STLPR's Annual Celebration

St. Louis Public Radio supporters gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel on Friday, April 28, 2023 to celebrate with fun entertainment, lively conversation, a delicious meal, and special guest Juana Summers, Co-Host of All Things Considered!

Save the Date! Our Annual Celebration returns on April 19, 2024.

April 19

6 p.m. Cocktails
7 p.m. Dinner

Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis
999 N 2nd St, St. Louis, MO 63102

2023 Photos

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St. Louis on the Air host Elaine Cha speaks with Special Guest Juana Summers

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Generation Listen's Kit Watson poses with NPR Nina Totenblend wine

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The Red and Black Brass Brand boasts their signature soulful harmonies and high energy tunes on stage at the 2023 Annual Celebration.

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St. Louis Public Radio's CEO Tina Pamintuan takes the stage.

A Welcome card for the STLPR Annual Gala reading Hear the Future

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Curt Dennison

Table 26 at the 2023 Annual Gala. One man is telling a story expressively. Someone in the corner is making hand gestures.

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STLPR Donors pose with Special Guest Juana Summers. She looks radiant in her green and black floral dress.

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Two women pose by the glass railing on the balcony. The Martin Luther King Bridge is well-framed behind them.

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A brochure of the Live Auction prizes. The pages are open to the Presidential Suite in Cabo San Lucas and the Experience Alaska prizes.

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Two women hold selfie photo lights. These are rainbow-glowing disks with a phone sticker in the middle.

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The outdoor balcony at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis

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A group of guests at the Four Seasons hotel for the STLPR Gala

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Juana Summers

Co-Host of All Things Considered

Juana Summers is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, alongside Ailsa Chang, Ari Shapiro and Mary Louise Kelly. She joined All Things Considered in June 2022.

Summers previously spent more than a decade covering national politics, most recently as NPR's political correspondent covering race, justice and politics. She covered the 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, and has also previously covered Congress for NPR. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications across multiple platforms, including Politico, CNN, Mashable and The Associated Press.

In 2016, Summers was a fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service. She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., on the campus of the University of Missouri. She is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, and is originally from Kansas City, Mo.

Our Guest Speaker is sponsored by Lewis Rice.