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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KPBS Midday EditionLocal artists and organizations are live streaming and turning to digital platforms to share their work, but still need our help to weather coronavirus -
San Diego event cancellations, confined spaces and the ripple effect of lost work and income on artists and nonprofits during the global coronavirus pandemic -
Photographer Alanna Airitam's new show at the Athenaeum Art Center deals in history, representation, race and the pressure to be something that you're not -
KPBS Midday EditionDirector Jeffrey Seller discusses childhood dreams, inspiration and flying in the new musical "Fly" -
KPBS Midday EditionThe City Ballet presents Balanchine, the Salk Institute pairs science with music, and Los Shadows plays at Soda Bar -
A new exhibition at the Museum of Photographic Arts showcases modern and boundary-pushing photographic works from China
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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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