Alex Heuer

Talk Show Producer

Alex Heuer joined St. Louis Public Radio in 2012 and is a producer of St. Louis on the Air and Cityscape.  Alex grew up in the St. Louis area.  He began his public radio career as a student reporter at Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois and spent nearly five years as a reporter and producer at Iowa Public Radio.

Alex graduated summa cum laude from Western Illinois University.  He has won local and national awards for reporting and producing and his stories have been featured nationally on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Alex enjoys running, hiking, sailing, craft beer, locally-owned restaurants, and the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Cityscape
6:25 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

Christine Brewer Returns Home To Perform With The St. Louis Symphony

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Christine Brewer
Christine Brewer and John Williams before a recording session
John Williams, Lynn Harrell and Christine Brewer listening to a take of "Over the Rainbow"
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Renowned soprano Christine Brewer sings in concert halls and opera houses all over the world.  Her recent travels have taken her to Australia, New Zealand, Dubay, and Great Britain as well as numerous cities in the United States.  But once a year, the Illinois native returns to her “home town” to perform with the St. Louis Symphony.

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Cityscape
5:47 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

Norbert Leo Butz Headlines Angel Band Project Benefit

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Two-time Tony award winner and Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz is the seventh of eleven children who grew up in St.

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Cityscape
4:07 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

St. Louisan Michael Drummond Combines Art And Fashion In New Exhibit

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St. