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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In the first of a three-part series exploring two years of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts industry, we look at classical performance through the eyes of a chorus, a ballet dancer, an opera singer and a music teacher. -
Alida Cervantes, Angélica Escoto, Carlos Castro Arias and Cog•nate Collective were chosen this year by a newly expanded jury of nonlocal curators representing the Whitney Museum, San Francisco's MOMA and more. -
This weekend in the arts: Diana Benavidez at Athenaeum Art Center; "Many Happy Returns" at Light Box Theater; "Small Acts" at City Gallery; Camarada at the Mingei; an open house at The Conrad and Backyard Renaissance's production of "Abigail's Party." -
Tony Meneses' new play "El Borracho" is now on stage at The Old Globe, featuring a family grappling with an alcoholic father on his deathbed — a story intensely personal to the playwright. -
Our picks for visual art in the region this month: Tara Donovan at Quint ONE; Charles Glaubitz at San Diego Central Library Art Gallery; Sherin Guirguis at Candlewood Art Festival; Anna Stump at Mesa College Art Gallery; and Thao Huynh French at Hotel Z. -
This weekend in the arts: "Syntax;" The Rosin Box; Denja Harris and Rafael Rios-Mathioudakis; "Love is an Action;" Le Salon de Musiques; and the Candlewood Arts Festival in Borrego Springs.
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KPBS Midday EditionOur guest for Midday Edition's weekend arts preview segment this week is Andrea "Angie" Chandler, with recommendations for visual art, theater and a photography zine signing event.
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