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STLPR's Annual Celebration

Join us at the Four Seasons Hotel on Friday, May 2, 2025 for our Annual Celebration. This year we will celebrate with fun entertainment, lively conversation, a delicious meal, and a special guest.

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

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



Golden Ticket Raffle

Try your luck in our 2025 Golden Ticket Raffle!. The winner of the Golden Ticket Raffle gets to choose their own adventure from among a variety of amazing experiences! We will announce the winner at Hear the Future on May 2.

More information coming soon…


2024 Annual Celebration

We celebrated with fun entertainment, lively conversation, a delicious meal, and special guest Eric Deggans, TV critic and media analyst for NPR at the Four Seasons Hotel on Friday, April 19, 2024 at the Four Seasons Hotel.

The Gene Dobbs Bradford Blues experience electrified the audience with hard-driving harmonica playing and soulful blues vocals, Hear the Future Co-Chair Kit Watson showcased the NPR Wine Club offerings, and our Silent Auction was the largest one yet.


2024’s Premium Silent Auction

Our Premium Silent Auction is open to the public for the first time ever! Browse the exciting packages and experiences below. Anyone can participate, you do not have to attend the event to bid or win one of these fabulous packages.

A doberman in a party hat smiles up at the camera

Dog Birthday Party at Bar K

 This S-L-C-S-C swag bag includes a tote bag, t-shirts, a hat, socks, a mug, and much more

SLCSC Package

 A Pastaria dinner including spaghetti with red sauce and parmesan and a side salad

Pastaria Dinner & Wine Pairing

 Join Left Bank Books for Independent Bookstore Day, Author Happy Hour on Saturday, April 27 from 4-6 p.m.

Left Bank Books Package

 Four people clink wine glasses together

St. Louis Club Dinner for 4

 Moulin Rouge in costume on stage

Moulin Rogue VIP Package

 Six bottles of Switchgrass Spirits are lined up, including flavors of brandy, whiskey, and bourbon

Switchgrass Spirits

 The crowded storefront of Katie's Pizza and Pasta Osteria in Ballpark Village

Cardinals Tickets & Katie's Pizza

 A one-of-a-kind hand-crafted guitar with a glossy orange-textured coat

One-of-a-kind Guitar

 A Suite in the Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown St. Louis overlooking the Gateway Arch

Four Seasons Staycation

 The exterior of the Hi-Pointe Theatre showcasing its signature neon signs

Cinema St. Louis VIP

 An arrangement of cocktail shakers and various mixes

Dinner with Mainlander

 Two women stand over a craft table

Learn with Craft Alliance

 This STLPR swag bundle features two totes, a bandana, socks, t-shirts, a beanie, a baseball cap, and a thermos

STLPR Super Fan Kit

Presented By

U S Bancorp Impact Finance


Event Sponsors

Excel Bottling Co. Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy
Dowd Bennet LLP Ruben Brown Twain Financial Partners Polsinelli Wacker Financial Group The University of Missouri—St. Louis
Gerritzen & Gerritzen
John Brase and
Ed Giganti
Tina Pamintuan & Gijs Grotenbreg
Ken & Pat Schutte
Gina & Travis Sheridan

Gene Dobbs Bradford Blues Experience

Gene Dobbs Bradford Blues Experience

For years Gene Dobbs Bradford has electrified audiences with his hard-driving harmonica playing and soulful blues vocals. The Gene Dobbs Bradford Blues Experience, is a fusion of blues, rock and funk; guaranteed to satisfy the soul.

The Gene Dobbs Bradford Blues Experience is sponsored by Gerritzen & Gerritzen.

NPR Wine Club Wine Pull

Don't miss your opportunity to take a bottle or two from the popular NPR Wine Club wine pull! Hear the Future Co-Chair Kit Watson showcases one of the many delicious vintages available.

The wine pull is sponsored by Russell Jackson.

Generation Listen member Kit Watson holds a bottle of Nina Totenburg Red Blend wine.
A display of wines surrounding a floral bouquet. Among them, a Vintage NPR and a Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Cabernet Sauvignon. A row of wines includes a Tiny Desk blend, a Hear Every Voice NPR 50th Zinfandel, and a Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Cabernet Sauvignon.

2023 Photos

St. Louis on the Air host Elaine Cha speaks with Special Guest Juana Summers
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St. Louis on the Air host Elaine Cha speaks with Special Guest Juana Summers
Generation Listen's Kit Watson poses with NPR Nina Totenblend wine
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Generation Listen's Kit Watson poses with NPR Nina Totenblend wine
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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The Red and Black Brass Brand boasts their signature soulful harmonies and high energy tunes on stage at the 2023 Annual Celebration.
St. Louis Public Radio's CEO Tina Pamintuan takes the stage.
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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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Event Co-Chairs

  • John Brase & Ed Giganti
  • Kit Watson

Event Committee

  • Andrea & Dave Cannon
  • Maria & Michael Gerritzen
  • Keri & Matt McBride
  • Suzie Nall
  • Jenifer & Willem Schilpzand
  • Pat & Ken Schutte
  • John and Rebecca Sheehan
  • Diane Sher
  • Kristin Sobolik & Scott Peterson