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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KPBS Midday EditionThis weekend in the arts: "Twenty Women Artists: NOW" wraps up its exhibition, the 2021 Juried Biennial Exhibition hosts its closing reception, and SD Practice continues at two locations in the county. -
KPBS Midday EditionAudiences are back, venues are opening up, and San Diego is bursting with music from local artists this summer. The KPBS Summer Music Series is here to capture that creativity, energy and joy. -
KPBS Midday EditionAuthor Kaitlin Greenridge joined KPBS Midday Edition on Tuesday to discuss the book. She will be speaking Saturday during the second weekend of this year's virtual San Diego Writer's Festival. -
KPBS Midday EditionChris Baron's middle-grade novel-in-verse is set in the Bay Area during the 1989 World Series, following the friendship of two young outcasts -
KPBS Midday EditionThis weekend in the arts: Sparks Summer Showcase, La Jolla Playhouse's new play series, 'Beehive the '60s Musical,' indie pop at Soda Bar and "On the Move" brings City Ballet back to audiences. -
The 2021 San Diego Art Prize recipient tells stories of border life using stop-motion animation and black and white drawings — plus a new music video with The Color Forty Nine.
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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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