#dr hill is the highlight of this dub

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A: Can you tell me what’s written on this paper? B: Uh... It’s a guy. A: No, see... that’s the picture. I asked you SPECIFICALLY to tell me what was written on it. B: I don’t speak corn. ... A: Oh, so now you're a funny guy, huh?

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I went to see the "Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution" premiere at Anime-Expo!

Hey, everyone! I just returned from Anime-Expo where I was lucky enough to've seen the world premiere of the 22nd Pokemon film, Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution. Wanted to share some of my experiences on it!

I'll start with some information about the event, before going into details on the movie itself. First of all, this was (as far as I understand) the very first time any Japanese-language with English-subtitled Pokemon animation has been officially (and legally) released in North America (and possibly outside of Japan in general?) so I wanted to make sure I attended this pretty momentous occasion. The event itself was handled very well by the staff and there was a great bilingual host who oversaw the whole thing and really hyped up the audience. After the film screening was finished, the three related guests of honor, Kunihiko Yuyama (co-animation director), Motonori Sakakibara, (co-animation director) and Rica Matsumoto (Japanese voice actress of Satoshi/Ash) were brought to the stage to answer a few prepared questions and audience questions. Afterward, Rica Matsumoto performed "Mezase Pokemon Master" live for the audience, which was an absolute treat. Finally, after the reveal of Armored Mewtwo's upcoming appearance in Pokemon Go, we took a "family photo" with a mascot Pikachu making an appearance! The whole thing was a total blast.

Some key points involving the Q&A session:

Rica Matsumoto was in particular very excited to visit LA, especially because she had worked on the Japanese dub for Beverly Hills 90210 and got to visit the real location after wanting to for so long! In addition, she was so taken aback by the audience's enthusiasm for "Satoshi", knowing how they were far more familiar with "Ash", but felt a strong connection to them through the character and Pokemon in general. The two animation co-directors Mr. Sakakibara and Mr. Yuyama shared similar comments, being blown away by the audience's emotional reaction. The screening also gave them major nostalgic flashbacks to first working on the original over 20 years ago. They were also so grateful.

I was fortunate enough to be chosen to ask the first of the three audience questions. First, I thanked them for giving us the opportunity to see this film in its original language with subtitles, as this was a tremendous honor to begin with. After mentioning that the American fandom was very appreciative for the English dubbed version of the TV series and movies, I asked if they would be able to give us any other future opportunities to see ANY other Japanese-language Pokemon animation down the line. Mr. Yuyama said they have plans, with Rica Matsumoto following with "Count on it!!" Nothing further than that, but definitely a good sign!

The next question from the audience asked about a trailer featuring footage involving what appeared to be an older version of Misty, why it was cut and what its involvement was to the movie's early stages of development. Mr. Yuyama simply responded with (paraphrasing, here) "While that was meant to show the image of an adult, the character in question was not actually an older version of Misty. The haircut is very similar though, I can see why you would make that mistake!". Rica Matsumoto adds (again, paraphrasing) "It just goes show that there's so many pretty girls in Pokemon, it's easy to mistake them for each other sometimes!" (Personal note: obviously this is sort of 'dodging the actual question', but it's likely they either weren't allowed to go into detail as to what that early trailer was all about, or possibly forgot about the details since it had been so long ago.)

The final audience question asked about what led to the decision to re-do the original film with CG animation. Mr. Sakakibara mentioned that they had wanted to do a CG Animated Pokemon film for a long time, but thanks to the collaboration with the 3D animation studio they worked with (I've forgotten the studio's name unfortunately, sorry!) they were able to finally make it happen. They chose Mewtwo Strikes Back as the experiment piece in order to try pushing the original character animation even further with the expressiveness and emotion.

I'm sure fans of her know this already, but Rica Matsumoto is an absolute ROCK STAR on stage. She loved teasing the audience and getting them amped up, commanding us to get louder and louder! "When I say 'Pokemon', you say 'Getto da ze!'" was a real highlight. To her, "Mezase Pokemon Master" is THE defining Pokemon song.

Next, I'll talk about the film itself. To those of you who don't want to be potentially spoiled on some of the differences between this and the original movie, skip this part!

The subtitle track for the film used all of the official English names of all characters, including the humans, Pokemon creatures, attack names, locations and even the nicknames of the guest characters' starters ("Bruteroot" and "Shellshocker"). For the most part, the translation was very close to the original Japanese dialogue, but there were definitely a few liberties taken at times. Team Rocket's motto was changed to reflect the English adaptation ("Prepare for trouble and make it double" etc.) along with referring to Ash/Satoshi as "Twerp" (instead of "JARI-BOY!"). There was also a very obvious 'joke' on the translator's part involving a new scene where Brock/Takeshi hits on Neesha/Sweet, proclaiming something about his "jelly donuts" (ending in the ol' Misty-dragging-him-away-by-the-ear gag). As this scene had completely new dialogue, I wouldn't be able to cross-check whatever the 100% accurate translation would be off-hand. A couple other liberties taken (in a way), were that certain lines throughout the movie were word-for-word 'translated' as lines from the original English dub of Pokemon: The First Movie. Thankfully these were rare, but one that definitely sticks out was the "I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you DO with the gift of life, that determines who you are." at the film's climax. Lastly, Mewtwo's words asking "Was I created by God?" and the scientists' response, were adapted in the subtitles as "Was I created by nature?". (Personal note: Likely this was to avoid flat-out religious references.)

The film begins with Dr. Fuji and his crew retrieving the Mew fossil from the ancient ruins. The "Birth of Mewtwo" sequence involving Amber/Ai is NOT included in this version of the story; the following scene leads directly into Mewtwo's awakening in the tube, to which the movie plays out as you remember it.

Dr. Fuji's laboratory is tremendously redesigned, but the same events transpire.

Mewtwo's armor is, as you've noticed, also fully re-designed. We see many re-directed (in terms of cinematography) scenes from the sequence of his servitude to Giovanni/Sakaki, including Gary/Shigeru's from-behind cameo. The main element of difference in the armor's usage is, just before blowing up the Team Rocket base upon defying Giovanni, it transforms into a binding 'prison' sort of state, to keep Mewtwo confined if he ever fought back...of course, he breaks it easily and flies off, just as before.

The first sequence where we see Ash, Misty/Kasumi and Brock starts a little earlier than in the original, showing Ash more excited and offering to help set up the table for lunch. It then cuts to slightly later where he's tired and slumped over the table. The Pirate Trainer "Raymond" appears again (still with all his glorious Engrish), now with a slight redesign involving bigger hair and the theme song battle sequence plays out. Worth noting, during the 3-on-1 against Pikachu, his Golem is replaced with a Drowzee. (Personal note: Likely to circumvent the "Thunderbolt should be ineffective against a Ground-type" argument.) We also see glimpses of Mewtwo and the mind-controlled Nurse Joy viewing the battle. Just before Dragonite shows up to deliver the invitation, we also see a bit of the gang's other Pokemon used in the movie: Vulpix, Psyduck, Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charizard, eating Pokemon food.

LOTS more trainers in the dock scene. The pier master Miranda/Voyager actually speaks of Wingulls showing signs of how bad the storm is, warning everyone again. We see a few more trainers attempt to travel to New Island, including one who tries Surfing on their Kingler and another who is carried by their Scyther...neither of them make it, along with whoever tried flying with their Fearow like in the original. RIP.

The Vikings-the-mostly-live-in-Minnesota are replaced with an equally-funny costume theme of the Team Rocket trio as some tourist-trap sailors utilizing a Lapras-shaped ferry service. Brock comments on how conveniently they showed up and they all get on. We then get a very Disneyland 3D Attraction-style sequence of the two trios riding through the storm before it crashes and Misty sends out Staryu to try and save the day. Another extended sequence of Ash, Misty and Brock clinging for dear life to Staryu plays out, including a really gorgeous orchestral arrangement of...the Sun & Moon Wild Pokemon Battle theme, of all things!

Ash and the others meet the other guest trainers. This is where the short added scene of Brock hitting on Neesha is added.

In general, while the grand majority of the things that happen in each scene are the same as they are in the original, a lot of the animation is expanded upon and really pushed in terms of expressiveness. Often this makes them longer than how they were before, but it's definitely paced out properly to fit with the adjustments they made.

The battle arena sequence plays out and all 3 of the battles between Venusaur, Blastoise and Charizard Vs. their super-clones are extended with new fight choreography and additional attack exchanges, including with later-added techniques like Energy Ball and Leaf Storm. This scene also features a completely new background music track from the one used in the original film (later used quite a bit in the anime).

The sequence of Mewtwo capturing all of the humans' Pokemon plays out, also with new background music as opposed to the original. A few new shots of the trainers trying to guard their Pokemon from being captured are added.

After the super-clones emerge, Mew appears to save Ash from being splattered against a wall, the Pokemon and their clones brutally beat each other, now with new sweeping camera angles and new music instead of the original.

When Ash rejoins Misty and Brock after climbing down from the castle, a few bits of dialogue are slightly played around with, but leads to the same untimely demise. Some new DBZ-esque glow effects are applied to when Ash is struck by the two psychic blasts and his turned-to-stone state is a bit more like crystal. Pikachu trying to Thundershock Ash back to life lingers a bit more, to show the desperation in Pikachu's attempt. When the other Pokemon begin shedding their tears, their actual sounds aren't heard and the scene is silent minus the background music.

The memory erasure happens yet again, sending everyone back to the docks. From just after Ash sees Mew flying in the sky, commenting on it, up through Team Rocket's sign-off on the now-abandoned New Island, the orchestral arrangement of the Pokemon Red & Blue Credits theme plays. For the movie credits, we're treated to a new remix of "Kaze to Isshi Ni" (featuring Shokotan) along with some 2D paintings of Ash, Misty and Brock traveling. One shows a flock of Wingull near the dock area! At the end, we see Mewtwo and the clones flying off to what appears to be Mount Quena from the "Mewtwo Returns" TV special.

Finally, as is always the case, a very short teaser of the "Pokemon 2020" film, showing a 2D-animated Pikachu in the style of the Sun & Moon series.

There might have been some things I missed, but that's everything I could recount! If you have any other questions, I'll try and answer them as best as I can. To anyone else who was there for the screening, feel free to add anything else you like! Overall, highly recommend folks who enjoyed the original Mewtwo Strikes Back movie to go see this when the English version comes out!

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HBO Max New Releases: March 2021

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It’s happening. It’s finally happening. What was once a particularly pervasive and aggressive Internet meme is now a reality. HBO Max’s list of new releases for March 2021 is highlighted by none other than the mythical Snyder cut.

The entity now known as Zach Snyder’s Justice League will premiere on March 18. While it was originally planned to be a four-part miniseries, this recut version of 2017’s ill-fated Justice League will in fact be a four-hour movie. But perhaps even four hours won’t be enough for fans who have been waiting years for just such an event.

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If the Snyder Cut is not to your speed, there are plenty of other (and shorter) options on HBO Max in March. The series Generation premieres March 11 and is another look at the youths of today a la Euphoria. This one, however, just happens to be cowritten by an actual youth. Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests is an intriguing-sounding documentary about the perils of Myers-Briggs tests and it premieres on March 4.

HBO Max closes out the month of March with another major blockbuster. Godzilla v. Kong will bow on March 31 and will hopefully deliver a fare share of monster mashing.

Here is everything else coming to HBO Max this month.

