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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Celebrate the season in San Diego with holiday-themed performances, festivals and more, from "The Nutcracker" ballet to toy trains and Kwanzaa. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: dueling shows at Moxie Theatre, Dvořák meets Adès, Natalia Ventura, Marialena de la Hoz and more. -
Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his new children's book, "Simone," his approach to memoir, speaking out on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how climate catastrophes may force Americans to reframe their thinking on refugees. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: New visual art exhibits; Sarah Hennies; City Ballet; Beethoven; Hugo Crosthwaite and music; "Hadestown"; San Diego Asian Film Festival's youth-friendly programs; Play Day at MCASD; plus live music and more. -
A new PBS Nature documentary spotlights the flora and fauna in our own backyard in San Diego, the most biodiverse county in the continental U.S. The film, which airs on KPBS-TV this week, will screen at the San Diego Natural History Museum beginning Nov. 22. -
Christian Arreguin is voting for the first time in this year's general election. Through the Alliance San Diego youth artist-in-residence program, he's also making art to inspire civic engagement among young people in his Chicano community.
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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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