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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Our roundup of art and performances at ICA San Diego, The Athenaeum, Birch Aquarium and more to look forward to in San Diego in 2024. -
From girl supergroups to soul, here are our favorite songs of 2023. -
Our 2023 staff picks for albums this year range from disillusionment to political to disco and plenty more. -
KPBS Midday EditionSpare Pen presents "Every Day Vanilla," a play about one Filipino American woman's relationship with her hometown. Plus, "Slow Horses" premieres its third season on Apple TV+. And the return of a local adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," plus other weekend arts events. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: "A Christmas Carol," a hip-hop Scrabble night, "Theorema" at The Front, plus live music, visual art, books, performances and more. -
KPBS Midday EditionAn original holiday musical returns to the stage for its third year. Plus, a beloved arts center is celebrating its 15th anniversary. And, the top events to check out this weekend.
![A collage of photos and posters featuring (clockwise from top left): Malashock Dance, Oriana Poindexter, Project [BLANK], Ethan Chan, Rita Bullwinkel, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Margaret Noble, San Diego Opera, UC San Diego Park & Market, Karen Zacarías and Tarrah Aroonsakool.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/9ebd3c9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/538x300+171+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd8%2F6a%2F7bbe0e0e43b3875678eb383cb4d3%2F2024-art-preview-web.jpg)
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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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