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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A special event on Saturday celebrates art, documentary storytelling, and the City Heights neighborhood with workshops, art stations, food, music and a Dinah Poellnitz-curated exhibition. -
Following the release of a mesmerizing new all-bluegrass album — completing a decades-long bluegrass trilogy — Béla Fleck returns to San Diego for a performance at Balboa Theatre this week. "I've really missed that groove." -
This weekend in the arts: double bass, a family-friendly "Nutcracker," unconventional (and affordable) art, Parol Festival, "Miracle on 34th Street," and ballet and opera at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion Christmas Concert. -
This month, don't miss these noteworthy works on view: Jennifer Vargas at Mesa College Art Gallery, Maggie Shen at Athenaeum Art Center, Paul Strand at San Diego Museum of Art, Reiko Sudo at the Japanese Friendship Garden and Wendy Maruyama at PHES Gallery. -
This weekend in the arts: PHES Gallery, Mortis Studio, indie film for kids, pottery studio tours, "Hope for the Holidays" choral concert, poetry at Centro Cultural de la Raza and Broadway's "My Fair Lady." -
We're listening to new music from locals The Fazes, Shane Hall, Julianna Zachariou and Los Saints, plus touring band Fearing — all playing shows this month.
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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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