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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'Stories from the Street' exhibition and expo at Hill Street Country Club shares portraits and stories of its most immediate neighbors, with a week of programming and services addressing homelessness. -
Poet-in-residence Catherine Kineavy brings Julia Alvarez in conversation with local audiences, plus workshops to map community through poetry -
KPBS Midday EditionThis weekend in the arts: testing the waters of in-person performances and events, plus some virtual and solo appointment options too. -
KPBS Midday EditionWe’re listening to new music from San Diego acts Lein, D.WREX, J. Breckenridge, Twin Ritual and Kelly Einbinder. Plus, a shout out to the music in each episode of the Parker Edison Project. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis weekend in the arts: Carrie Feller, Art Produce, The Old Globe, Oceanside Museum of Art and the Domestic Geographies film program. -
Catch these five notable works of visual art in San Diego this month, from Christian Garcia-Olivo, Annie Fang, Manuelita Brown, Mark Laver and Regan Russell
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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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