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: Contemporary Korean polychrome painting; San Diego Art Prize; a play about an "it girl" sex worker in 19th century England; haunted dance; spooky Shakespeare; Dìa de los Muertos; experimental bassoon; live music picks and more. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new exhibit focuses on contemporary Chicano and Latino art from the American Southwest. -
This weekend in the arts: Disco Riot's dance and karaoke night, ballet, Danielle Dean, Walter Cotten, MOPA, Globe For All's free Shakespeare, "Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Lila Downs and more. -
Eva Struble's "Frasera" spans multiple stories of the San Diego Natural History Museum's atrium and pairs botany and field biology with an imaginative, thoughtful sense of play as the museum looks toward 150 years. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Contemporary spins on traditional craft at Art Produce and the Mingei plus more new visual art; San Diego Zine Fest meets Barrio Art Crawl; a spooky season musical; an acoustic evening with Jamie Shadowlight; mariachi and more. -
KPBS Midday EditionA South County nonprofit is putting on an arts and music festival. Also, author Dave Egger’s latest book is written from the perspective of a stray dog. And, the San Diego Italian Film Festival is back.
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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. -
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