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At first glance Wielopole 15 looks like a neglected apartment building. But the three-story structure, squeezed between a hairdresser's shop on the left and a second-hand shop on the right, is one of the liveliest music venues in Krakow.

The big version of the Fiat had a seven-year manufacturing run in Poland before World War II, and another 16-year heyday from 1967 to 1983. Poland continued to make an unlicensed version from 1983 and 1991. The Italian parent jerked the license because the Poles had strayed too far from the original design.

Turlej Gallery is presenting 40 award-winning posters from the international competition "The World Award of Monotheistic Religions" held in Teheran in 2006

The car's name came from the legendary mermaid of Warsaw ? Syrena, which is Polish for siren.

About some things it does not pay to be cynical. Alfred Schreyer was introduced with great bombast on the closing day of the 17th Jewish Culture Festival (July 1) to a packed house.

The Stary Kleparz Market, which dates to the 12th Century, is an important part of Krakow for people like me who are addicted to fresh fruits, vegetables and the colorful atmosphere.

It seems like an ordinary restaurant -- just another place like so many others. So, why is it worth writing about it?

On July 17, 1994, Bob Dylan came to Krakow to play a concert at the Cracovia football stadium. Several songs into the show the rain started to fall and only a handful of people were left when lightning struck the soundboard and promoter Andrzej Marzec took the stage to announce that the show was being canceled.

The famous free-jazz quartet "Return of the New Thing" is giving one concert in Krakow's Alchemia pub at ul. Estery 5, this Saturday, June 16. The group?s music is a mix-up of the classics, such as Coleman, Shepp, Ayler and Mengelberg combined with their own, non-jazz music experiences.

Zbyszek Mirek is an unemployed factory worker in his mid-40's. He has two sunken scars on his chest to remind him of his lung operations and he says he could use a third.