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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The 2024 awards ceremony honoring local musicians was held Tuesday, April 30 at Humphreys by the Bay before a sold-out crowd. -
This weekend in the arts: Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego Museum of Art's annual floral show, the San Diego Book Crawl, plus opera, street festivals, choral music and some live music picks. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: a major exhibition of Caribbean art; Disco Riot artists-in-residence and more arts and culture this weekend. -
This weekend in the arts: A children's book about gardening, immigration and memory; piano sensation plays Saint-Saëns; a Hitchcock spoof; a big (free) spring market; a new reading series; live music and more. -
Our top picks for sharing art with your kids in San Diego this season: the imaginative world of a legendary sci-fi writer; Latin music for kids; free interactive theater; a Shakespearean birthday party; and kid-friendly ballet. -
Our top picks for classical music and jazz in San Diego this season: A world-class cellist; music, art and kinetic energy; Japanese drums and dance; a week of jazz piano; and cinematic chamber music.
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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. -
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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