HBO Max New Releases – March 2021

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March 1 10 Years, 2012  A Mouse Tale, 2012  Adventureland, 2009  Assault On Precinct 13, 1976  Assault On Precinct 13, 2005  Bandits, 2001  Barefoot, 2014  Blade, 1998 The Brothers Grimm, 2005  Bowfinger, 1999  Cesar Chavez, 2014  Charlotte’s Web, 2006  CHiPs, 2017  Constantine, 2005 The Doors, 1991  Dr. Dolittle 2, 2001  Dream House, 2011  Driving Miss Daisy, 1989 Eulogy, 2004  Fierce People, 2007  Final Analysis, 1992  Final Space, Seasons 1-2 Finding Neverland, 2004  Gloria, 2014  Going In Style, 2017  Gone, 2012  Hard, Season 2 Premiere  Hellbenders, 2013  Henry Poole Is Here, 2008  House Arrest, 2012  Immigration Tango, 2011  Jungle Master, 2014  Just Before I Go, 2015  The King’s Speech, 2010 Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, 2006  Live By Night, 2016  The Lost Boys, 1987 Machine Gun Preacher, 2011  Malice, 1993  Man On A Ledge, 2012  Miss Sharon Jones!, 2015 No Se Aceptan Devoluciones (AKA Instructions Not Included), 2013  Ocean’s Eleven, 2001 Ocean’s Thirteen, 2007 Ocean’s Twelve, 2004 One More Time, 2016  Our Brand Is Crisis, 2015  Parental Guidance, 2012  Pitch Perfect, 2012  Princess Kaiulani, 2010  The Quiet Ones, 2014  The Raven, 2012  Red Dragon, 2002  Repentance, 2014  The River Wild, 1994  School Dance, 2014  Secretary, 2002 Shadows, 2021  Stand Up Guys, 2013  Super Capers, 2009  Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, 2005 The Undocumented Lawyer, 2021  Unforgettable, 2017  The Voices, 2015  Veronica Mars, 2014 Wedding Crashers, 2005 Wiener Dog Internationals, 2017 

March 3 Hunter x Hunter, (Dubbed, episodes 100-148) (Crunchyroll Collection)

March 4 Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests, Max Original Documentary Premiere

March 5 No Matarás (Aka Cross The Line), 2021  Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 (Dubbed, episodes 14-25) (Crunchyroll Collection)

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March 6 12 oz. Mouse, Season 3 Lost Resort Rocky, 1975  Rocky Balboa, 2006  Rocky II, 1979  Rocky III, 1982  Rocky IV, 1985  Rocky V, 1990 

March 8 The Investigation, Limited Series Finale

March 9 Ballmastrz: 9009, Season 2 COVID Diaries NYC, Documentary Premiere 

March 10 YOLO: Crystal Fantasy

March 11 Genera+ion S1A, Max Original Premiere South ParQ Vaccination Special Tig n’ Seek, Season 1B Premiere

March 12 Isabel Nuestras Madres (Aka Our Mothers), 2021  Tigtone, Season 2

March 13 Speed, 1994  Three Busy Debras

March 14 Allen v. Farrow, Documentary Series Finale Messy Goes to Okido

March 15 Infomercials

March 16 Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Season 5 (Dubbed) (Crunchyroll Collection)

March 17 Superman: The Animated Series

March 18 Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Max Original Film Premiere

March 19 A Tiny Audience, Season 2 Premiere 

March 20 Beverly Hills Cop, 1984  Beverly Hills Cop II, 1987  Beverly Hills Cop III, 1994 

March 22 Beartown, Limited Series Finale

March 23 Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel,  

March 26 Hotel Coppelia, 2021 

March 27  Tina, Documentary Premiere 

March 30 The Last Cruise, Documentary Premiere 

March 31 Godzilla vs. Kong, Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021

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Leaving HBO Max – March 2021

March 1 Shazam!, 2019 

March 12 Vacation, 2015

March 13 The Curse Of La Llorona, 2019 

March 14 Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021

March 22 Pokemon Detective Pikachu, 2019 

March 28 Tom & Jerry, 2021

March 31 Alien, 1979 (Director’s Cut)  Alien 3, 1992 (Extended Version)  Alien Resurrection, 1997 (Extended Version)  Aliens, 1986  All The Right Moves, 1983  Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, 2011  Any Given Sunday, 1999 Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero, 1998 Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, 2004  The Bush Years: Family. Duty. Power., 2019 The Chronicles Of Riddick, 2004 (Director’s Cut) ( HBO) Die Hard 2, 1990  Die Hard With A Vengeance, 1995  Die Hard, 1988  Edtv, 1999  The End: Inside The Last Days Of The Obama White House,, 2017 Grudge Match, 2013  Habana Boxing Club, 2018  Hours, 2013  The Last Emperor, 1987  Last Knights, 2015  Love & Basketball, 2000 Michael, 1996 Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993  The Night Before, 1988  P.S. I Love You, 2007 Purple Rain, 1984 Queen & Slim, 2019  Revolutionary Road, 2008  Richard Jewell, 2019  Ruby Sparks, 2012  See No Evil, 2006  Sleight, 2017 

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Democracy Queen Stacey Abrams & BLM Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize + The Stupid #StopStacey Campaign Proves Her Power

Democracy queen Stacey Abrams and the Black Lives Matter movement have been nominated to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. More inside…

2021 is showing some glimmer of hope.

After making Republicans BOW DOWN at the presidential election polls, voting rights activist Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her work to “promote nonviolent change via the ballot box.”

The Democratic party politician was nominated by a Norwegian lawmaker who recognized for her role in helping to register thousands of voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election and Senate runoff election in Georgia. It’s nice to see all of her hard work hasn’t gone in vain.

“Abrams’ work follows in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s footsteps in the fight for equality before the law and for civil rights,” Lars Haltbrekken, a Socialist Party member of Norway’s parliament, said.

The first Nobel Prize nomination for Martin Luther King Jr. arrived to the Norwegian Nobel Committee #OTD in 1963. The nomination came from a previous Peace Laureate, American Friends Service Committee. King was awarded the Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against racism. pic.twitter.com/0zzCisW3fn

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) January 31, 2021

Civil rights leader/pastor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel prize in 1964 after he was nominated a year before for his “nonviolent campaign against racism.”

The first Nobel Prize nomination for Martin Luther King Jr. arrived to the Norwegian Nobel Committee #OTD in 1963. The nomination came from a previous Peace Laureate, American Friends Service Committee. King was awarded the Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against racism. pic.twitter.com/0zzCisW3fn

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) January 31, 2021

The Black Lives Matter movement has also been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. The global effort that has been fighting police brutality and bringing awareness since 2012 is being recognized for the hard work that has been put in.

Norwegian MP Petter Eide nominated the global movement "for their struggle against racism and racially motivated violence," he wrote in his official nomination papers, which were obtained by CNN.

"BLM's call for systemic change have spread around the world, forcing other countries to grapple with racism within their own societies," he said.

Forever President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.

Stacey Abrams and BLM join a long list of other nominees, which include Trump, former White House adviser Jared Kushner and the World Health Organization. We’re not sure how Trump’s name ended up in the same sentence as the word “peace,” but here we are.

Former Loeffler campaign spokesman Stephen Lawson has found a new perch with the “Stop Stacey” campaign, launched today, which absurdly claims that Abrams is trying to “claim total control of America.” pic.twitter.com/YXE6e2zhv0

— Charles Bethea (@charlesbethea) February 1, 2021

The work Stacey has been putting in obviously has Republicans scared because they have launched a stupid campaign called #StopStacey. A group of Republicans are trying to stop a potential 2022 gubernatorial run by Democrat Stacey Abrams.

If you didn’t know, Stacey was the Democratic party’s nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election where she ended up losing against her opponent Brian Kemp. The reason for her loss is mainly tied to voter suppression tactics.  Now, the GOP is SCARED and they’re doing everything they can to keep her from running again.

The Hill reports:

The independent group, dubbed "Stop Stacey," says it will work to uncover what it calls the former gubernatorial candidate's "shady voter groups that undermine election integrity" and to "unite and mobilize grassroots Republicans across the country."

"We will do whatever it takes to expose Stacey Abrams’ radical network, highlight her dangerous agenda, and ultimately defeat her — and her left-wing candidates — at the ballot box," the group's senior strategist, Jeremy Brand, said in a statement. "There is no time to waste: We must stand up, fight back, and Stop Stacey.”

Stacey has them SHOOK! The fact she's living rent free in their heads like this already proves her remarkle power. She has already flipped the state of Georgia blue once after hand picking and recruiing Reverend Warnock to run for a vacant Senate seat. We can’t wait to watch her do it AGAIN!

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GODZILLA - A QUESTION OF ORIGINS: AN ESSAY ON GODZILLA’S PLACE IN PALEO-FICTION

Earlier this month Toho Studios and Polygon Pictures unveiled to the world the latest incarnation of Godzilla via a 2-meter tall statue erected in the lobby of the Cinecitta’ Theater in Kawasaki. While this new version of Godzilla, which will appear in the forthcoming anime film GODZILLA: PLANET OF THE MONSTERS (Nov. 17, Dir. Kōbun Shizuno & Hiroyuki Seshita), has an overall familiar silhouette, it is also in many ways radically different from anything that has come before it. With a forest green complexion, skin which looks like twisted roots and leaf-shaped dorsal fins, this new Godzilla has a rather arboreal look to him.

A subsequent press release from Toho published on Sci-Fi Japan provided further confirmation regarding Godzilla’s Swamp Thing-like new look by noting that this incarnation of Godzilla will be a “plant-based” life form. Needless to say this statement was fairly vague and raised numerous questions as to what exactly is meant by “plant-based.” Will Godzilla actually be a plant or part plant? Will he be an animal with a symbiotic relationship to plants? Maybe it just means he’s a vegetarian? It’s still too early to say but this has not stopped many Godzilla fans from reacting with consternation and condemnation (at least on this side of the Pacific, I have no idea what Japanese Gojira fans are making of all this). Much of this outrage stems from the fact that most fans take as gospel the idea that Godzilla’s origin is that of an extant dinosaur whose exposure to radiation from atomic bomb tests in the Pacific in the 1950s mutated the creature into the familiar kaijū known around the world today.

But is this actually the case?

It should be stated upfront that Godzilla’s creator, Toho Studios producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, is on record as saying that he originally conceived of Godzilla as “a dinosaur sleeping in the Southern Hemisphere [that] had been awakened and transformed into a giant by the [atomic] bomb.” However, Tanaka gave his statement to The Washington Post in 1984, many years after the fact and while promoting the then new film THE RETURN OF GODZILLA (1984, Dir. Koji Hashimoto) which, as we will see, was the first in a series of Godzilla movies which began placing greater emphasis on Godzilla’s connection to dinosaurs. Furthermore, digging into the production of the original Godzilla film from 1954 reveals that there was in fact no consensus early on regarding what exactly Godzilla should be. Special-effects director Eiji Tsuburaya campaigned for Godzilla to be a giant octopus while early concept art by cartoonist Kazuyoshi Abe depicted a monster more allegorical then biological in appearance, as it resembled an anthropomorphic living-mushroom cloud. It wasn’t until Toho art director Akira Watanabe took a pass at the design that Godzilla’s now familiar dinosaurian look began to emerge. However this essay is not interested in events which transpired behind the scenes but rather those which ended up in front of the cameras. In other words, the question being asked here is if the commonly upheld assertion that Godzilla is a ‘radioactive dinosaur’ can actually be found in the 31-films which make up Godzilla’s current cinematic legacy. To this end, the following essay will look at those films in the franchise which both explicitly and implicitly deal with the subject of Godzilla’s origin in order to find out what is and is not actually said about the King of the Monsters and where he comes from.

