This is a muuuuch belated picture post from the last few months. Whoops. But hey look, pictures! You still love me, right? ;) (Another will follow with pics from Sundance, but Corbis is down right now.) We're gonna start with the most recent and work backwards.

With Sting at a photo exhibit by Andy Summers of The Police, 6/22

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Bird will be performing at The Hotel Cafe as part of Tongue and Groove, a monthly program of essays, fiction, poetry, and music. More info here, but the show is May 27 at 6 pm.

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Seems like there are exciting things going down in Birdland. It was just announced on her website that she'll be recurring on Desperate Housewives this fall, so keep your eyes and ears open for that, and I'll keep the comm updated as she pops up ( Read more... )

It's been a while, so here's one from the archive. A handful of pics from Bird's appearance on NPR's Mountain Stage, which I believe was in the fall of '03.


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A little update on the official site. One of Bird's gigs in Seattle, at Chateau Ste. Michele, is sold out. There are still tickets available for Sunday, July 23, so check out this post for the ticket info.

Also, she'll start filming another film, Footsteps, an indie feature film, in early July. Check back later for more info about that.

Bird is on the bill with Pink Martini for concerts on July 22 and 23 (7 p.m. both nights) at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, Washington as part of the Chateau Ste. Michelle summer concert series. (Other artists on the series over the summer include Bonnie Raitt, Keb' Mo', Garrison Keillor, Damien Rice, and Fiona Apple. Nice company ( Read more... )

A number of things of interest today...

•Bird shows up in her last appearance as Andy Wyatt in this week's episode of The West Wing, "Institutional Memory," airing Sunday at 8/7 cst.

•"Had a Dream" will be on the soundtrack cd for the upcoming Lionsgate film Peaceful Warrior, along with music from Leonard Cohen, David Gray, Jason Mraz, and ( Read more... )

Someone on the Forum took these pics last night at Sin-é. Credit goes to Mark Marshall.


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Bird makes an appearance, evidently, on the next episode of The West Wing, "Requiem," airing Sunday 4/16.

And here's the official invite for the Sin-é gig on April 18th: ( click! )