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 EditionSan Diego Museum of Art, The Front Arte & Cultura, The Old Globe and The Casbah weigh in on running an arts organization during the pandemic, and the reality of reopening -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park and Lux Art Institute in Encinitas will become the ICA San Diego, opening this fall with site-responsive work by Mexican artist Gabriel Rico. -
KPBS Midday EditionOur weekend arts picks: City Ballet, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, Art of Elan in the sculpture garden, Alfredo Jaar, a dance film reflection on a year of closures and the acoustic rock of Grampadrew. -
Mincing herbs, finding joy, washing dishes, and the news cycle: Disco Riot's "A Year of DisDANCE" film looks at the last year through dance. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis weekend in the arts: a powerful new group exhibition at The Front, Broadway hits from jazz greats, Lauren Gunderson's play "I and You" plus a city-wide art and architecture event. -
Catch these five notable works of visual art in San Diego this month, from Claire A. Warden, Aaron Glasson, Tijera Williams, Carlos Castro Arias and Chantal Peñalosa.
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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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