As a final note before proceeding it should be observed that because the role of science in science-fiction films is often to merely lend a veneer of scientific veracity to the events on screen via the use of technical sounding jargon it should not be expected that the paleontological claims made by various characters in the Godzilla films are in any way accurate or a reflection of what actual paleontologists have ever thought was true about dinosaurs. Nevertheless, there are moments in the franchise where actual paleontology – both cutting edge and hopelessly out-of-date – has been invoked, balanced out by scenes of utter pseudoscience. Because of this fact, this essay will endeavor to highlight which ideas are true, which are blatantly false and which fall somewhere in between. What this essay will not attempt to do however is use the tenants of contemporary paleontology to try and explain Godzilla’s origin – mostly because I am not a paleontologist. Readers who are interested in that kind of speculation have a number of essays on this very topic written by actual paleontologists including Kenneth Carpenter, Darren Naish, and Mark Witton which they should consult. Now on to the films…          

Godzilla (1954)

In GODZILLA (1954, Dir. Ishiro Honda) Japanese fishing trawlers begin mysterious disappearing off the coast of Japan. When some of the survivors wash up on the nearby Odo Island journalist Hagiwara (Sachio Sakai) goes to investigate. He learns that the locals blame the disasters on a mythical monster called Gojira/Godzilla and that night, during a storm, Hagiwara briefly spies the beast. In response to Hagiwara’s report the Japanese government dispatches a team of scientists to investigate including paleontologist Dr. Kyohei Yamane (Takashi Shimura). Once on Odo Island, Dr. Yamane observes huge saurian footprints crisscrossing the terrain and discovers a living trilobite – a kind of extinct marine arthropod – in one of them. He also notes that the footprints are highly radioactive. Dr. Yamane isn’t on the island long when Godzilla reappears – this time in broad daylight – peeking over a nearby cliff before disappearing back into the sea. Based on his discoveries and observations Dr. Yamane returns to Tokyo where he delivers the following statement to government officials…

“About 2-million years ago, this brontosaurus and these other dinosaurs roamed the earth during a period the experts called Jurassic. During the following geological period, the Cretaceous, a creature somewhere between the marine reptiles and the evolving terrestrial animals was born. I am convinced there was such an intermediate creature. [Brings up photo of Godzilla to audible gasps from the audience] This creature, according to Odo Island folklore, is called Godzilla. As we look at this photo of Godzilla’s head from a hill on Odo Island, we can estimate that this creature stands approximately 50-meters tall. So then, how can we explain the presence of such a creature during the present day? It probably survived by eating deep sea organisms occupying a specific niche. However, recent experimental nuclear detonations may have drastically altered its natural habitat. I would even speculate that a hydrogen bomb explosion may have removed it from its surroundings.”

Dr. Yamane continues to elaborate upon his theory, showing off the trilobite he recovered from Godzilla’s footprint and explaining that the sand extracted from its shell is the same as that found in Jurassic era fossil deposits. This same sand also contained traces of “Strontium-90” a radioactive isotope “generated only from an atomic bomb.”

While Dr. Yamane’s never overtly declares that Godzilla is a ‘radioactive dinosaur’ his references to “brontosaurus and… other dinosaurs” – words accompanied by slides showing acclaimed paleoartist Rudolph F. Zallinger’s paintings of dinosaurs – strongly suggests the idea. More specifically, Dr. Yamane appears to believe that Godzilla represents a transitional form between terrestrial dinosaurs and marine reptiles (i.e. plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, ichthyosaurs and mosasaurs); a notion which is phylogenetically erroneous though perhaps not quite as egregious as the blatantly false assertion that non-avian dinosaurs were roaming the earth as recently as 2-million years ago.

Godzilla: The Shōwa Era (1955-1975)

As the Godzilla series progressed, emphasis on the question of Godzilla’s origin was gradually sidelined. Dr. Yamane returns in the franchise’s second film, GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (1955, Dir. Motoyoshi Oda), just long enough to confirm the Japanese government’s fears that a second Godzilla has been discovered following the death of the first one in the 1954 film. To make matters worse a second kaijū, Anguirus, has also appeared and been identified by another scientist, Dr. Tadokoro (Masao Shimizu), as a type of Ankylosaurus.

What is interesting to note here is that while the Japanese films chose to deemphasize Godzilla’s possible dinosaurian origins, the American localizations of these same films insisted on actually putting more emphasis on such ideas via additional dialogue added either through dubbing or the insertion of new scenes. For example, in Warner Brother’s reworking of GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN, re-titled GIGANTIS THE FIRE MONSTER for US audiences, Dr. Yamane and Dr. Tadokoro’s brief bout of exposition is expanded into a nearly 7-minute long spiel featuring some of the most outrageous pseudoscience ever committed to screen in a 50s B-monster movie… or possibly anywhere else. Highlights include Dr. Yamane declaring that dinosaurs “were born out of fiery matter, their very existence was based upon the element of fire. They breathed fire, they survived in fire, fire was part of their organic makeup” and Dr. Tadokoro reading, allegedly out of paleontological textbook, an excerpt which reports that “somewhere, although it is not known when, these creatures may come alive after years of hibernation due to radioactive fallout.”

Universal’s 1963 Americanization of KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962, Dir. Ishiro Honda) fared no better. New scenes where added featuring United Nations reporter Eric Carter (Michael Keith) interviewing Dr. Arnold Johnson (Harry Holcombe), head of the Museum of Natural History in New York, who uses a copy of writer Darlene Geis and artist R.F. Peterson’s children’s science book Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals (1959) to explain that Godzilla is a hybrid between a Stegosaurus (a late Jurassic era, Ornithischian, herbivorous quadruped) and Tyrannosaurus Rex (a late Cretaceous era, Saurischian, carnivorous theropod). The mind reels.

Godzilla: The Heisei Era (1984-1995)

While the question of Godzilla’s origin quickly faded into the background during the Shōwa era, Toho’s second series of Godzilla films would revive the issue, placing new emphasis on the question and ultimately delivering what is to date the most detailed account of Godzilla’s dinosaurian beginnings.

In THE RETURN OF GODZILLA (1985, Dir. Koji Hashimoto), Godzilla’s sudden return after a nearly 30-year absence throws the Cold War powers of the United States and Russia into a tailspin with Japan serving as a reluctant middleman. Brash, young reporter Goro Maki (Ken Tanaka) has the inside scoop but is barred by the Japanese government from publishing his report due to concerns that the revelation that Godzilla is alive and well may cause an international panic. Maki then visits biologist Prof. Makoto Hayashida (Yosuke Natsuki) to learn more about Godzilla. Like Dr. Yamane, Prof. Hayashida never openly declares that Godzilla is a ‘radioactive dinosaur’ but the insinuation is clearly there. Prof. Hayashida’s lab is full of miniature fossil skeleton models of various extinct species and a coffee table in the room is covered with books on dinosaurs. When Maki asks the professor if he thinks Godzilla is a biological animal, Maki says yes but clarifies that due to his exposure to radiation Godzilla has been transformed into a “living nuclear weapon.” Prof. Hayashida then passes Maki a copy of David Lambert’s book Dinosaurs (1978) while intoning that he has also come to believe that Godzilla is “immortal” – the  implication here being that Godzilla is not only an extant dinosaur but one which possibly has been around for millions of years.

This idea is further bolstered by Prof. Hayashida’s eventual plan to defeat Godzilla. Noting that Godzilla appears to follow the same migratory routes as modern birds, which are the evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, Prof. Hayashida theorizes that Godzilla has a similar “homing” instinct to birds and that if they can find a way to manipulate this then they can effectively trick Godzilla into going where they tell him to, including having him walk straight into the mouth of an active volcano – which is exactly what they do!

Of course, Godzilla doesn’t stay there and eventually escapes for a sequel, GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE (1989, Dir. Kazuki Ohmori), which doesn’t feature any paleontological content. However, its sequel, GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH (1991, Dir. Kazuki Ohmori), does being the first and so far only film in the franchise to reveal the origin of Godzilla on screen.

The plot of GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH involves time-travelers from the year 2204 who come back to warn the Japanese that in the near future Godzilla will destroy the country of Japan entirely. In order to prevent this the time-travelers propose going back to the year 1944 and locating the extant dinosaur that would become Godzilla and moving it to another island in the South Pacific where it won’t be exposed to radiation from atomic bomb tests - thus negating Godzilla’s entire existence. The only problem however is that the time-travelers don’t know what island the dinosaur is on, which is why they have come to the year 1992 to find science-fiction writer Kenichiro Terasawa (Kosuke Toyohara) who is currently writing a book about Godzilla’s origin with the help of a scientist named Prof. Mazaki (Katsuhiko Sasaki) who has previously published a monograph in which he argues against the scientific consensus that dinosaurs went extinct 66-million years ago. Based on eyewitness accounts from surviving Japanese soldiers stationed on Lagos Island during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Terasawa has concluded that a living dinosaur was present on the island and theorizes that this same dinosaur was subsequently mutated into Godzilla. Terasawa, Prof. Mazaki, and several other characters, join the time-travelers and journeys back to 1944. There on Lagos Island they witness the dinosaur, which Terasawa unoriginally dubs Godzillasaurus, fight off an American military platoon thereby saving the Japanese troops stationed on the island.

One of the most curious aspects about this whole scenario regarding Godzilla’s origin is the way in which the surviving Japanese soldiers come to revere and worship Godzilla as Japan’s savior. Early on in the film we see Terasawa interviewing a veteran named Masukichi Ikehata (Koichi Ueda) who has just managed to get himself kicked out of a natural history museum for walking around with banners and a megaphone declaring that…

“A long time ago, I saw a real-life dinosaur. You don’t know what it was like, but I certainly do! That dinosaur is always watching us from somewhere. And if we ever become helpless and desperate… Right when we’re about to be broken, the dinosaur will always come. A warning to the humans who desecrate the dinosaur. The dinosaur are sacred. Hear the voice of the dinosaur. I encountered it on the doomed battlefront of the War.”   

Less extreme is wealthy business tycoon Yasuaki Shindo (Yoshio Tsuchiya), who was also stationed on Lagos Island in ’44 and witnessed the dinosaur, an incident which has led to an apparent life-long obsession with dinosaurs to the point that Shindo’s corporate office is filled with model dinosaurs and a huge dinosaur mural hangs on the wall behind his desk.

Takayuki Tatsumi, who is a real-world professor of literary theory and American literature at Keio University, writes that such devotion as displayed by Ikehata and Shindo recalls the practices of Ōishigori Shintoism which was a splinter sect of the Japanese national religion of Shinto which is an animistic faith that teaches the worship of nature as an embodiment of the divine. Ōishigori Shintoism, pioneered by Meiji era clairvoyant Ōishigori Masumi (b. 1832 – d. 1913) – who feared that Shinto was falling behind the rival religions of Christianity and Buddhism as well as then cutting-edge scientific thought such as Darwin’s Theory of Evolution – conversely taught that the Japanese were not the evolutionary descendants of early hominids but rather arose from dragons born of stone pebbles filled with chi by the gods. According to Ōishigori these “dragons” – the ones mentioned in Shinto texts like the Kojiki and Nihon-Nihongi – were actually extant dinosaurs. Furthermore not all the dinosaurs had evolved into humans. Rather some had remained hidden deep in the sea where they lived on as Dragon Gods. Either way, what Ōishigori was ultimately advocating was a worldview in which the Japanese are both the descendants of dinosaurs and worship dinosaurs as living-gods.

