On the first weekday of Spring Break, Becca Martin Brown takes us to a notable house in Memphis, and it isn't Graceland.
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Louis Jordan is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Still, many Arkansans might not know about their native son. Stephen Koch, the host of Arkansongs, has written a new book about him.The city council will consider buying just more than four acres for the city's fourth fire station. Plus, the Private Option compromises were discussed at the Political Animals Club in Little Rock.
We end today's show with another song from the band's new album Lion's Den.
Becca Martin Brown begins a week's worth of road trips to start Spring Break off right.
Here are our ten clips celebrating dance in honor of the NCAA's Big Dance:
1) Dancing Queen by Abba.
2) Al Pacino does the tango all the way to an Oscar in Scent of a Woman.
3) Marni Nixon provides the voice to Audrey Hepburn's celebration in My Fair Lady.
4) Gene Gene the Dancing Machine delights the audience on The Gong Show.
5) Uma Thurman and John Travolta debate in Pulp Fiction.
6) Chubby Checker launches a dance craze with The Twist.
7) Kevin Bacon makes the case for dancing in Footloose.
8) Los del Rio launches another dance craze with the Macarena.
9) Billy Elliot explains why he dances.
10) Gene Kelly ends the best (disagree?) dancing scene ever in Singing in the Rain.
Apologies to: all those other dances, dance movies and dancing songs. Maybe next time.
1) Dancing Queen by Abba.
2) Al Pacino does the tango all the way to an Oscar in Scent of a Woman.
3) Marni Nixon provides the voice to Audrey Hepburn's celebration in My Fair Lady.
4) Gene Gene the Dancing Machine delights the audience on The Gong Show.
5) Uma Thurman and John Travolta debate in Pulp Fiction.
6) Chubby Checker launches a dance craze with The Twist.
7) Kevin Bacon makes the case for dancing in Footloose.
8) Los del Rio launches another dance craze with the Macarena.
9) Billy Elliot explains why he dances.
10) Gene Kelly ends the best (disagree?) dancing scene ever in Singing in the Rain.
Apologies to: all those other dances, dance movies and dancing songs. Maybe next time.
The 2014 Natural Wonders: The State of Children's Health in Arkansas report examines a number of children's healthcare issues like oral care and immunizations. 
The university system's board voted yesterday to start offering online courses. And, the state departments of health and education partner on educating schools about the dangers of heat-related illnesses.
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Ahead on Ozarks, a business degree from the University of Arkansas without ever seeing Old Main or setting foot on senior walk: an online degree is now a reality. Plus, we get an update on updating Cane Hill, one of the oldest communities in the region.
In January, the Old Fort Homeless Coalition held its annual Point-in-Time Count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless people in the community. Overall, the number of homeless in Fort Smith decreased from last year, though the need for a homeless campus is still apparent.
The Northwest Arkansas Clinical Pastoral Education Institute is hosting a free grief seminar for bereaved parents this weekend .
There have been spies and spying in American history since before the formation of the country. Our history doctor, Bill Smith, reminds us of a few historic episodes.
In the olden days, your local apothecary prepared all your medications. Now, your pharmaceutical industry mass produces everything from prescription Ambien to Xanax.
But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the lost art of individualized compounding is undergoing a revival—and more intense review. (Photo: Collier Drug Compounding Lab Staff-- front row left to right: Denise Roark, Jana Evensen, Corrie Stout, Melissa Mashburn, back row: Andrew Mize, Justin Bolinger.)
The Museum of Native American History in Bentonville is no longer a secret.
"Nebraska" by Vitamin String Quartet
