by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) • A Portland Curler’s Fight For Her Right to Compete  Sarah Maywalt had been curling at her local club in Beaverton for years. Then Trump took office for a second term. Now, she says the sport she grew to love turned its back on her, in response to federal mandates from the Trump admin that prohibit trans women and girls from competing in women's sports. Dave Killen • THE TRASH REPORT This week: Kash Patel's sad little FBI sneakers, Babs Streisand calls Robert Redford "Bob," Chuck Norris and the Jessica Simpson connection, Mormon housewife Taylor Frankie Paul gets the Bachelorette boot, and Scrubs actor Zach Braff INSISTS he's not dating an AI chatbot. Arturo Holmes / Getty Images • Local Homeless Service Provider Regroups After Fires A local nonprofit that helps homeless Portlanders access showers, survival supplies, and community care is trying to regroup after a series of fires left the location unable to operate. Hygiene for All operates under the Morrison Bridge in Southeast Portland. After a string of four fires since November—three since February—the organization is trying to recoup costs to get back to full service.  Hygiene4All • Anatomy of a March Madness Upset Two days of Moda Center Madness inside the student section of High Point University, the school no one in Portland knew about. Cameron Crowell • Art Snack You already know and like the locals behind this new women’s sports documentary fest, Portland Panorama’s line-up is stacked, and a snack-sized review of Project Hail Mary. We are noshing on cultural bites, here in Art Snack! Adele Lindsay / Crescent Creative • One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Portland's Music Venues After a flurry of venue closures and openings, we've got questions. What's going on? Why, if Portland is such a music city, is it so difficult for venues to stay open? Mercury writer Ryan Prado digs into the issue talking with City Council President Jamie Dunphy and the owners of several Portland music venues. Jenna Haar • Portland Center Stage and Portland Playhouse Team up To Serve Fat Ham Two prestigious Portland theater companies are teaming up to stage a Tony-nominated Broadway show, reimagining Shakespeare’s sulky prince of Denmark as a queer Black teen at a backyard cookout. His mom is still marrying his uncle (!), but after that, things diverge from the expected route. Harrison Freeman • Mercury Music Picks There are a host of shows worth your time, money, energy, and hearing loss this week. The Bay Area Shortiez are in town to slam you down, Bend's Larry His Flask are back at it after seven years, and you better believe there's some experimental bagpipes that need listening to! Daniel Gonzalez • SAVAGE LOVE She's pregnant and feeling hypersexual (especially when it comes to a particular type of porn)—but can't get over being mad at her partner which is slamming the brakes on their sex life. So what to do? Dan Savage issues a ruling in this week's edition of SAVAGE LOVE! Joe Newton WOW, THAT IS A LOT OF GOOD READIN'. I hope you didn't have any other plans this weekend! Dig in, and remember: Producing all this hard work costs moolah—so please consider contributing to the Mercury to keep it all coming! Thanks! ...read more read less