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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Southern California artist Alexis Smith has two works of public art in the prominent Stuart Art Collection at UC San Diego and was recently celebrated in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. -
![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/ab7fc0d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/538x300+171+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd8%2F6a%2F7bbe0e0e43b3875678eb383cb4d3%2F2024-art-preview-web.jpg)
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. -
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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.
![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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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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