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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Art and galleries are in a contradiction: isolated and closed, but at the same time more public and accessible than ever -
KPBS Midday EditionWe're listening to new music from Le Butcherettes, The Midnight Pine, Le Saboteur and Maura Rosa, plus an upcoming show from The Donkeys and a staff pick from Jens Lekman. -
The Casbah's Tim Mays, musician and organizer Mónica Mendoza, studio producer and engineer Ben Moore and freelance performer Nathan Hubbard weigh in when the music pauses -
With event spaces and artists struggling, the Logan Heights art space is looking out for some of their own -
Trista Roland, founder of San Diego pattern company Sugardale, discusses fashion's post-pandemic future -
Virtual Art Alive will still feature interpretations of works of art by floral designers — using household objects — plus make-at-home cocktails.
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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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