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: Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore at San Diego Museum of Art; "Good Natured" at the downtown library; Thirty years of genre books at Mysterious Galaxy; new (and closing) exhibits at Bread and Salt; Broadway's "1776"; City Ballet's "Alice in Wonderland"; and Prebys Play Days at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. -
KPBS Midday Edition"The Chronicles of Kalki" opens at Moxie Theater and sets the final avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu in a high school girl gang. Also, other arts events in San Diego, including ballet and Latin jazz. -
This weekend in the arts: Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider at the La Jolla Music Society; City Ballet's "Romeo and Juliet"; Julia Margaret Cameron at MOPA; Bert Frings and Bas Louter at Oolong Gallery; Bach Collegium San Diego's "Scorchers"; Moxie Theatre's "The Chronicles of Kalki"; and pompom pride flags and free admission at OMA. -
Playwright Aditi Brennan Kapil's "The Chronicles of Kalki" follows the final avatar of the god Vishnu who has arrived to save humanity from forces of evil — as a teenage girl. Moxie Theatre's production runs May 7 through June 4.
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This weekend in the arts: Music, dance and avant garde performance at Intervals; Glen Wilson, June Edmonds and April Banks at BFree Studio; LITVAKdance's "Terrain"; Adams Avenue Unplugged; Mission Fed ArtWalk; WOW Fest; San Diego Book Crawl and "Trino." -
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.
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The sudden pullback of NEA funding — after money was already spent — is shaking confidence across San Diego's dance world and forcing organizations to rethink programming. -
Our top picks for book events to check out this season: Fantasy, found family and queer joy; the life of Kenny G; Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen; the return of a beloved book festival; and a queer rom-com debut. -
Locally born productions shine at this year's Tony nominations. Plus, two Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity — the musical “Hell’s Kitchen” fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play “Stereophonic” about a ’70s rock band at the edge of stardom — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.
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