About a year ago I said village Skokie where I live should be renamed after the great Russian poet, the sun of the Russian poetry, the grandfather of the Moscow conceptualism, the man with a fistfighter's face - Dmitry Sanych Prigov.
All dreams come true, provided they are insane enough.
A ceremony of the renaming will take place in the Basement, April 15, 7pm. D.A.Prigov is presiding and giving a celebratory lecture. He is also reading poetry and answering questions. After the ceremony he is baptising babies and signing small insignificant subjects of personal affection to the fans. Please be advised that the crowd will probably be huge, air stiffling, and heat unbearable.