In this first segment, Yabla’s own reporter Diane interviews artist Monika Kaeser about her exhibition in the Faust Archive and Museum in Knittlingen, Baden-Württemberg. Ms. Kaeser takes impressions of carvings etched in the walls of medieval towers by those imprisoned there long ago and transforms them into fascinating watercolor images!

In this second of a two-part series, Diane resumes her interview with artist Monika Kaeser and our tour of her latest exhibition. Comprised, in part, of rubbings taken from medieval sites left by the socially ostracized, her work “in the present breathes [life into] the past and the future is born.”

The painter Benno Treiber tells us about his latest exhibition in Leopoldshafen and about how he chose his subjects and his life the last twenty years Spain.

Yabla's own Tina interviews the artist Benno Treiber and his wife about their fascinating work and their lives in Germany and Spain. Enjoy!

"Don't worry, be happy!" Or in the case of painter Ernst Mente at Der besondere Kunstmarkt in Leopoldshafen, "don't be depressed, just paint!" Mr. Mente discusses how he taught himself to paint after a career in the kitchen.

More than four-and-a-half million Germans visit the Spanish island of Mallorca every year—so many that the destination actually been nicknamed “Germany’s 17th Federal State.” But since the coronavirus outbreaks in Spain led to the Mediterranean party hotspot being declared a risk territory, the once-packed bars, strips, and beaches are now totally deserted. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

At the Wie.MAI.KAI Convention in Wiesbaden, it’s all about Anime and Manga, ‘cosplay’ [an acronym for ‘costume’ and ‘play’] and other aspects of Japanese youth culture. A video from RheinMain TV

The saying, “When two fight, the third one benefits” is often used as the moral of fables. What did the wild boar and the wolf learn in this story?

German champion alpine ski racer Maria Riesch likes to show her glamorous side as well sometimes. In an elegant evening dress she celebrates her bronze medal win at the Kandahar slope at the trendy club P1 in Garmisch. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

What's behind door number one? Learn something new about probability with this explanation of the Monty Hall Problem.

Max Herre is back with his new single "Cloud Nine" and discusses his supposed new role as a ladies's man and his collaborative work with German superstar Udo Lindenberg. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Nevin, who has only been in Germany for two weeks, arrives at the Employment Agency. She makes a friend right away, but will she be able to find a job?

Nevin has made it to the Employment Agency, where a caseworker helps find her a job selling vegetables. Although it doesn’t exactly match her previous work experience in İzmir, she’s happy that an opportunity is opening up.

The grocery store where Nevin works is about to open for the day, but she’s having trouble remembering the German names for all the vegetables—and her boss is getting impatient...

Yuna happens to drop in at the grocery store where Nevin is working. And she’s just in time, since Nevin needs help figuring out the names of the vegetables.