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6 Museum di of controv By WILL MAHAN Staff Writer On Monday, September 16th, Dennis Barrie, current director of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) of Cincinnati, will speak in the Russell House Ballroom on the First Amendment and the freedom of expression. Barrie is most noted for his involvement with a controversial exhibition of photographs by John Mapplethorpe at his museum. The photographs were a Hpart of a respective collection entitled "The Perfect Moment" that toured the United States in 1990. The collection consisted of 175 photographs by Mapplethorpe, seven of which authorities in Cincinnati deemed to be obscene for their depiction of homoerolic acts and semi-nude Barrle children. At the opening of the exhibition in Cincinnati on April 7, 1990, uniformed officers moved those citizens interested in viewing the exhibition out of the museum, while the Cincinnati vice squad collected evidence by videotaping and photographing the pictures. Criminal indictments were then issued against Barrie and the CAC on charges of "pandering obscenB.O.A # Continued from page 5 B.O.A's original music is hard creations, to categorize because it crosses so "We aren't in] many different styles. Some songs bands in our w are pretty heavy, while others are "Our song more like dance songs or funk, and style." yet others are entirely impossible to compare to anything. They defi- ^ y?u haven I nitely stand on their on as original form, Rockafel ["Hours 11:00 until ~1 l\ && 1 l\ O/^ I / \ Pitchers $2.85 I \ Buy any Sandwich or Salad I \ Get 2nd Half Price I \ w/couoon I \ J Monday Night Football Tailgate Special J Party Trays Starting at $19.95 ! K | -3 ?' t 1*295 ^ $39.95 \ |?^^^^54-7838^^ ^ j V. kiiiMiii.ini Bp n Glenn JL . WM Yarbrough & The Limel iters Tonight at 7:30 And the beat goes A Experience 1960s folk music at its best! $13.50 adults/$10 students Pianist Ian Hobson - |Atl| Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 PM Hailed for his extraordinary rep- ^ 1111| ertoire, Hobson always finds some \ ? unexpected treasure to include on a program. A Leeds Prize winner, Hobson is a clean, precise pianist ' : with a sure technique and unfailing musical instincts. When the music ends, top off kWS fellow conceit goers and perhaps, f| the evening's featured artist. It's all L'; included in your On Stage ticket. students General admission tickets for hall seats (no reception) will be $5 a person and on sale in the lobby IS the evening of the show. iWH I Musici De Montreal wM Friday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 PM Savor the "whiplash precision and tension," and the "grand and glow- M ing sound" produced by this estab- M lished chamber orchestra. M SHARI $15 adults/$ll students MINI ( S TABLE V CD cf m * 2-way BEfrifnMtiKifcHH B reflex r IGAi rector talks ersial clash ity" and "the illegal use of minors in nudity-orienti IIId 11/1 Id 13. The trial that followed was notable because it w believed to be the first instance an art gallery w tried on obscenity charges. The prosecution attempt to use the conservatism of the jury to its advanta^ Only the seven photographs in question were allowi to be entered into evidence and shown to the juroi Taken out of the context of the entire exhibili< (which included such harmless subjects as celebriti and flowers), the trial was the equivalent of passii judgment on a book based on a single page. On October 5, 1990, a jury took .two hours to a quit Barrie and the museum of all charges. Ma plcthorpe's exhibition, in spite of opposition from ti conservative Citizens for Community Values, was huge success during its run at the CAC, with a reco 80,000 visitors viewing the exhibition in the muscun Barrie has received numerous awards during his c reer, including the 1990 Hugh M. Hefner Fii Amendment Award for his refusal to remove the e hibilion in Cincinnati and the Post-Corbctt Award, regional award for achievements in the arts. Barrie received his master's degree in Americ Cultural History from Oberlin College in 1970 and Ph.D. in American Cultural History from Way State Universtiy in 1983. Before his work at the CA he served as the Midwest Area Director of the Aj hives ol American Art/bmitnsonian institution. The presentation, sponsored by the Carolina Pro ram Union and paid for, in part, by Student Activiti Fees, will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will include a que tion and answer session. A reception will follow. A mission to the program is $3 for USC students and J for the general public. place to be Saturday night. If yi have seen them, you can count i iluenced by other ^ enthusiastic, live performan riting, Alewine which is their trademark, aloi ;s have our own wjth ljie opportunity to hear sor of their new stuff, t seen B.O.A per- Opening for the show will la's will be the Insane Jane. ka i beal \j\j\ ^ ^ ^ BrandCe SH'^i lR9S^HHlt .fes^. nEB HSS IOO to 20 KHz with 0.9?/d 599.1 ' """' *"''' 7"'"'"" reverse tape deck | longer 5 band equalizer I 98061 (Mir #CD-C500) VIECQCK Folk bs cause of Yarbrough's explore other horizons. " | tended to entertain Limeliters broke up. ' singing was something you grew up. I though UKe 10 mice a cracK ai ound the world." as Before he was able i as he made another album 2Cj Time to Move On. 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