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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Cygnet Theatre's world premiere from former San Diego playwright Keiko Green centers on an odd mother-son relationship, a decrepit apartment building and a big question: Who is Sharon? -
KPBS Midday EditionThis weekend in the arts: Tijuana Hace Teatro at The Old Globe a book fair in Escondido, and alt rock from Arts Fishing Club at Soda Bar. -
This weekend in the arts: Tijuana Hace Teatro at The Old Globe; a book fair in Escondido; alt rock from Arts Fishing Club at Soda Bar; BODYTRAFFIC contemporary dance at The Conrad; a pianoforte and Bach Collegium in Pt. Loma and more. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new exhibit at the San Diego Museum of Art will pair the works of Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore for the first time. -
A new play tells the story of American women's tennis icon Billie Jean King, whose impact on sports equality is so much more than the "Battle of the Sexes" match. -
KPBS Midday EditionThere are three very different ways you can experience music in San Diego this weekend, from a new jukebox musical and a music fest in North Park.
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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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