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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This weekend in the arts: new, strange visual art from Melissa Walter and Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez-Delgado; "Booked for the Weekend"; Rachmaninoff and California; a new adaptation of "Cleopatra"; Miles Davis and lots of live music. -
Border artist Hugo Crosthwaite ventures into color with a new body of work on view at Bread and Salt — with more opening at Mesa College Art Gallery later this month. -
This weekend in the arts: Zines and music at the downtown library; Hugo Crosthwaite and more art at Bread and Salt; lowrider art at Mixed Grounds; a Sherlock Holmes-inspired play; "Blanket Sounds" at the Waterfront and more live music picks. -
Burn All Books and Particle FM are bringing a DIY ethos to a big festival of zines, music and art at the San Diego Central Library this weekend. -
This weekend in the arts: A play by a Parkland father; local indie literature; jazz; "Chasing Fear"; Ryan Manalili album release; a Thee Sacred Souls homecoming; Broadway's "Peter Pan"; live music picks and more. -
Manuel Oliver, father of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin "Guac" Oliver, will bring his one-man play to San Diego this weekend. "I feel like I'm parenting," Oliver said of the performances.
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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. -
KPBS would like to hear from you about your awareness and participation in cultural arts in the South Bay.
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