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: Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio, Octavio Paz and Stefan Cwik; jazz bass; SUPERFLEX; "North: The Musical"; Mojalet Dance; plus live music recommendations and more arts and culture events. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Visual art, music and choreography take over a cathedral in "Working Title"; explore the giant kelp forests (through art) at UC San Diego; Lynn Nottage's "Intimate Apparel"; and Amel Janae's pop-up and free admission at MCASD -
Southern California artist Alexis Smith has two works of public art in the prominent Stuart Art Collection at UC San Diego and was recently celebrated in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. -
![A collage of photos and posters featuring (clockwise from top left): Malashock Dance, Oriana Poindexter, Project [BLANK], Ethan Chan, Rita Bullwinkel, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Margaret Noble, San Diego Opera, UC San Diego Park & Market, Karen Zacarías and Tarrah Aroonsakool.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/ab7fc0d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/538x300+171+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd8%2F6a%2F7bbe0e0e43b3875678eb383cb4d3%2F2024-art-preview-web.jpg)
Our roundup of art and performances at ICA San Diego, The Athenaeum, Birch Aquarium and more to look forward to in San Diego in 2024. -
From girl supergroups to soul, here are our favorite songs of 2023. -
Our 2023 staff picks for albums this year range from disillusionment to political to disco and plenty more.
![A collage of photos and posters featuring (clockwise from top left): Malashock Dance, Oriana Poindexter, Project [BLANK], Ethan Chan, Rita Bullwinkel, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Margaret Noble, San Diego Opera, UC San Diego Park & Market, Karen Zacarías and Tarrah Aroonsakool.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/9ebd3c9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/538x300+171+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd8%2F6a%2F7bbe0e0e43b3875678eb383cb4d3%2F2024-art-preview-web.jpg)
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KPBS would like to hear from you about your awareness and participation in cultural arts in the South Bay. -
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.
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