This year, Ballet Des Moines celebrates 20 years since its founding and 10 years since its professional debut. Des Moines may boast the only professional ballet company in Iowa, but reaching this point was far from a waltz in the park. Beneath the dizzying whirls of tutus and gravity-defying grande
finally tonigh finally tonight, celebrating the hilarious cloris leachman. cloris leachman, an oscar winner, an emmy winner and a fixture in millions of american homes for decades. in young frankenstein, it was her name, the mere mention of it. i am frau blucher. her range celebrated. i haven t done anything wrong, why can t i quit apologizing? winning an academy award for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in the last picture show. the winner is cloris leachman. always using humor. and always grateful. to cornelia williams, my first piano teacher and rose lorenz, my dancing teacher and