Having explicitly established Godzilla’s status as a living dinosaur, the fifth film in the Heisei series sees this information put to use. A scientific expedition lead by Prof. Ohmae (Yûsuke Kawazu) to Adona Island in the Bering Sea – which is described by one character as a “nuclear junkyard” – leads to the discovery of the mutant pteranodon Rodan and the recovery of a gigantic unhatched prehistoric egg. Prof. Ohmae initially believes the egg is Rodan’s, but is proven wrong when it eventually hatches revealing an infant Godzillasaurus. By studying this creature the scientists at the United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center (UNGCC) learn that Godzilla’s species has two brains; one located in the skull and another at the base of the spine. Using this knowledge they plan to attack Godzilla’s second brain with hopes paralyzing the monster.

The idea that Godzilla would have two brains may seem odd but is actually based on a real-life theory about dinosaurs developed by acclaimed and controversial 19th-Century Yale paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh who observed that many of the biggest dinosaurs – specifically sauropods and stegosaurus – had an unusually large medullar cavity in the sacropelvic region of their bodies. Because the heads of these giant dinosaurs seemed so absurdly small for their massive bodies Marsh concluded that this sacral cavity must have housed a second brain which worked to control the back half of their bodies while the one in their skulls controlled the front half. Marsh’s double-brain hypothesis was eventually overturned and paleontologists now believe that such cavities housed rich stores of glycogen rather than extra grey matter. Nevertheless the myth of the two-brained dinosaurs persists to this day popping up as recently as 2013 when it was invoked by scientist Dr. Newton Geiszler (Charlie Day) in the film PACIFIC RIM (Dir. Guillermo del Toro).       

Godzilla (1998)                      

The origin of the Godzilla which appears in 1998’s GODZILLA (Dir. Roland Emmerich) is a matter of some controversy. After a destroyed Japanese fishing boat washes ashore in Panama with a series of huge saurian footprints leading away from it, the US military assembles a team of scientists to assess the situation and determine what kind of creature might be responsible. Among the team is paleontologist Dr. Elsie Chapman (Vicki Lewis) who early on deduces that they are dealing with an extant “Theropoda Allosaurus;” a theory which is met with skepticism by her teammates Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick) and Dr. Mendel Craven (Malcolm Danare). In Stephen Molstad’s adult novelization of the film, Dr. Craven, in particular, raises a number of objections to Dr. Chapman’s contention that Godzilla is a living dinosaur including the issues of how it would have survived the K-T mass extinction, why no one has seen it before now, that it is hailing from the wrong part of the globe (Allosaurus fossils are found in the American West, not the South Pacific), and the fact that theropod dinosaurs are not generally believed to have been amphibious.

However despite these serious objections neither Dr. Craven nor Dr. Tatopoulos are ever actually capable of refuting Dr. Chapman’s contentions and it does not appear that Dr. Chapman herself ever abandons them. In fact, it would appear that both of her colleagues may have later actually come to agree with her. Evidence of this is found in Molstad’s novelization where we learn that Dr. Craven eventually authored a book about Godzilla called Cretaceous-period Park; a title which suggests a belief that Godzilla is a relic dinosaur. Furthermore in the pilot episode of the animated GODZILLA: THE SERIES (1998-2000, 40 Episodes), Dr. Tatopoulous discovers a baby Godzilla in the sewers of New York. The infant imprints on him (like a bird) and comes to believe he’s its parent. When his colleagues learn about this second Godzilla they initially want it destroyed leading Dr. Tatopoulous to plead with them to allow the creature to live, at one point saying to Dr. Chapman: “You’re a paleontologist. Why would you destroy your only living specimen?”

The alternative theory as to this Godzilla’s origin is that it is a mutated version of a contemporary reptile; either a marine iguana or a member of the Varanidae family which includes both monitor lizards and Komodo Dragons. The opening credit sequence of the 1998 film alludes to such an origin via its juxtaposition of images of South Pacific reptiles and atomic bomb detonations. Additionally this is the pet theory of Dr. Tatopoulos, having come to him, according to Molstead, in the form of a recurring nightmare. In H.B. Gilmour’s junior novelization of the film this theory is all but validated by the book’s opening page which describes a scene set in “June 1968” in which the eggs of a “six-foot-long reptile” living on an island in the Pacific are exposed to the fallout from an atomic bomb test. [1]

Godzilla: The Millennium Series (1999-2004)

Toho’s third series of Godzilla films would once again sideline the issue of Godzilla’s origin, be it prehistoric or otherwise. The movie which proves the exception to this rule however is 2001’s GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTER’S ALL-OUT ATTACK (Dir. Shusuke Kaneko) which is notable for not only tackling this issue but in doing so also effectively appearing to tear down and dismiss everything which had previously been established about what Godzilla is and where he comes from.

In the film, the ghost of folklorist Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama (Hideyo Amamoto) prophesies Godzilla’s return. He also explains that Godzilla is the embodiment of “the souls of countless people who fell victim to the Pacific War” and who have returned to attack Japan “because people have forgotten… Forgotten the agony of those killed in the war… Forgotten their cries…”

In making the claim that Godzilla is the personification of the restless spirits of those who died during WWII, Prof. Isayama is essentially positing that Godzilla, rather than being a biological entity, is a supernatural one, specifically an onryō, or vengeful spirit, like those seen in such Japanese horror movies as RING (1998, Dir. Hideo Nakata), PULSE (2001, Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa) and JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (2002, Dir. Takashi Shimizu). While such an interpretation may appear to be totally out of left field, it actually reflects a widespread interpretation of Godzilla which became popular among real-world Japanese folklorists – such as Akasaka Norio and Nagayama Yasuo – and film critics – like Yomota Inuhiko – in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Such an interpretation would also appear to be about as far removed from the understanding of Godzilla as ‘mutant dinosaur’ as one can get.

However, as mentioned earlier in conjunction with GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH (1991), such a theory also raises the specter of Ōishigori Shintoism again and the idea that the Japanese are somehow both spiritually and evolutionarily related to dinosaurs. How else do you explain why the souls of dead Japanese soldiers would manifest in the form of a huge dinosaurian monster like Godzilla?            

Godzilla (2014)

Much like its depiction of the monster itself, the second American-made Godzilla film, GODZILLA (2014, Dir. Gareth Edwards), does a good job of obfuscating the issue of Godzilla’s origin. Despite having presumably spent their entire careers studying this creature and others like it, biologists Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe) and Dr. Vivienne Graham (Sally Hawkins) are only willing to say that Godzilla is “an ancient alpha predator… Millions of years older than mankind, from a time when the earth was ten times more radioactive than it is today.” It is unclear exactly what geological time period the scientists are referring to here. Earth has frequently been bombarded by cosmic radiation throughout its 4.5 billion-year history leading to periods when the planet was indeed “more radioactive than it is today” (though only 10x more seems to be low-balling it). This could mean that Godzilla came about as far back as 2.5 billion to 3 billion-years ago – which seems unlikely since the only known life on the planet at this point was photosynthetic bacteria – or as recently as 1.7 million-years ago when our hominid ancestor Paranthropus Robustus was walking the plains of Africa.

However, the movie’s official prequel comic, Godzilla: Awakening written by the film’s scriptwriter Max Borenstein alongside his brother Greg, has a much younger Serizawa claim that Godzilla and his fellow Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms (or MUTOs) originate from the Permian Period which ended roughly 252.2 million-years ago. If so this would disqualify Godzilla from being a dinosaur since dinosaurs did not appear until after the Permian Mass Extinction, known colloquially as the Great Dying, which was the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history resulting in the end of nearly 90% of all marine species and 70% of all terrestrial species. It would also contradict Dr. Serizawa and Dr. Graham’s later contentions that such creatures thrived in an intensely radioactive environment since there is no evidence to suggest that the earth was particularly radioactive during this time.

While Monarch’s scientists may be unsure of what Godzilla is, protagonist Ford Brody’s son Sam knows a dinosaur when he sees one and proudly identifies Godzilla as such when he first spies the creature on television. Likewise in Greg Cox’s novelization of the film, Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) finds himself thinking that Godzilla resembles “some unknown species of dinosaur” despite the fact that it is “at least thirty times larger than even a Tyrannosaurus rex.”             

Shin Godzilla (2016)       

The most recent live-action Godzilla movie from Toho Studios, SHIN GODZILLA (2016, Dir. Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi), spends the most screen time since the Heisei era elaborating upon Godzilla’s hypothetical biology and offering up an explanation for everything including his dorsal fins which are theorized to help regulate body temperature; a popular theory also proposed about Stegosaurus’ iconic back plates. The film also explores Godzilla’s origin via data discovered in an envelope found by the Japanese Coast Guard in an abandoned yacht drifting in Tokyo Bay at the beginning of the movie    

Eventually the yacht is identified as having belonged to Prof. Goro Maki (Kihachi Okamoto), who is presumed to have committed suicide prior to the start of the film. A quick glance at Prof. Maki’s CV shows that he specialized in Integrative Biology and additional information discovered by the film’s protagonists reveals that following his wife’s death in an unspecified nuclear accident (possibly the Fukushima Daiichi disaster?), Maki abandoned his job as a Japanese college professor and went to work for the United States Department of Energy. There Prof. Maki focused his research on the effects of nuclear waste dumped by the US on the South Pacific Ocean floor. He eventually discovered that the waste was being fed upon by a certain marine organism which had mutated into the creature that would eventually become Godzilla. Prof. Maki’s report was subsequently suppressed by the US government.

Though it is not stated in the film what kind of marine organism Prof. Maki believed had fed on the nuclear waste, a five page English language essay titled “Inventory of Radioactive Material Entering the Marine Environment” found in The Art of Shin Godzilla making-of book and attributed to Prof. Maki reveals that the scientist had concluded that the culprit was “most likely… a prehistoric marine reptile” either a Mosasaurs or an Ichthyosaurus. Like Dr. Yamane, Prof. Maki seems to have also believed that such a creature would represent a transitional form between Mesozoic marine reptiles and dinosaurs, or at least that is what one is left to conclude from the otherwise paleontological non-sequitur that is Prof. Maki’s declaration that “any ichthyosaur that is the size of a chicken or larger would be recognized as a dinosaur.”

Godzilla: Monster Planet (2017) and Beyond…

Due to the respective domestic and international box office success of GODZILLA (2014) and SHIN GODZILLA (2016) both Hollywood and Toho Studios in Japan have committed to producing a slate of new films in the Godzilla franchise. This includes at least two more films in what Legendary Pictures is calling the MonsterVerse cinematic universe that already includes GODZILLA (2014) and this year’s KONG: SKULL ISLAND (Dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts). It is unknown if these two new films, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (2019, Dir. Michael Dougherty) and GODZILLA VS. KONG (2020, Dir. Adam Wingard), will attempt to elucidate the murky origin of the second American Godzilla but if KONG: SKULL ISLAND, which did a great deal to clarify various aspects of the MonsterVerse’s underlying mythology, is any indication they probably will.

However, as mentioned at the top of this essay, the next theatrical film which fans can look forward to will be the animated GODZILLA: PLANET OF THE MONSTERS from Toho and Polygon Pictures and which will debut in Japan this November before heading to Netflix for worldwide distribution either late this year or early next year. As noted this new film has raised the possibility of botanical-based King of the Monsters, an idea which strikes many fans as anathema. For this contingent of fans Godzilla is a dinosaur, both now and forever. What this essay has attempted show however is that while the idea that Godzilla is a mutant dinosaur, or some other kind of similar prehistoric reptile, is one which has been present throughout the franchise’s 60+ year history it is also not one which has been clear or consistent in its fundamental contentions.

