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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We asked local bands who they'd like to see come to town and share a stage with. Check out new releases from the locals along with their picks like Corey Floods, Tricot, Busta Rhymes, Elis Paprika and more. -
![Local arts group Project [BLANK]'s shadow puppet digital opera won a nationwide award in October 2020 — and the piece challenges how to record and engineer orchestral and opera works in digital platforms.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/b32bdb4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1371x764+0+151/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2020%2F11%2F05%2FHANAKO-CAGE-crop-twisted-heart.jpg)
San Diego group Project [BLANK] won a prize for innovation for their virtual opera. -
Our picks for the arts this weekend: Tom Driscoll at ICE Gallery, Anne Mudge, Kline Swonger, Marisol Rendón and Bianca Juarez at Cannon Art Gallery. Plus Sine Kwento Filipino stories and film, Camarada's Latin chamber music and ArtWalk Liberty Station is back. -
Poe readings, Shakespeare at SDMA, Teros Gallery's outdoor event, virtual fashion at OMA, spooky organ music, an Oingo Boingo cover band, a community ofrenda and much more. -
The Old Globe and KPBS pair up to bring "Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" to a new radio play format while theaters remain closed. -
San Diego Opera's "La Bohème," a famously perfect first opera and a car full of snacks makes for a COVID-safe and slightly chaotic night of culture.
![Local arts group Project [BLANK]'s shadow puppet digital opera won a nationwide award in October 2020 — and the piece challenges how to record and engineer orchestral and opera works in digital platforms.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/373b07f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1371x764+0+151/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2020%2F11%2F05%2FHANAKO-CAGE-crop-twisted-heart.jpg)
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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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