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The charges against Henry Louis Gates Jr. will be dropped. Gates, the director of Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research, was arrested at his Cambridge home on Thursday. The Cambridge Chronicle recapped the media attention the arrest got. Someone even is selling a t-shirt inspired by the incident.

            

Controversial street artist Shepard Fairey may have been a notorious no-show at his own party last night at the ICA (he was busy getting arrested outside his hotel) but that didn't stop the already-assembled Friday night crowd from blissfully grinding the night away. DJ Z-Trip came to the revelers' rescue by spinning in Fairey's place, continuing what was supposed to be an opening set well into the wee hours. The crowd was a mix of street art devotees and hipsters looking to scope out the "Yes We Can!" singles scene. Fairey was indeed missed, but the revelers who packed into the sold-out the OBEY Experiment event didn't let a little Bo-Po busting bring them down. Below, the photographic proof. (Photos and text by Jenna Scherer.)

The Globe reports that Shepard Fairey, prolific paster of paste-ups and purveyor of Obama-flavored Hope™, was arrested on his way to DJing an "Experiment" at the ICA last night. Two outstanding warrants, but the article doesn't specify the nature of the artist's alleged crimes—perhaps it has something to do with the contents of this map? Might a presidential pardon be in order?

In the midst of our fleeting lives, one sometimes feels called to take a stand. A meaningless but symbolic stand.