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 California Festival takes place Nov. 3-19 across the state, with dozens of distinct performances throughout San Diego spotlighting new musical compositions written in the last five years. -
Robert Irwin was born in 1928 and was a leader in the California Light and Space art movement. He lived in San Diego, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego holds the largest collection of his works. -
KPBS Midday EditionA closer look at Kehinde Wiley's work and its influence on the art world. Plus, what this weekend has in store for the arts. And Midday Movies is back with some frightening Halloween picks. -
This weekend in the arts: Contemporary Korean polychrome painting; San Diego Art Prize; a play about an "it girl" sex worker in 19th century England; haunted dance; spooky Shakespeare; Dìa de los Muertos; experimental bassoon; live music picks and more. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new exhibit focuses on contemporary Chicano and Latino art from the American Southwest. -
This weekend in the arts: Disco Riot's dance and karaoke night, ballet, Danielle Dean, Walter Cotten, MOPA, Globe For All's free Shakespeare, "Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Lila Downs and more.
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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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