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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Two new bookstores are added to the roster of independent bookstores celebrating Independent Bookstore Day with a three-day "crawl" for local book lovers this weekend. -
The San Diego Music Awards were founded in 1991. Thirty-two years later, it still remains important to some in the local music community. -
This weekend in the arts: Anne Mudge at Quint; Chicano Park Day; "Happy Birthday Mr. Shakespeare" at The Old Globe; Debussy and Mahler at the Shell; Britton Neubacher at CSUSM; Aly Rowell at San Diego Made Spring Market; plus shows from We The Commas, Twin Ritual and the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus. -
This weekend in the arts: Coachella or "couch-ella," Desert X; piñatas, Wayne Thiebaud, contemporary dance and contemporary classical music -
Two piñatas by Diana Benavídez have been acquired into the Mingei International Museum's permanent collection — and they're currently on view through the end of April. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis weekend in the arts: Coachella or "couch-ella," Desert X; piñatas, Wayne Thiebaud, contemporary dance and contemporary classical music
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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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