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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KPBS Midday EditionWe’re listening to new music from Tennis, Yeek, Heartbones, Nmandi and Kilikili — all acts with canceled or postponed shows this month -
Embracing our new connectivity with a festival of original plays written for, set in and performed in Zoom -
A canceled tour and stunted album release can't keep the 'Kate Bush experience' from sharing their work and passion -
New to San Diego, writer Jac Jemc's latest book upturns everyday moments and challenges what makes a happy ending -
KPBS Midday EditionLocal artists and organizations are live streaming and turning to digital platforms to share their work, but still need our help to weather coronavirus -
San Diego event cancellations, confined spaces and the ripple effect of lost work and income on artists and nonprofits during the global coronavirus pandemic
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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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