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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This weekend in the arts: Saki and MartyO at OMA, SDMA+ the San Diego Shakespeare Society, Bach and Handel's earliest works, Little Dame's Halloween show at the Ken, and community ofrendas around the region. -
San Diego Ballet's signature annual program pairing classical ballet with Latin music takes over the new outdoor stage at Liberty Station. -
This weekend in the arts: an ofrenda at San Diego Botanic Garden, Gill Sotu joins the Symphony and more. -
The San Diego Opera brings a powerful voice to town for what promises to be an intimate, nostalgic performance of the great American lyricist Johnny Mercer -
San Diego author Ari Honarvar's debut novel is set in her hometown of Shiraz, Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. -
"Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist" opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego this weekend.
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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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