maritime Academy board of trustees will hold a quarterly meeting at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in the Holmes Alumni Heritage Room, lower level, Harold Alfond Student Center. Victoria Larson of Auburn chairs the 16-member Board of Trustees.

Vets’ screening

AUGUSTA – The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine will honor Maine veterans and their families at a special screening of the newly installed multi-media production, “Were the House Still Standing: Maine Survivors and Liberators Remember the Holocaust,” at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in the Michael Klahr Center, University of Maine at Augusta.

The 80-minute production weaves together a modern soundscape with archival images and testimonies from Holocaust survivors who settled in Maine and Maine veterans who were involved in the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. The testimonies offer glimpses into the stories of survival.

Bob Katz, professor of Art at the University of Maine at Augusta, who created the piece, will be on hand to answer questions, and speak about the film-making process. The content is not for young audiences.

RSVP to [email protected] or call 621-3530.

Holocaust lecturer

AUGUSTA – Thomas Lutz, a research fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will speak from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Michael Klahr Center, University of Maine at Augusta.

Lutz will talk on “New Permanent Exhibitions in Memorial Museums in Germany: Content, Design and Education,” followed by a question-and-answer session on museums, memorials and the use of exhibition space.

There is no charge. To RSVP or for details, call 621-3530 or e-mail [email protected].