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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San Diego artists will "activate" the city's park system starting this weekend through November, with a series of installations, workshops and site-specific art — part of a pandemic-era civic arts funding initiative. -
The San Diego Ballet's production of "Giselle" takes place May 21-22, 2022 — close to two years after its intended performance. It's a role dancer Stephanie Maiorano has waited her entire career to dance. -
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, the Cygnet Theatre production of Dominique Morisseau's "Mud Row" is on stage through Jun. 19, 2022. -
San Diego weekend arts events: A big weekend at Bread and Salt, Charlene Mosley, free opera and moreThis weekend in the arts: Bread and Salt pulls out all the stops; Charlene Mosley's "Pollinators" opens at Sparks Gallery; Melinda Lopez's "Mala" takes the stage at The Old Globe; the Joffrey Ballet comes to town and a free, kid-friendly opera in Balboa Park. -
On our must-see list this month: visual art by Andrea Chung at MCASD La Jolla, Shinpei Takeda at Oceanside Museum of Art, Fernando Casasempere at San Diego Museum of Art, Cheryl Sorg at Mesa College Art Gallery and Mark di Suvero at Tasende Gallery. -
This weekend in the arts: "San Diego Views" at Joseph Bellows Gallery; "Music at the Museum" plus Shinpei Takeda at Oceanside Museum of Art; Chris Warren's sound immersion at Art Produce; City Ballet's "Don Quixote"; and Plays by Young Writers at Joan Kroc Theatre.
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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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