Perhaps the key here is to think about the idea of Godzilla as dinosaur not in a strict scientific sense but rather in a symbolic one. As I often remind my students when doing my class on dinosaurs in popular-culture, much of the dinosaur’s power come from the fact that they are inherently liminal entities. This means that they exist simultaneously between two conflicting states of being. In the case of the dinosaurs their liminality arises from the fact that they are simultaneously both real and imaginary. They are real because we have their bones, we know they existed. But they are also imaginary because no human has ever seen one and so we must be content to use our imaginations to tell us what they were like. This fact transforms dinosaurs into a potent symbol. An empirically verifiable fantasy. In this way Godzilla, as dinosaur, lays claim to a status that other more purely fantastic creatures cannot.                                 IMAGE: Godzilla, having laid waste to the cities of man, welcomes back his saurian brethren in artist Pete Von Sholly’s “The Return” (2014)

[1] It is also possible that both Dr. Chapman and Dr. Tatopoulous’ theories are incorrect or, perhaps, only partially correct. In the same pilot episode of GODZILLA: THE SERIES a subsequent scene featuring both scientists find Dr. Chapman noting that many of Godzilla’s behaviors fly in the face of conventional notions about “carnivorous dinosaurs,” while Dr. Tatopoulous concedes that Godzilla does not behave “like a lizard” either.

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Featuring keynote speaker Steve Beauchesne, from Beau's Brewing, tickets are on sale now for this year's 2019 BC Craft Brewers Conference.

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Vancouver, B.C., … Presented by West Coast Canning and hosted by the BC Craft Brewers Guild, the 2019 BC Craft Brewers Conference—dubbed BC Beer Con—takes place during BC Craft Beer Month on Oct. 17 and 18 and will be the largest to date in this world-class beer city. Due to its explosive growth, the conference now spans two days and has moved to the Harbour Convention Centre (760 Pacific Blvd., Vancouver) where it will host more than 600 attendees. Bringing together the brewing community and beer enthusiasts from all over the Pacific Northwest, the conference aims to connect stakeholders and educate them with insight into initiatives, issues and innovation. Keynote speakers, peer- and industry-led educational seminars, and of course, beer are on the agenda. The conference also includes the Kickoff event, presented by Great Little Box Company, a trade show with more than 60 exhibitors from across North America, as well as the Official After Party, presented by BSG Canada and Gambrinus Malting. BC Beer Con is open to all levels of brewery staff and management, craft beer fans, industry partners, media, influencers and the general public.

“Our third conference will be our largest ever as we increase our size by 30 per cent,” says Ken Beattie, BC Craft Brewers Guild Executive Director. “Our goal is to deliver an exceptional educational experience along with a networking opportunity that will satisfy the vast range of conference attendees from brewing experts, to home brewers to beer enthusiasts. This coupled with satellite events and a famous after-party makes this conference a must-attend event for the entire beer community.”

Experts from across North America will be landing in Vancouver to deliver keynote speeches and seminars covering topics of brewing methods, brewery operations, finance and marketing. Featured speakers include:

Steve Beauchesne, Co-Founder of Beau’s Brewing Co. • Vankleek Hill, Ontario

Opening Keynote address

Bryan Roth, Good Beer Hunting and the North American Guild of Beer Writers • Durham, North Carolina

Kickoff Keynote: What narratives and numbers tell us, and what you can do about them

Lizzie MacNeil, Later PR and Partnerships Lead • Vancouver, British Columbia

Actionable ways to improve your Instagram marketing strategy

Greg Zeschuk, Rob Monk, and Doug Checknita • Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company, Edmonton, Alberta

The story of Blind Enthusiasm

Chad Yakobson, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project • Denver, Colorado

Brewing with Brettanomyces yeast and mixed cultures seminar

Dr. Josh Mayich, Owner of Darlings Farms • Darlings Island, New Brunswick

Moving beyond variety-by-name to flavour contributions in the hops industry: An evolved approach to integrating the brewing community

All-access early bird discounted tickets for the third annual BC Craft Brewers Conference are on sale now until Sept. 15 for $199 (regularly priced at $249 starting Sept. 16). BC Craft Brewers Guild Members receive a $50 discount on all-access tickets. For more information, a complete list of speakers and to purchase tickets visit: bccraftbrewersconference.com.

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About BC Brewers Conference: The BC Craft Brewers Conference, hosted by the BC Craft Brewers Guild, brings together key stakeholders from the entire British Columbia craft brewing industry for an annual networking and educational event. A highlight on everyone’s calendar, 600+ attendees will form new contacts with industry peers, connect with key industry suppliers, and gain insight into key industry issues. The conference includes peer-led educational sessions, a supplier trade show, and plenty of beer—we are brewers after all. For more information and to purchase tickets visit: bccraftbrewersconference.com.

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‘Hobbit Houses’ for Sale: 7 Listings So Precious, Bilbo Baggins Would Approve

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Wish you had a “hobbit house”—you know, those quaint little lodges where Frodo, Bilbo, and other 4-foot-tall halflings lived in J.R.R. Tolkien‘s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy? Well you’re in luck: The latest niche trend in real estate listings is all about highlighting small spaces that look like they’re straight out of Middle Earth.

To qualify as a hobbit house, homes generally need a few distinct features: structures partly built into the ground, with rounded doorways, lots of stone accents, and a certain magical je ne sais quoi. Here’s a rundown of some seller-described “hobbit houses” on the market today. Just remember that to buy one you need cold, hard cash and not just magical Rings of Power.

16 Wilkinson Hollow Rd, Pawling, NY 

Price: $795,000

The deets: Tolkien superfan Jim Costigan spent six years building this eco-friendly home he dubbed “Hobbit Hollow.” The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home rocks round doors and windows. To add to the magical setting, there’s also a waterfall, pond, and a small bridge that crosses a stream. The only downside, my precious? The hobbit house doesn’t have a Certificate of Occupancy yet, so you’ll need to iron that out first, or else live there at your own risk.

Knock, knock. Is Frodo home?

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Rounded hallways and even a hobbit sword above the fireplace

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110 Groves Way, Port Ludlow, WA

Price: $698,000

The deets: Most hobbit houses are typically secondary dwellings next to bigger main digs. For instance, this 5-acre property boasts not only a five-bedroom, five-bath red cedar log home with expansive views of the waterfront, but an underground hobbit house as well. Hey, you never know when you’ll have a tiny guest in need of a bed.

The perfect place to house your hobbit guests

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Here’s the main house, in case you want to stretch your legs.

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N7391 County Road F, Menomonie, WI 

Price: $2,300,000

The deets: Don’t worry, this tiny-size hobbit house doesn’t cost seven figures. The millions in the price tag are for what’s around the small building—mainly a 15-acre plot perfect as a wedding venue, with a vineyard, stone bridge, waterfalls, and views of the rolling countryside. The venue simply uses the hobbit house to make wedding-day photos “truly unique,” according to the listing. Because what is more romantic on a wedding day than a reference to an epic journey to the Cracks of Doom to destroy … a ring?

Perfect for a “Lord of the Rings” wedding!

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103 White Rocks Rd, Goshen, VT 

Price: $257,000

The deets: This 15-acre property includes two houses—an 1,800-square-foot, three-bed, two-bath, and below that, a smaller hobbit house built into the hill. Add touches like 150-year-old hand-hewn beams and hand-quarried shale fieldstone, and this home will be featured in ��Hobbit House Digest” in no time. The property is also bordered by a national forest (though, there’s no mention of Ent sightings, the magical creatures in Tolkien’s books who look like trees).

If it’s underground, it’s a hobbit house.

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Hobbits do traditionally live underground in “hobbit holes.”

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0017 Sky Dr, Escondido, CA 

Price: $155,000

The deets: Looking for a starter hobbit house? This seller had plans for such a home and paid Green Magic Homes to design a 1,600-square-foot hobbit house on this .83-acre lot. Granted, it hasn’t been built yet, but below is a rendering of what it would look like, if you decide to move forward (and pay extra, depending on how big a hobbit hole you want).

A perfect place to host Gandalf

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1735 Flat Mountain Rd, Highlands, NC 

Price: $375,000

The deets: This lovely cottage is rumored to have been built by a Norwegian shipwright, according to the listing. And while the only hobbit-y thing the home has going for it is a rounded stone fireplace, there does seem to be charm galore, including different levels and hidden storage areas. So if you’re hankering for hobbit-house light, this might be the perfect spot for you.

A nice place to rest after doing battle with the evil Sauron.

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414 Bethel Meadows Rd, Caseyville, IL

Price: $57,400

The deets: Um, sometimes conjuring the phrase “hobbit house” in a listing is a bit of a stretch. Take this so-called hobbit house currently in foreclosure. While it may have a few rounded doorways and a fireplace, there is nothing magical or mystical about this 2,500-square-foot “as is” home built in 1980. But at this bargain price, a lot of TLC could turn this fixer-upper into a property worthy of the Shire.

A round door does not a hobbit house make.

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Sometimes the term “hobbit house” in a listing is a stretch.

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Humdrum sex life—a prompt for menopause?

A later menopause could mean stronger bones and better cholesterol levels. (For Spectrum Health Beat)

For women, a humdrum sex life might also mean an earlier onset of menopause, a new study suggests.

British researchers who tracked the sex lives and menopausal status of nearly 3,000 American women for a decade found that those who had less sex were more likely to begin menopause at an earlier age.

Women’s bodies may react to a lessening of sexual activity on a “use it or lose it” basis, the research team theorized.

“The findings of our study suggest that if a woman is not having sex and there is no chance of pregnancy, then the body ‘chooses’ not to invest in ovulation, as it would be pointless,” explained study first author Megan Arnot.

“There may be a biological energetic trade-off between investing energy into ovulation and investing elsewhere, such as keeping active by looking after grandchildren,” said Arnot. She’s a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at University College London.

One U.S. expert said it highlights another possible “plus” to good sexual health for women.

“Doctors have long known that there were many benefits from continued sexual activity,” said Dr. Jennifer Wu, an obstetrician/gynecologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

She pointed out that a later menopause can mean stronger bones and better cholesterol levels.

Wu also pointed out that, according to the study, “sexual activity associated with later menopause also encompasses oral sex, fondling, and masturbation,” and she added that “even women without a partner can reap the benefits of later menopause.”

In the study, Arnot’s group analyzed data from nearly 3,000 women who were first interviewed at age 45 in 1996-1997.

None had yet entered menopause, but 46% were starting to have “perimenopausal” symptoms, such as changes in their period cycle and hot flashes (perimenopause). Fifty-four percent had no signs of perimenopause.

During more than 10 years of follow-up, 45% of the women began natural menopause, with the average age of onset being 52.

The study couldn’t prove cause-and-effect.

However, compared to women who had sex less than at least once per month, those who had sex weekly were 28% less likely to begin menopause at any age—and those who had sex monthly were 19% less likely.

Whether or not a woman actually lived with a partner didn’t seem to influence the results, the researchers noted.

The study was published recently in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

The findings dovetail with what anthropologists have dubbed the “Grandmother Hypothesis.”

This theory suggests “that the menopause originally evolved in humans to reduce reproductive conflict between different generations of females, and allow women to increase their inclusive fitness through investing in their grandchildren,” Arnot explained in a university news release. So, a cessation of sexual activity might send a signal to begin that physiological transition, she said.

Dr. Mitchell Kramer is chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwell Health’s Huntington Hospital in Huntington, N.Y.

Reading over the new findings, he noted that prior studies have found that married women tend to enter menopause later than single women. One theory to explain that trend is that married women might have more frequent sex.

“All women will eventually experience cessation of menses and go into menopause, but increasing frequency of sexual activity in some way affects the reproductive system to delay the menopausal changes,” Kramer said.

Still, Kramer believes that individual women shouldn’t put too much importance on the findings.

“The significance and importance of these findings are mainly of scientific interest—the importance of these findings from the health perspective is questionable,” he said.

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Humdrum sex life—a prompt for menopause?

