What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening, viewing and reading
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Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.
Midwest Modern Twitter account
I spent the first 22 years of my life in the Midwest, in the Chicago area, and then in Michigan for college. So, I have a lot of pride in the region. Architecture is my first art love. And one thing that keeps both thoseon Twitter. He mostly posts photos of buildings, but he will also post designs of things from all around the Midwest, both in big cities and small towns, of buildings from over the past century and even earlier. I think he has a really great eye, he sees value in just about everything. The account brings the beauty of the Midwest to the Internet.
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