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 EditionThe San Diego Ballet, Fear No Art at the Central Library, Golden Howl pens a score for 'Hurricane Diane' and The Frights -
La Otra Esquina gallery to open at Telefónica Gastropark with work from Teros artists Carmela Prudencio, Aaron Glasson, Aaron Troyer, Jonny Alexander and local risograph press Burn All Books -
Panca's 'I Am the Architect of My Own Misfortune' is a building-wide solo exhibition opening Saturday at Bread & Salt -
An ambitious new exhibition at San Diego Art Institute paired local artists with cutting-edge research scientists to create revelatory works of art -
KPBS Midday EditionArtist Griselda Rosas, Wolf Parade, the Plays By Young Writers Festival and San Diego Museum Month -
We're listening to new music from 18scales, The New Pornographers, Brooklyn's A Deer A Horse, Austin's Hikes and local trumpet phenom Steph Richards
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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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