A later menopause could mean stronger bones and better cholesterol levels. (For Spectrum Health Beat)

For women, a humdrum sex life might also mean an earlier onset of menopause, a new study suggests.

British researchers who tracked the sex lives and menopausal status of nearly 3,000 American women for a decade found that those who had less sex were more likely to begin menopause at an earlier age.

Women’s bodies may react to a lessening of sexual activity on a “use it or lose it” basis, the research team theorized.

“The findings of our study suggest that if a woman is not having sex and there is no chance of pregnancy, then the body ‘chooses’ not to invest in ovulation, as it would be pointless,” explained study first author Megan Arnot.

“There may be a biological energetic trade-off between investing energy into ovulation and investing elsewhere, such as keeping active by looking after grandchildren,” said Arnot. She’s a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at University College London.

One U.S. expert said it highlights another possible “plus” to good sexual health for women.

“Doctors have long known that there were many benefits from continued sexual activity,” said Dr. Jennifer Wu, an obstetrician/gynecologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

She pointed out that a later menopause can mean stronger bones and better cholesterol levels.

Wu also pointed out that, according to the study, “sexual activity associated with later menopause also encompasses oral sex, fondling, and masturbation,” and she added that “even women without a partner can reap the benefits of later menopause.”

In the study, Arnot’s group analyzed data from nearly 3,000 women who were first interviewed at age 45 in 1996-1997.

None had yet entered menopause, but 46% were starting to have “perimenopausal” symptoms, such as changes in their period cycle and hot flashes (perimenopause). Fifty-four percent had no signs of perimenopause.

During more than 10 years of follow-up, 45% of the women began natural menopause, with the average age of onset being 52.

The study couldn’t prove cause-and-effect.

However, compared to women who had sex less than at least once per month, those who had sex weekly were 28% less likely to begin menopause at any age—and those who had sex monthly were 19% less likely.

Whether or not a woman actually lived with a partner didn’t seem to influence the results, the researchers noted.

The study was published recently in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

The findings dovetail with what anthropologists have dubbed the “Grandmother Hypothesis.”

This theory suggests “that the menopause originally evolved in humans to reduce reproductive conflict between different generations of females, and allow women to increase their inclusive fitness through investing in their grandchildren,” Arnot explained in a university news release. So, a cessation of sexual activity might send a signal to begin that physiological transition, she said.

Dr. Mitchell Kramer is chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwell Health’s Huntington Hospital in Huntington, N.Y.

Reading over the new findings, he noted that prior studies have found that married women tend to enter menopause later than single women. One theory to explain that trend is that married women might have more frequent sex.

“All women will eventually experience cessation of menses and go into menopause, but increasing frequency of sexual activity in some way affects the reproductive system to delay the menopausal changes,” Kramer said.

Still, Kramer believes that individual women shouldn’t put too much importance on the findings.

“The significance and importance of these findings are mainly of scientific interest—the importance of these findings from the health perspective is questionable,” he said.

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The Sprudge Coffee Guide To Milwaukee

Photo courtesy of Daniel Hoeft.

The Good Land, Cream City, Brew City, Small-waukee—a place of many names and a whole lot of personality. Recently dubbed the Midwest’s most underrated city, Milwaukee has finally emerged from Chicago’s wide-cast shadow as its own noteworthy hub. Home to the world’s largest music festival, more than 30 breweries, and an art museum so beautiful it is considered a work of art in and of itself, it’s no surprise that this city has amassed a fierce loyalty from its inhabitants, even if the rest of the country was slow to see the charm.

The erection of the Fiserv Forum, rejuvenated professional sports teams, and its hosting of the 2020 Democratic National Convention have put Milwaukee on the map in a big way, but it still retains its quirks and complexities. Here, vegan dining bumps elbows with affordable late-night chili, gay bars, and traditional German beer halls, and cheap light beer and craft fare are all enjoyed with equal fervor.

In a city so steeped in beer history and brewing culture, it makes sense that its people take a vested interest in their coffee. Local behemoths like Colectivo Coffee, Stone Creek Coffee, and Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. have helped develop a culture of coffee education and curiosity, and in recent years, the city has birthed a whole new generation of cafes committed to quality, experimentation, and community (some even serve beer, too). No matter where you go, you’re never far from a single origin pour-over, strong cold brew, or creamy, micro-foamed cappuccinos. Milwaukee’s coffee options are better than ever before, giving the nickname “Brew City” a new meaning.

Pilcrow Coffee

Drive too fast and you might miss this humble, unsuspecting storefront. Situated on North Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Pilcrow’s front-of-house is bright and clean, all light woods and red accents. The space is small, with only a handful of tables and two window-facing ledges, but a friendly staff, considerate customers and expertly crafted drinks make for an enjoyable, communal experience.

Established in 2017, Pilcrow became a fast favorite among coffee connoisseurs and casual drinkers alike, and at peak hours is bustling with Milwaukee’s Best Caffeinated. Its nationally renowned nitro cold brew flows freely year-round in Classic and Sweet n’ Creamy variations as well as seasonal iterations like Pumpkin Spice, Chocolate Creamy, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. If you prefer your coffee hot, the menu hosts traditional options featuring its award-winning espresso, single-origin pour-overs, and playful seasonal drinks like a coffee shake.

Dedicated to quality over quantity, Pilcrow’s hours are limited to weekends 8am to 2pm, but no worries there—the shop’s cold brew options can be found at various restaurants around the city, and its sister concept Interval operates seven days a week, serving coffee drinks as well as gourmet small plates and signature cocktails for the ultimate espresso experience. If you’re lucky, you might even spot the nitro cold brew bike slinging drinks at a street festival or sporting event.

Pilcrow Coffee is located at 1739 N Martin Luther King Dr, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

  Photo courtesy of Ray Siler.

Kickapoo Coffee 

Settled in Milwaukee’s Third Ward, a downtown neighborhood teeming with clothing boutiques, artisanal shops, and diverse dining options, Kickapoo Coffee is a much-needed refuge from the overstimulation and hyperactivity characteristic of city living. The space is proudly minimalist—all whites, blues, and browns, with a smattering of plants and flooded with warm, natural light—and its beauty has not gone unnoticed.

At Kickapoo, you can find rotating single-origin espresso and pour-over options alongside a brief yet comprehensive menu highlighting traditional coffee drinks with signature drinks, like its beloved espresso and tonic, available seasonally. Beyond the classics, the shop offers a balanced, spicy house-made chai, Rishi tea, and pastries, including a biscuit with honey butter that pairs deliciously with any cup of coffee.

For those behind the bar, passion for the industry is a must. Kickapoo’s baristas demonstrate an impressive knowledge of coffee and drink crafting, ensuring quality brews every time and thorough answers to any industry question.

A local operation through and through, Kickapoo boasts two other locations in Viroqua and Bayfield and a roasting facility in southwestern Wisconsin. Although Kickapoo will be changing its name some time this year, the brews are sure to be as outstanding as always.

Kickapoo Coffee is located at 232 E Erie St, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

  Photo courtesy of Canary Coffee Bar.

Canary Coffee Bar

The culture of Canary Coffee Bar alone is enough to set this cafe apart from the rest. Founder Colin Whitcomb opened Canary with the intention to improve the ordering experience for customers and introduce diverse roast variations that can cater to and expand patrons’ palates. Located in the heart of Milwaukee’s Westown neighborhood, Canary Coffee Bar facilitates seated bar and table experiences for those who wish to sit and sip a while, allowing them to wait for their drinks in comfort.

A multi-roaster cafe, Canary sources beans from an array of coffee companies with the goal of curating a high-quality, diverse bean selection, though Madcap Coffee, another Midwest coffee staple, is their mainstay. The pour-over menu is expansive, housing around eight options at a time, constantly rotating to keep the city’s biggest caffeine fiends interested and to allow people a taste of coffee varieties beyond what they know they like.

If this sounds overwhelming, don’t fret—by ordering a coffee flight, customers can indulge in three different roasts without getting the shakes. The cafe’s autobrewers ensure quick service and consistent quality, and personable staff is happy to help customers search the menu for the perfect picks.

Canary Coffee Bar is located at 720 N Old World 3rd St, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

  Photo courtesy of Uncle Wolfie’s.

Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern

According to the Whitney and Wolfgang Schaefer, owners of Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern, beer goes with breakfast—and so does a cup of thoughtfully brewed coffee.

A cozy breakfast and lunch concept nestled in Milwaukee’s historic Brewer’s Hill neighborhood, Uncle Wolfie’s specializes in contemporary twists on tried-and-true brunch dishes, featuring menu items like a pulled pork breakfast burrito and the BELCH—a bacon, egg, lettuce, tomato, and cheese sandwich.

Although a food joint first and foremost, the folks here know their way around their La Marzocco, which is displayed prominently on the space’s wraparound bar. Uncle Wolfie’s brews a special blend of Anodyne Coffee unique to the tavern and sticks to a small list of classic drinks. Try as you may, you’d be hard-pressed to find another spot that puts as much consideration into a shot of espresso as it does its eggs benedict.

Venture down the hall and you’ll find Orange & Blue Co., a small retail shop comprised of curated handcrafted and vintage pieces. After filling up on cool comfort food and a cortado, peruse the wide selections of leather handbags, accessories, perfumes and other lifestyle-oriented products to experience your ideal Sunday morning all in one stop.

Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern is located at 234 E Vine St, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

  Photo courtesy of Vennture Brewing.

Vennture Brew Co.

Before opening Vennture Brew Co., founders Simon McConico, Rob Gustafson, and Jake Rhode were not in the coffee or beer business. Rather, they were photographers with a curious streak and desire for connection. The trio set out to combine the atmosphere of a coffee shop with the friendliness of a bar—something any good Milwaukeean knows well. The end product: a roastery-cum-brewery-cum-bar-cum-cafe that does a lot, and does it well.

The space reflects an open attitude, complete with garage doors opening up to a patio in warm months, traditional bar seating and an impressive board game collection. Events like jazz nights, Oktoberfest, and cribbage leagues pop up frequently, inviting neighbors, friends, and fans to come together and enjoy each other’s company with a brew (coffee or ale) in hand.

Vennture’s coffee menu is short and sweet, with pour-over options, cold brew, and espresso being the main pulls. Drawing from the idea of a rotating tap list at a bar, the spot offers a small but diverse rotating coffee list comprised solely of single origins, and the staff is always eager to chat with customers and give tailored recommendations. After coffee, try out one of the house-brewed beer options or a Hatched bakery item to round out the experience.

Vennture Brew Co. is located at 5519 W North Ave, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Anna Story is a freelance journalist based in Milwaukee. This is Anna Story’s first feature for Sprudge.

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The Sprudge Coffee Guide To Milwaukee

Photo courtesy of Daniel Hoeft.

The Good Land, Cream City, Brew City, Small-waukee—a place of many names and a whole lot of personality. Recently dubbed the Midwest’s most underrated city, Milwaukee has finally emerged from Chicago’s wide-cast shadow as its own noteworthy hub. Home to the world’s largest music festival, more than 30 breweries, and an art museum so beautiful it is considered a work of art in and of itself, it’s no surprise that this city has amassed a fierce loyalty from its inhabitants, even if the rest of the country was slow to see the charm.

The erection of the Fiserv Forum, rejuvenated professional sports teams, and its hosting of the 2020 Democratic National Convention have put Milwaukee on the map in a big way, but it still retains its quirks and complexities. Here, vegan dining bumps elbows with affordable late-night chili, gay bars, and traditional German beer halls, and cheap light beer and craft fare are all enjoyed with equal fervor.

