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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This weekend in the arts and culture in San Diego: San Diego Symphony's opening weekend at the Rady Shell; San Diego Black Arts and Culture District Music Festival; 'Twelfth Night of the Living Dead;' North Park Mini Book Fair; floral and ceramic art; live music and more. -
KPBS Midday EditionBroadway legend Audra McDonald will perform with the San Diego Symphony this weekend. She sat down with Midday Edition to talk about curating the program and her theater journey. -
A ‘space of lift and joy’: The Broadway legend and screen star will visit San Diego this weekend to perform some Broadway favorites with the San Diego Symphony — between filming “The Gilded Age" and prepping for the “Gypsy" revival. -
This weekend in the arts: Site-specific art in Logan Heights; choreography from the current and former Malashock Dance directors; San Diego Black Arts Festival at the Globe; Mainly Mozart festival; free admission at The New Children's Museum and more. -
This weekend in the arts: The Old Globe commemorates Juneteenth by celebrating Black creativity; "Final Fantasy" video game music gets the chamber orchestra treatment; Alice Walker's powerful story comes to Carlsbad; plus more art, culture and live music picks for the weekend. -
UCSD's Comic-Con offerings include Star Trek's George Takei and John Cho, a special sci-fi writing masterclass and several campus lodging options.
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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. -
A new outdoor exhibition of photography, ephemera, video and more explores the role of the Freedom Riders in their 1961 protests. -
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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