Another twisted tale in the canon of the Brothers Grimm. This time, the "wicked stepmother" (in the original, it was their real mother) convinces the "loving father" to abandon their children in the winter woods. And the moral of the tale: "Abandon your children to starve and they will return with treasures"? Enjoy the wonderful animation and narration by actor Bastian Pastewka.

The carnival street parades are in full gear. One of the most prestigious and largest parades traditionally takes place on Rose Monday in Mainz. Video courtesy of rheinmaintv.

"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.

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.

Reading from Goethe's Faust, world-renowned actor Klaus Maria Brandauer delivered a brilliant performance at the grand celebration of Goethe University's 100th anniversary in Frankfurt.

Wine is much more than an alcoholic beverage. For connoisseurs, wine can also be an investment, since some wines can become more valuable with time. The wines are in good hands in Germany's only Winebank! Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Yet another grim fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm with an ambiguous moral: Pay your bills or your children will be taken away from you? Brilliantly narrated by Bastian Pastewka, from the series Legendary: Tales from Around the World.

This very funny and very fast animated version of "Puss in Boots" is both fun and educational to watch. NOTE: This video uses antiquated forms of German such as Eure Majestät which are roughly equivalent to "Thy Majesty" in Shakespearean-Era English, but have been translated for ease of understanding into modern English. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

In this next part, Yabla star reporter Diane tells us tales of the battle between Bretten and the Duke of Württemberg, of the fattened puppy that fooled him into retreat! We are also presented with the conjuring of a court jester. Viel Spaß!

In part one of this series, Yabla star reporter Diane attends the Peter and Paul festival in Bretten, where she not only dons medieval garb, but proceeds to take lessons in loading and shooting a replica of an ancient matchlock musket, and all in a genuine Baden dialect!

RheinMain Szene reporter Thomas Raudnitzky interviews a couple more partygoers at the carnival party Quartier Latin at the University of Frankfurt.

Young people from Africa, Asia and Latin America are trying to escape poverty through clothing design. The training program "From the Project to the Runway" was initiated by Lionelle Ulrich, a tailor and actress from Cameroon, together with aid group Misereor. It was a lighthouse project conceived by Mission Sustainability of the German Council for Sustainable Development.

"The Story of the Flying Robert" is another one from Heinrich Hoffmann's famous children's book Der Struwwelpeter, published in 1845.

In this RheinMain TV report provenance researcher Forster continues his account of how the Museum Wiesbaden came to own a large collection of stolen art from the Third Reich.

In this report on RheinMain TV, the Wiesbaden Museum’s provenance researcher Peter Forster discusses his work researching works of art stolen from Jews during the Third Reich.

A spectacular tattoo exhibition took place in Frankfurt at the Roomers Hotel. Well-known tattoo artists were present.

The Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK) [Museum of Modern Art] in Frankfurt/Main is one of the most important museums of contemporary art in the world. The works of art are positioned in cooperation with the artists to match the sophisticated architecture of the building.

At the Atelier Goldstein, talented and ambitious artists, who are restricted in other areas of life because of a disability, realize their full potential.

A warm welcome to a visit of Therese’s Meadow. The interview reveals some crazy things people do at Oktoberfest. You will also find out how the name Theresienwiese [Therese’s Meadow] came about. A video by beQueen.

In the second part of the report from Oktoberfest, Arabella of beQueen meets a horse and a real Bavarian.

An interview with the artists “Beastiestylez” and “I ARE UGLY” of the gallery Richter und Masset in Munich about the artistic conversion of a former military helicopter.

Although artist Katharina Kuczinski has always been drawn to painting, she first resolved at the age of nearly forty years to really follow this path.

A record-attendance Exhibition at Frankfurt’s Schirn Art Museum: “Women Impressionists” – the female painter colleagues of Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet.