The Star Thalers, one of the Grimm brothers' fairytales, tells the story of an orphan girl, who, despite her abject poverty, one by one, unselfishly gives away her very last possessions. Viel Spaß!

Cettina reads Part 1 of "Das Aschenputtel," known in English as "Cinderella." By the way, you'll notice that the German word for Cinderella is neuter – which means that "es/ihm" here translates to "she/her."

Cettina reads Part 2 of "Das Aschenputtel," a fairy tale known in English as "Cinderella." (By the way, you'll notice that the German word for Cinderella is neuter – which means that "es/ihm" here translates to "she/her.")

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?

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.

The painter Katharina Kuczinski discusses how different viewers interpret her paintings differently.

In the third part of the interview with woman painter Katharina Kuczinski, we hear more about the key moments that brought her to painting, and about her experiences with exhibitions.

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.

At the Majolika Ceramic Works in Karlsruhe, Cettina finds out about the origin of the Bambi, a German award for television and film. As it turns out, the small deer has become the symbol of Majolika due to their involvement with the design of the trophies.

Please come in and watch the great Yabla magician's magic show. He will not only mesmerize you. He will take your breath away!

Lydia teaches us the weekdays, the seasons and the months in German. Listen closely!