Laurie Anderson is in the Bay Area this week, bringing her latest performance piece, Delusion, to Stanford's Memorial Auditorium tonight and Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall this Friday and Saturday.

Anderson spoke with San Francisco Chronicle theater critic Robert Hurwitt about Delusion, which she premiered at the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad in February and has since performed in Europe. The two also discuss some of the many and various other projects to which Anderson has currently set her attention, including her forthcoming Nonesuch album, Homeland. You can read the article at sfgate.com.

Homeland, Anderson's first studio album in nearly a decade, is available for pre-order in the Nonesuch Store now, with a 12" vinyl single of the album track "Only an Expert," signed by Anderson, included for a limited time.

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Also on the horizon for Anderson is a trip to Lublin, Poland, next week for the CODES Festival of Traditional and Avant-Garde Music. She will participate in a discussion and Q&A about her work and join both John Zorn and Lou Reed for an Improvisations concert in the courtyard of Lublin Castle. Also performing for the CODES festival is Philip Glass, whom Anderson recently introduced as he was being honored at the Danspace Project Gala.

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At the end of the month, Anderson and Reed head to Australia, where they are curating the Vivid Live Festival at the Sydney Opera House. In addition to her curatorial duties, Anderson will give a number of talks, perform songs from Delusion and her piece Transitory Life, and participate in a Slow Music Night concert with The Blind Boys of Alabama, My Brightest Diamond, and Emily Haines of Metric, among others.

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For information on all of Anderson's upcoming performances, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. To become a fan of Anderson on Facebook, visit facebook.com/laurieanderson.