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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Frank Kensaku Saragosa's writing took top honors for fiction and essay in the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards. Saragosa writes of his experiences as a homeless San Diegan, struggling with addiction. -
Artist and muralist Rafael López is the illustrator for "The Little Book of Joy" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The book published Sept. 27, 2022. -
This weekend in the arts: San Diego Design Week; Trolley Dances; San Diego Ballet's "Signature Moves"; The Rosin Box Project's "Barre Crawl"; paper theaters at La Jolla Historical Society; and a Billie Holiday play at Oceanside Theatre Company. -
From early pandemic mask-making to a Pulitzer finalist: A new play, "Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, opens at La Jolla Playhouse this week, exploring lockdowns, Asian American racism, Facebook groups, invisible labor and generosity. -
Alida Cervantes, Angélica Escoto, Carlos Castro and Cog•nate Collective will show new works in an exhibition celebrating the annual San Diego Art Prize. The cohort represents the binational vitality of the region's art scene. -
This weekend in the arts: Alexis Smith at MCASD La Jolla; San Diego Zine Fest; Ceelo Green plays James Brown at the Shell; the juried youth exhibition at MOPA; Sidro Saturdays in San Ysidro; and Disco Riot's "Choreo and Kickball."
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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. -
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