Julia Dixon Evans
Arts Calendar Editor and ProducerJulia Dixon Evans writes the KPBS Arts newsletter, produces and edits the KPBS/Arts Calendar and works with the KPBS team to cover San Diego's diverse arts scene. Previously, Julia wrote the weekly Culture Report for Voice of San Diego and has reported on arts, culture, books, music, television, dining, the outdoors and more for The A.V. Club, Literary Hub and San Diego CityBeat. She studied literature at UCSD (where she was an oboist in the La Jolla Symphony), and is a published novelist and short fiction writer. She is the founder of Last Exit, a local reading series and literary journal, and she won the 2019 National Magazine Award for Fiction. Julia lives with her family in North Park and loves trail running, vegan tacos and live music.
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KPBS Midday EditionThere are three very different ways you can experience music in San Diego this weekend, from a new jukebox musical and a music fest in North Park. -
KPBS Midday EditionLocal author Sarina Dahlan's "Preset" imagines a world where what's left of human civilization is highly controlled in order to avoid extinction.
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This weekend in the arts: Sarina Dahlan's "Preset" book launch (and Filipino desserts) at UCSD; Black Arts Festival at The Old Globe; Singing with the Devil at The Shell; "Head Over Heels" at Diversionary Theatre; Poetry, Contrabass and Wendell Kling at The Athenaeum; Adam Deutsch and Manuel Paul López at The Book Catapult; and the North Park Music Fest.
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KPBS Midday EditionPiano soloist Inon Barnatan is in town to perform with the San Diego Symphony. Also, other arts and culture happenings in San Diego this weekend.
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This weekend in the arts: "Barnatan Plays Brahms" at The Shell; Ethan Chan, Lexi Pulido at Art Produce; San Diego Ballet and Sue Palmer at Balboa Theatre; Dustin Lothspeich benefit at the Casbah; Plus: GI Film Festival, San Diego Fringe and "La Lucha."
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KPBS Midday EditionWe preview a new exhibit at the downtown library that asks us to consider our environmental impact. Plus, arts and culture happenings this Mother’s Day weekend.
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Here is a list of some of KPBS' picks to ring in the Year of the Rabbit and Cat in San Diego County.
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A new outdoor exhibition of photography, ephemera, video and more explores the role of the Freedom Riders in their 1961 protests.
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KPBS Midday EditionOur guest for Midday Edition's weekend arts preview segment this week is Andrea "Angie" Chandler, with recommendations for visual art, theater and a photography zine signing event.
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