Piwnica Pod Baranami
Piwnica pod Baranami—meaning “the Basement” or “the Cellar under the Rams”—began in 1956, created by Piotr Skrzynecki as a home for Kraków students and creative youth. In its early years it operated as a club for artists, writers, musicians, visual artists, actors, and their audiences, linked to the Old Town Community Centre in the Palace under the Rams, or *Pałac Pod Baranami*. From there, it grew into what many people in the People’s Republic of Poland experienced as the country’s most renowned political cabaret, shaping an “underground (piwnica) style” of performance that entered everyday speech. Even after Skrzynecki died in 1997, Piwnica continued its activities—contrary to rumours that it had closed. …
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