Robert Green Fine Arts
Between T wo Worlds
Work by Charlotte
Bernstrom. 154
Throckmorton Ave, Mill
Valley. 415.381.8776,
rgfinearts.com
Roberta English Art by
Cheung Lee, Mayumi
Oda, Li Huayi, Ju Ming
and Toko Shinoda. 1615
Bridgeway, Sausalito.
415.331.2975,
robertaenglish.com
Rock Hill Gallery
Watercolors by Clem
McCarthy, through
November 25. 145
Rock Hill Drive,
Tiburon. 415.435.9108,
ccctiburon.net
Room Art Gallery
Works by both Bay Area
artists and major masters, housing the largest
collection of Picasso,
Chagall and others
in Marin County. 86
Throckmorton Ave, Mill
Valley. 415.380.7940,
roomartgallery.com
Seager Gray Gallery
Memories From the
Back Lot Oil and mixed-media paintings by
Inez Storer, through
November 8. 108
Throckmorton Ave, Mill
Valley. 415.384.8288,
seagergray.com
Smith Andersen North
Ongoing work. 20
Greenfield Ave, San
Anselmo. 415.455.9733,
smithandersen
north.com
Studio 4 Art Work by
local artists, classes
and workshops with
materials included.
1133 Grant Ave, Novato.
415.596.5546,
studio4art.net
The Blissful Gallery
Oils, watercolors
and prints by painter
Emmeline Craig. 3415
Shoreline Hwy,
Stinson Beach,
415.868.2787,
emmelinecraig.com
Zener Schon
Contemporary Art
Contemporary works
in various mediums
by Eric Zener, Paige
Smith, JD Wilson and
more. 23 Sunnyside Ave,
415.738.8505, zener
schongallery.com
SAN FRANCISCO
ArtHaus Ongoing
work. 411 Brannan St,
415.977.0223,
arthaus-sf.com
Caldwell Snyder Gallery
New creations. 341
Sutter St, 415.392.2299,
caldwellsnyder.com
Fouladi Projects Fall/
Winter Pop-up Shop
West Coast artists and
makers converge to
create a holiday pop-up
shop, with each festive
item inspired by natural
materials, November
10–January 2. 1803
Market St, 415.621.2535,
fouladiprojects.com
George Lawson Gallery
Five Paintings Works
by Brandon Shimmel,
through November
14. 315 Potrero
Ave, 415.703.4400,
georgelawson
gallery.com
Gregory Lind Gallery
Heights Where the Light
Still Lingered Work
by Sarah Bostwick. 49
Geary St, 415.296.9661,
gregorylindgallery.com
Hackett-Mill Abstract
Selections A group
exhibition featuring the work of
Howard Hodgkins,
Hans Hofmann, Joan
Mitchell, Manuel
Neri and others. 201
Post St, 415.362.3377,
hackettmill.com
SPOTLIGHT
MARK PITTA & FRIENDS, the popular show
created by comedian Mark
Pitta and Throckmorton
Theatre founder Lucy
Mercer, is back with a new
name, Tuesday Night Live,
and a fresh cast of emerging comics in the same
supportive atmosphere
the Mill Valley club is
well known for. We got a
chance to chat with one of
these up-and-comers, San
Francisco–based comic
Kate Willett. Willett
opened for Margaret Cho
at the Castro Theatre in October and runs a showcase with three other comics called The Mission
Position that was recently voted the best weekly show in San Francisco by Courting Comedy. Check
out her and other talents every Tuesday at the Throck. throckmortontheatre.org KASIA PAWLOWSKA
Live From Mill Valley,
It’s Tuesday Night
Now in its second decade, the famed comedy showcase is as popular as ever.
Where are some of your favorite places to
perform around the Bay Area? I love Lost
Weekend Video. My weekly show there has
been the highlight of my time doing comedy in the Bay Area. Lost Weekend Video
is a video store with a small theater in the
basement. It’s a great chance to work out
new bits and see other comics work out their
most raw and original material. I also love
the Throckmorton Theatre on Tuesdays and
the Punch Line. The San Francisco Punch
Line is a great club, one of the best in the
country in my opinion. It’s a great size and
feels intimate even though it can hold a couple hundred people, and the audiences are
smart and comedy literate.
Advice for aspiring comics? I try to get up
every single night, two or three times if possible. I do about 400 shows a year. This has
helped me get better way faster than I would
have if I was doing comedy less often. I also
run five shows. Running shows is great. It’s
guaranteed stage time, and it can help you
connect with the comics you respect.
What kind of message are you trying to convey onstage? I say this as a joke sometimes,
but I also mean it — I’m trying to convey that
women are people. Women are still objecti-fied all the time and I’m trying to “subjectify”
myself instead. I’m the protagonist in my own
stories, even stories in which women are traditionally an object, which is I think why I’m
drawn to talking about sexuality frequently.
Subjectify? I describe my own subjective
experience of being a woman in this culture,
everything from pursuing a career in an industry that is still male dominated to how it feels
to date in a culture that often asks young
women to be “chill” instead of the passionate,
caring, intelligent people we are. I think, as a
young woman, it’s easy to feel like you need
to be beautiful and low maintenance in order
to be lovable and acceptable to your society
and the people you want to be intimate with,
rather than feeling that it’s fine to just be a
human being with the full range of human
experiences. It’s not too much to not want to
be called “dude” by a guy you love.
