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: Lindsey Deaton receives the Larry T. Baza Arts and Culture Award at San Diego Pride and more. -
La Jolla Playhouse's new dance-theater production follows one woman's reexamination of her own life after receiving a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder at age 33. -
Not everyone was able to grab a badge this year. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean the convention starts and ends with the badge holder. Here are our picks for pop culture, comics, music, art, food, drink and fandom events to get a taste of Comic-Con without a badge. -
This weekend in the arts: Max Lofano, Kanthy Peng and more at a big night at Bread and Salt. -
KPBS Midday EditionA work from one of the nation's most prominent Black artists will now be on display to San Diegans, free of charge. Plus, a new book on the overlap between film noir and mixology. Then, recommendations for your next summer romance read. -
There's a new work of art in San Diego to put on your summer bucket list. A painting by notable Black American artist Kehinde Wiley is now on view at The Timken Museum, through a partnership with the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art.
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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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