In a city so steeped in beer history and brewing culture, it makes sense that its people take a vested interest in their coffee. Local behemoths like Colectivo Coffee, Stone Creek Coffee, and Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. have helped develop a culture of coffee education and curiosity, and in recent years, the city has birthed a whole new generation of cafes committed to quality, experimentation, and community (some even serve beer, too). No matter where you go, you’re never far from a single origin pour-over, strong cold brew, or creamy, micro-foamed cappuccinos. Milwaukee’s coffee options are better than ever before, giving the nickname “Brew City” a new meaning.

Pilcrow Coffee

Drive too fast and you might miss this humble, unsuspecting storefront. Situated on North Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Pilcrow’s front-of-house is bright and clean, all light woods and red accents. The space is small, with only a handful of tables and two window-facing ledges, but a friendly staff, considerate customers and expertly crafted drinks make for an enjoyable, communal experience.

Established in 2017, Pilcrow became a fast favorite among coffee connoisseurs and casual drinkers alike, and at peak hours is bustling with Milwaukee’s Best Caffeinated. Its nationally renowned nitro cold brew flows freely year-round in Classic and Sweet n’ Creamy variations as well as seasonal iterations like Pumpkin Spice, Chocolate Creamy, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. If you prefer your coffee hot, the menu hosts traditional options featuring its award-winning espresso, single-origin pour-overs, and playful seasonal drinks like a coffee shake.

Dedicated to quality over quantity, Pilcrow’s hours are limited to weekends 8am to 2pm, but no worries there—the shop’s cold brew options can be found at various restaurants around the city, and its sister concept Interval operates seven days a week, serving coffee drinks as well as gourmet small plates and signature cocktails for the ultimate espresso experience. If you’re lucky, you might even spot the nitro cold brew bike slinging drinks at a street festival or sporting event.

Pilcrow Coffee is located at 1739 N Martin Luther King Dr, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

  Photo courtesy of Ray Siler.

Kickapoo Coffee 

Settled in Milwaukee’s Third Ward, a downtown neighborhood teeming with clothing boutiques, artisanal shops, and diverse dining options, Kickapoo Coffee is a much-needed refuge from the overstimulation and hyperactivity characteristic of city living. The space is proudly minimalist—all whites, blues, and browns, with a smattering of plants and flooded with warm, natural light—and its beauty has not gone unnoticed.

At Kickapoo, you can find rotating single-origin espresso and pour-over options alongside a brief yet comprehensive menu highlighting traditional coffee drinks with signature drinks, like its beloved espresso and tonic, available seasonally. Beyond the classics, the shop offers a balanced, spicy house-made chai, Rishi tea, and pastries, including a biscuit with honey butter that pairs deliciously with any cup of coffee.

For those behind the bar, passion for the industry is a must. Kickapoo’s baristas demonstrate an impressive knowledge of coffee and drink crafting, ensuring quality brews every time and thorough answers to any industry question.

A local operation through and through, Kickapoo boasts two other locations in Viroqua and Bayfield and a roasting facility in southwestern Wisconsin. Although Kickapoo will be changing its name some time this year, the brews are sure to be as outstanding as always.

Kickapoo Coffee is located at 232 E Erie St, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

  Photo courtesy of Canary Coffee Bar.

Canary Coffee Bar

The culture of Canary Coffee Bar alone is enough to set this cafe apart from the rest. Founder Colin Whitcomb opened Canary with the intention to improve the ordering experience for customers and introduce diverse roast variations that can cater to and expand patrons’ palates. Located in the heart of Milwaukee’s Westown neighborhood, Canary Coffee Bar facilitates seated bar and table experiences for those who wish to sit and sip a while, allowing them to wait for their drinks in comfort.

A multi-roaster cafe, Canary sources beans from an array of coffee companies with the goal of curating a high-quality, diverse bean selection, though Madcap Coffee, another Midwest coffee staple, is their mainstay. The pour-over menu is expansive, housing around eight options at a time, constantly rotating to keep the city’s biggest caffeine fiends interested and to allow people a taste of coffee varieties beyond what they know they like.

If this sounds overwhelming, don’t fret—by ordering a coffee flight, customers can indulge in three different roasts without getting the shakes. The cafe’s autobrewers ensure quick service and consistent quality, and personable staff is happy to help customers search the menu for the perfect picks.

Canary Coffee Bar is located at 720 N Old World 3rd St, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

  Photo courtesy of Uncle Wolfie’s.

Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern

According to the Whitney and Wolfgang Schaefer, owners of Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern, beer goes with breakfast—and so does a cup of thoughtfully brewed coffee.

A cozy breakfast and lunch concept nestled in Milwaukee’s historic Brewer’s Hill neighborhood, Uncle Wolfie’s specializes in contemporary twists on tried-and-true brunch dishes, featuring menu items like a pulled pork breakfast burrito and the BELCH—a bacon, egg, lettuce, tomato, and cheese sandwich.

Although a food joint first and foremost, the folks here know their way around their La Marzocco, which is displayed prominently on the space’s wraparound bar. Uncle Wolfie’s brews a special blend of Anodyne Coffee unique to the tavern and sticks to a small list of classic drinks. Try as you may, you’d be hard-pressed to find another spot that puts as much consideration into a shot of espresso as it does its eggs benedict.

Venture down the hall and you’ll find Orange & Blue Co., a small retail shop comprised of curated handcrafted and vintage pieces. After filling up on cool comfort food and a cortado, peruse the wide selections of leather handbags, accessories, perfumes and other lifestyle-oriented products to experience your ideal Sunday morning all in one stop.

Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern is located at 234 E Vine St, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

  Photo courtesy of Vennture Brewing.

Vennture Brew Co.

Before opening Vennture Brew Co., founders Simon McConico, Rob Gustafson, and Jake Rhode were not in the coffee or beer business. Rather, they were photographers with a curious streak and desire for connection. The trio set out to combine the atmosphere of a coffee shop with the friendliness of a bar—something any good Milwaukeean knows well. The end product: a roastery-cum-brewery-cum-bar-cum-cafe that does a lot, and does it well.

The space reflects an open attitude, complete with garage doors opening up to a patio in warm months, traditional bar seating and an impressive board game collection. Events like jazz nights, Oktoberfest, and cribbage leagues pop up frequently, inviting neighbors, friends, and fans to come together and enjoy each other’s company with a brew (coffee or ale) in hand.

Vennture’s coffee menu is short and sweet, with pour-over options, cold brew, and espresso being the main pulls. Drawing from the idea of a rotating tap list at a bar, the spot offers a small but diverse rotating coffee list comprised solely of single origins, and the staff is always eager to chat with customers and give tailored recommendations. After coffee, try out one of the house-brewed beer options or a Hatched bakery item to round out the experience.

Vennture Brew Co. is located at 5519 W North Ave, Milwaukee. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Anna Story is a freelance journalist based in Milwaukee. This is Anna Story’s first feature for Sprudge.

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‘Hobbit Houses’ for Sale: 7 Listings So Precious, Bilbo Baggins Would Approve

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Wish you had a “hobbit house”—you know, those quaint little lodges where Frodo, Bilbo, and other 4-foot-tall halflings lived in J.R.R. Tolkien‘s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy? Well you’re in luck: The latest niche trend in real estate listings is all about highlighting small spaces that look like they’re straight out of Middle Earth.

To qualify as a hobbit house, homes generally need a few distinct features: structures partly built into the ground, with rounded doorways, lots of stone accents, and a certain magical je ne sais quoi. Here’s a rundown of some seller-described “hobbit houses” on the market today. Just remember that to buy one you need cold, hard cash and not just magical Rings of Power.

16 Wilkinson Hollow Rd, Pawling, NY 

Price: $795,000

The deets: Tolkien superfan Jim Costigan spent six years building this eco-friendly home he dubbed “Hobbit Hollow.” The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home rocks round doors and windows. To add to the magical setting, there’s also a waterfall, pond, and a small bridge that crosses a stream. The only downside, my precious? The hobbit house doesn’t have a Certificate of Occupancy yet, so you’ll need to iron that out first, or else live there at your own risk.

Knock, knock. Is Frodo home?

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Rounded hallways and even a hobbit sword above the fireplace

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110 Groves Way, Port Ludlow, WA

Price: $698,000

The deets: Most hobbit houses are typically secondary dwellings next to bigger main digs. For instance, this 5-acre property boasts not only a five-bedroom, five-bath red cedar log home with expansive views of the waterfront, but an underground hobbit house as well. Hey, you never know when you’ll have a tiny guest in need of a bed.

The perfect place to house your hobbit guests

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Here’s the main house, in case you want to stretch your legs.

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N7391 County Road F, Menomonie, WI 

Price: $2,300,000

The deets: Don’t worry, this tiny-size hobbit house doesn’t cost seven figures. The millions in the price tag are for what’s around the small building—mainly a 15-acre plot perfect as a wedding venue, with a vineyard, stone bridge, waterfalls, and views of the rolling countryside. The venue simply uses the hobbit house to make wedding-day photos “truly unique,” according to the listing. Because what is more romantic on a wedding day than a reference to an epic journey to the Cracks of Doom to destroy … a ring?

Perfect for a “Lord of the Rings” wedding!

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103 White Rocks Rd, Goshen, VT 

Price: $257,000

The deets: This 15-acre property includes two houses—an 1,800-square-foot, three-bed, two-bath, and below that, a smaller hobbit house built into the hill. Add touches like 150-year-old hand-hewn beams and hand-quarried shale fieldstone, and this home will be featured in “Hobbit House Digest” in no time. The property is also bordered by a national forest (though, there’s no mention of Ent sightings, the magical creatures in Tolkien’s books who look like trees).

If it’s underground, it’s a hobbit house.

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Hobbits do traditionally live underground in “hobbit holes.”

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0017 Sky Dr, Escondido, CA 

Price: $155,000

The deets: Looking for a starter hobbit house? This seller had plans for such a home and paid Green Magic Homes to design a 1,600-square-foot hobbit house on this .83-acre lot. Granted, it hasn’t been built yet, but below is a rendering of what it would look like, if you decide to move forward (and pay extra, depending on how big a hobbit hole you want).

A perfect place to host Gandalf

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1735 Flat Mountain Rd, Highlands, NC 

Price: $375,000

The deets: This lovely cottage is rumored to have been built by a Norwegian shipwright, according to the listing. And while the only hobbit-y thing the home has going for it is a rounded stone fireplace, there does seem to be charm galore, including different levels and hidden storage areas. So if you’re hankering for hobbit-house light, this might be the perfect spot for you.

A nice place to rest after doing battle with the evil Sauron.

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414 Bethel Meadows Rd, Caseyville, IL

Price: $57,400

The deets: Um, sometimes conjuring the phrase “hobbit house” in a listing is a bit of a stretch. Take this so-called hobbit house currently in foreclosure. While it may have a few rounded doorways and a fireplace, there is nothing magical or mystical about this 2,500-square-foot “as is” home built in 1980. But at this bargain price, a lot of TLC could turn this fixer-upper into a property worthy of the Shire.

A round door does not a hobbit house make.

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Sometimes the term “hobbit house” in a listing is a stretch.

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‘Hobbit Houses’ for Sale: 7 Listings So Precious, Bilbo Baggins Would Approve

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Wish you had a “hobbit house”—you know, those quaint little lodges where Frodo, Bilbo, and other 4-foot-tall halflings lived in J.R.R. Tolkien‘s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy? Well you’re in luck: The latest niche trend in real estate listings is all about highlighting small spaces that look like they’re straight out of Middle Earth.

To qualify as a hobbit house, homes generally need a few distinct features: structures partly built into the ground, with rounded doorways, lots of stone accents, and a certain magical je ne sais quoi. Here’s a rundown of some seller-described “hobbit houses” on the market today. Just remember that to buy one you need cold, hard cash and not just magical Rings of Power.

