Julia Dixon Evans
Arts Reporter/Host, The FinestJulia Dixon Evans hosts KPBS’ arts and culture podcast, The Finest, 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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Junior Theatre's Matilda, San Diego Writers Festival, Ric Scales and The Old Globe, an art auction through SDSU visual art department and Bread & Salt, and the IN Gallery's drive-through art show -
A rollercoaster week of reopening and reclosing may shape future attempts for local museums like MOPA and the Nat. SDMA missed their planned reopening window, while other smaller art spaces like Good Faith Gallery are staying closed for now. -
"I Pledge Allegiance," is a new poem by San Diego poet and artist Gill Sotu, released for the Fourth of July holiday through a partnership with the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce. -
San Diego State University art department faculty, alumni and students will sell works of art to support Build A Miracle, a nonprofit that works in Tijuana's El Florido neighborhood. -
KPBS Midday EditionWe're listening to new music from Jake Najor and the Moment of Truth, Jean Jules Julian, Rafter, Gaby Moreno and Mexican Institute of Sound, and Alfred Howard, Mara Kaye and Tim McNalley. -
Reimagining justice, borders and detention in the region through visual art.
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The sudden pullback of NEA funding — after money was already spent — is shaking confidence across San Diego's dance world and forcing organizations to rethink programming. -
Our top picks for book events to check out this season: Fantasy, found family and queer joy; the life of Kenny G; Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen; the return of a beloved book festival; and a queer rom-com debut. -
Locally born productions shine at this year's Tony nominations. Plus, two Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity — the musical “Hell’s Kitchen” fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play “Stereophonic” about a ’70s rock band at the edge of stardom — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.
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