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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KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego composer Sang Song said he was inspired by a psychological theory known as ambiguous loss. -
This weekend in the arts: San Diego New Music's "The Holy Ghost," DNA New Works playwriting festival at La Jolla Playhouse and more. -
Here are a few highlights of performances and arts events to celebrate the winter holidays in San Diego, from Hanukkah art to reimagined Nutcrackers. -
This weekend in the arts: Cog•nate Collective at ICA North; LITVAKdance's fall performances; Bocón Arts' "Mía'; the San Diego Symphony with Brahms, Liszt and Wagner; Iranian folk music at UC San Diego; 'As You Like It" at La Jolla Playhouse and more. -
This weekend in the arts: "Pop Smoke" at OMA; "Balanchine to Martins," Cate Kennan at the Brown Building; "The Nutcracker" previews; "Hamilton"; plus Barrio Art Crawl and Marisol Rendón at Bread and Salt. -
Hugo Crosthwaite's stop-motion animation portrait of Dr. Anthony Fauci will be installed in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
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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.
- 'Good Trouble Lives On' events to be held throughout San Diego County
- San Diego residents to choose their trash can size and cost
- Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump
- City Council revives controversial housing project in southeast San Diego
- Hundreds protest Trump administration in El Cajon 'Good Trouble Lives On' rally