16 Wilkinson Hollow Rd, Pawling, NY 

Price: $795,000

The deets: Tolkien superfan Jim Costigan spent six years building this eco-friendly home he dubbed “Hobbit Hollow.” The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home rocks round doors and windows. To add to the magical setting, there’s also a waterfall, pond, and a small bridge that crosses a stream. The only downside, my precious? The hobbit house doesn’t have a Certificate of Occupancy yet, so you’ll need to iron that out first, or else live there at your own risk.

Knock, knock. Is Frodo home?

realtor.com

Rounded hallways and even a hobbit sword above the fireplace

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110 Groves Way, Port Ludlow, WA

Price: $698,000

The deets: Most hobbit houses are typically secondary dwellings next to bigger main digs. For instance, this 5-acre property boasts not only a five-bedroom, five-bath red cedar log home with expansive views of the waterfront, but an underground hobbit house as well. Hey, you never know when you’ll have a tiny guest in need of a bed.

The perfect place to house your hobbit guests

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Here’s the main house, in case you want to stretch your legs.

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N7391 County Road F, Menomonie, WI 

Price: $2,300,000

The deets: Don’t worry, this tiny-size hobbit house doesn’t cost seven figures. The millions in the price tag are for what’s around the small building—mainly a 15-acre plot perfect as a wedding venue, with a vineyard, stone bridge, waterfalls, and views of the rolling countryside. The venue simply uses the hobbit house to make wedding-day photos “truly unique,” according to the listing. Because what is more romantic on a wedding day than a reference to an epic journey to the Cracks of Doom to destroy … a ring?

Perfect for a “Lord of the Rings” wedding!

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103 White Rocks Rd, Goshen, VT 

Price: $257,000

The deets: This 15-acre property includes two houses—an 1,800-square-foot, three-bed, two-bath, and below that, a smaller hobbit house built into the hill. Add touches like 150-year-old hand-hewn beams and hand-quarried shale fieldstone, and this home will be featured in “Hobbit House Digest” in no time. The property is also bordered by a national forest (though, there’s no mention of Ent sightings, the magical creatures in Tolkien’s books who look like trees).

If it’s underground, it’s a hobbit house.

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Hobbits do traditionally live underground in “hobbit holes.”

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0017 Sky Dr, Escondido, CA 

Price: $155,000

The deets: Looking for a starter hobbit house? This seller had plans for such a home and paid Green Magic Homes to design a 1,600-square-foot hobbit house on this .83-acre lot. Granted, it hasn’t been built yet, but below is a rendering of what it would look like, if you decide to move forward (and pay extra, depending on how big a hobbit hole you want).

A perfect place to host Gandalf

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1735 Flat Mountain Rd, Highlands, NC 

Price: $375,000

The deets: This lovely cottage is rumored to have been built by a Norwegian shipwright, according to the listing. And while the only hobbit-y thing the home has going for it is a rounded stone fireplace, there does seem to be charm galore, including different levels and hidden storage areas. So if you’re hankering for hobbit-house light, this might be the perfect spot for you.

A nice place to rest after doing battle with the evil Sauron.

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414 Bethel Meadows Rd, Caseyville, IL

Price: $57,400

The deets: Um, sometimes conjuring the phrase “hobbit house” in a listing is a bit of a stretch. Take this so-called hobbit house currently in foreclosure. While it may have a few rounded doorways and a fireplace, there is nothing magical or mystical about this 2,500-square-foot “as is” home built in 1980. But at this bargain price, a lot of TLC could turn this fixer-upper into a property worthy of the Shire.

A round door does not a hobbit house make.

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Sometimes the term “hobbit house” in a listing is a stretch.

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Inside Marc Anthony’s Florida home

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Inside Marc Anthony’s Florida home

The Latin singer and actor has paid $19 million for a palatial estate in the Coral Gables area. Plus, other celeb homes on the market

Marc Anthony’s palatial estate

After four years on the market, a lavish Mediterranean mansion in Florida’s Coral Gables area has found a buyer: Marc Anthony.

The Latin singer-actor, through a corporate entity, paid $19 million (Dh69.77 million) for the palatial estate, which connects by waterway to Biscayne Bay.

Hilda Maria Bacardi, great-great-granddaughter of Bacardi founder Facundo Bacardi Masso, was the seller. She had it listed for $27.26 million two years ago before dropping the price to $25 million last August.

Dubbed Casa Costanera, the estate spans 1.3 acres in the affluent Cocoplum community. Arched doorways and designer finishes fill the interiors, which has 12 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms within its roughly 21,000 square feet.

Highlights of the home include an indoor-outdoor living room set beneath coffered ceilings, a double-island kitchen with cherry cabinetry and a master suite with a sitting room and fireplace. An elevator serves all three floors.

Outside, a loggia leads out to a resort-like backyard with a swimming pool and spa. The property sits on a corner lot and has 480 square feet of water frontage and a 100-foot dock.

Anthony, 49, has won two Grammys and five Latin Grammys during his musical career, which began in the ‘80s. He has an East Coast-inspired Traditional home on the market for $3.25 million in Tarzana.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor’s Bel-Air estate

Zsa Zsa Gabor’s longtime Bel-Air estate has come on the market at $23.45 million — more than twice what it sold for a year ago, $10.45 million, public records show.

The French Regency-style mansion, built in 1955, sits on a 0.4-hectare gated hilltop with views of downtown Los Angeles, Catalina Island and the ocean. It’s being offered with permitted plans for a new 24,020-square-foot mansion designed by Los Angeles-based company Harrison Design.

Fronted by a large motor court, the mustard-yellow house has about 6,400 square feet of living space and 28 rooms that include a circular foyer, scaled formal rooms, staff quarters, an office and a butler’s pantry off the kitchen. The living room features an antique French fireplace with a mirror surround.

Outside are a swimming pool, a gazebo and brick patios. A red-carpeted staircase leads up to a rooftop terrace.

Gabor, who died in 2016 at 99, bought the house in 1973 for $280,000.

Reclusive magnate Howard Hughes and Elvis Presley are among former residents. Guests of the storied home, according to Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, Gabor’s ninth husband, included Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Henry Kissinger and both former Presidents Bush.

Gabor, remembered as a darling of the tabloids, was the best-known of three acting and socialite sisters from Hungary. She had scores of television and film appearances, including a star turn in the 1952 film Moulin Rouge.

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Dennis Quaid’s vantage point in Palisades

Actor Dennis Quaid has tossed his Pacific Palisades home on the market at $6.495 million. He bought the place five years ago for $5.1 million, records show.

Obscured from the street by hedges and a thicket of bamboo, the gated Spanish-style home sits on more than .30 hectare with a 10-car motor court, a swimming pool and spa and a grove of fruit trees.

The home, which dates from 1929, features a tiled rotunda entry that opens to a vaulted-ceiling living room with a massive stone fireplace. The 6,114 square feet of living space also holds a media room, an office, a breakfast room and a chef’s kitchen with two refrigerators.

There are six bedrooms and nine bathrooms, including guest and staff quarters on the main floor. A sitting room, two closets and two bathrooms compose the master suite.

A raised terrace and patio areas create additional living space outdoors. Large palms dot the landscaped grounds.

Quaid, 64, starred this year and last in the series Fortitude. His film work includes Pandorum (2009), Vantage Point (2008) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004). Last year, the actor appeared in the adventure-comedy flick A Dog’s Purpose.

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Denise Richards’ hidden hills

Actress, model and animal activist Denise Richards has sold her home in LA’s Hidden Hills neighbourhood for $4.75 million. That’s a hair above the $4.395 million she paid for the acre-plus estate in 2007 and about $3 million less than her original asking price from two years ago — $7.749 million.

The fenced and gated spread centres on a traditional-style home that was built in 1991. The house has more than 8,300 square feet of interiors that includes six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a formal dining room and an over-the-top kitchen with a pizza oven.

Custom details are evident in the living room, which pairs black walls with blood-red accents. Two temperature-controlled and glass-enclosed wine walls flank the fireplace in the den/tasting room. A chandelier-topped dog hotel with built-in kennels and a pet-washing station is another feature added by Richards.

Outdoors, there’s a lagoon-style pool with two swimming areas, a grotto and waterfall features. A separate, 800-square-foot entertainer’s pavilion holds a kitchen and dining area. Lawns and formal landscaping fill out the grounds.

Richards, 47, starred as Bond girl Dr. Christmas Jones in the 1998 film The World Is Not Enough. Her other credits include Starship Troopers (1997), Undercover Brother (2002) and Scary Movie 3 (2003).

This year, the actress has stayed busy, with a leading role in the horror film The Toybox.

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GOP Tax Plan Is Igniting a Movement for a Moral Economy

By Sarah Anderson Inequality.org

  If you’re expecting a gift card from your boss as an end-of-year bonus, enjoy it this year because you probably won’t get one in 2018.

The Senate tax bill would ban such rewards. Why? Republican lawmakers are determined to prevent ordinary workers from pocketing a $25 or $50 gift card without reporting it as taxable income.

Meanwhile, these same politicians are planning to dole out billions of dollars in tax breaks to the very wealthiest Americans. For example, they’re planning to gut or entirely eliminate the estate tax, a curb on extreme wealth concentration that currently applies only to fortunes worth more than $11 million per couple.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley explained the reasoning: “Not having the estate tax recognizes the people that are investing, as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies.”

Republicans are using this prejudice against working people to justify a massive giveaway to wealthy political donors. While giving the rich and big corporations huge tax breaks, the Republican tax plan would raise taxes on 87 million middle-class families, throw 13 million people off health insurance, and cut Medicare by $400 billion.

This moral abomination is already igniting a firestorm across the country. Over the past two weeks, protests have erupted at 50 universities and in least 100 cities, while nearly 50 people have been arrested on Capitol Hill.

And whether or not President Trump achieves his goal of signing this tax deal into law by the end of the year, this fight is just beginning.

Rev. Liz Theoharis (left) and Rev. William Barber II (right) with activists and leaders at the U.S.-Mexico border, October 2017.

On December 4, prominent faith leaders announced plans for one of the largest waves of civil disobedience in U.S. history. Dubbed the “Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival,” this effort will mark the 50th anniversary of a similar initiative in 1968 that was undercut by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.

The campaign co-chairs, the Rev. Liz Theoharis and the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, are determined to pick up the baton from King and other 1960s leaders. They’ve called the Republican tax plan “an act of gross violence against America’s poor.” But this is just one of the motivations.

“We are witnessing an emboldened attack on the poor and an exacerbation of systemic racism, ecological devastation, and the war economy that demands a response,” Rev. Barber said.

A new Institute for Policy Studies report I edited reveals that conditions in each of these areas have worsened since 1968 by many measures. The documents the increased number of Americans below the poverty line, the acceleration of economic inequality, and the emergence of new forms of voter suppression laws and mass incarceration that further entrench systemic racism. It highlights the growing imbalance in government spending on the military relative to social programs, and the intensification of racial and income disparities in access to clean air and water.

READ THE FULL IPS REPORT

Why we need to revive the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign

Starting next spring, the Poor People’s Campaign aims to bring tens of thousands of poor and disenfranchised people, clergy, and other moral leaders to rallies at statehouses in at least 25 states, leading up to a major demonstration at the U.S. Capitol on June 21.

While Republicans may succeed in scoring a short-term win for the political donor class, their tax plan is sparking a new moral movement that will lift up the millions of Americans living in poverty and build power for transformational change.

Poor People’s Campaign Hearing, November 2017.

Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and is a co-editor of Inequality.org. @Anderson_IPS. This op-ed originally published by OtherWords.org.