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: Sofie Ramos at Bread and Salt; Armando de la Torre at Athenaeum Art Center; Mensah Bey at Bread and Salt; Jan Van Munster at Quint ONE; SPACE TIME and Project [BLANK]; The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus; Drowse and Neutral Shirt at Tower Bar; a City Heights graphic novel release and more. -
Moxie Theatre has partnered with the San Diego Audubon Society to bring Anna Ouyang Moench's "Birds of North America" to local stages. The play explores the impacts of climate change on birds — and a father and daughter who struggle to understand each other. -
San Diego native Jeremy McQueen's award-winning ballet company produces original works that center Black voices — but struggled to bring his ballets home. This week, the works will be performed here for the first time. -
This weekend in the arts: "El Huracán" at Cygnet Theatre; Filipino American performance and art at New Americans Museum; "Electrification, Efficiency and Equity" at Art Produce; the San Diego Symphony's "Peltokoski, Thayer and Mozart" at California Center for the Arts Escondido and Southwestern College; "A Map Project" and "Excavation" at City College; Camarada at The Conrad; and "Lost in Translation" at the Central Library Art Gallery. -
Must-see visual art exhibitions right now: Tom Driscoll at SIP Art Space; Sofie Ramos at Bread and Salt; Armando de la Torre at Athenaeum Art Center; 'Africa in Context' at Mesa College Art Gallery; and Perry Vásquez at Quint Gallery. -
This weekend in the arts: A Guelaguetza Festival at San Diego Museum of Art; Irving Flores, Tina Chong and Joshua White at UC San Diego Park and Market; Justin A. McHugh at Good Faith Gallery; Kevin Maloney at The Book Catapult; 'The Ferryman' at New Village Arts; Greater San Diego Music Coterie's "Scandinavian Winter"; and Broadway's "Frozen."
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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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