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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Longtime UC San Diego music professor steps back after 15 years as conductor of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, with a final set of concerts and a newly established award in his name. -
The La Jolla Historical Society's "Voices from the Rez" exhibition opens June 3, 2022, showcasing art, writing and performance from Native American artists from San Diego and Riverside county reservations. -
San Diego weekend arts events: 'Flourish,' 'Paradise TBD' and contemporary dance meets rock climbingThis weekend in the arts: "Flourish" at Pixley's Oddities; Project [BLANK]'s "Paradise TBD"; Disco Riot’s “Choreo & Climb" pairs performance with rock climbing; a reading from border poets; and Beethoven’s Ninth at The Shell. -
San Diego artists will "activate" the city's park system starting this weekend through November, with a series of installations, workshops and site-specific art — part of a pandemic-era civic arts funding initiative. -
The San Diego Ballet's production of "Giselle" takes place May 21-22, 2022 — close to two years after its intended performance. It's a role dancer Stephanie Maiorano has waited her entire career to dance. -
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, the Cygnet Theatre production of Dominique Morisseau's "Mud Row" is on stage through Jun. 19, 2022.
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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.
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