In April, state-run media reported on how officials cracked down on underground workshops that used decomposing animal fat and organs to produce gutter oil.
Rather than going to school with the other children my age, I had to work illegally in awful conditions - in humid, underground workshops.
A few years ago, I visited an underground Qassam workshop in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
"It's interesting how it all came together," said Shishkov, who started his career building guitars for himself, in a small underground cinder block workshop in the Soviet Union, which frowned on its citizens making any product the Soviet government didn't make and approve.
Though they are often similar logistically, these smaller, more intimate events offer underground artists, educational workshops, yoga, movement classes and more.
The museum also has a schedule of events for Black History Month including a screening of the film "Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders," a performance by Black Noiz, a lecture on the moral significance of the Underground Railroad and a workshop on oral history.
Restoration of the Zwinger's basement is proceeding even though this underground area for storage, workshops and technical facilities was added only in the early 1990's when the palace was modernized after the unification of Germany.
The one day we did go off site was to check out the highly regarded Xcaret, a natural and majestic park offering everything from butterflies and flamingos to chocolate making workshops and underground river swim exploration.
More than 60percentt of expansion designed for the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Beyer Blinder Belle will be underground.
