Brittany Walsh – AcroBritt

She has built a distinctive career at the intersection of contortion, hand balancing, and archery.

Brittany Walsh, who performs under the stage name AcroBritt, has built a distinctive career at the intersection of contortion, hand balancing, and archery, creating a single signature stunt that has become her calling card: shooting a compound-bow arrow using only her feet while in an inverted contortion handstand. Her path to that unusual specialty began in childhood with competitive gymnastics and broadened into circus arts after 2005, when she immersed herself in training and ensemble work that would carry her onto international stages.

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Louie Anderson Dies

One of the country’s most recognized and adored comics

Louie Anderson was born Louis Perry Anderson on March 24, 1953, in Saint Paul Minnesota. His father was a trumpeter for singer Hoagy Carmichael. Anderson described his father as “abusive” and an alcoholic. His mother Ora Z gave birth to 16 children.

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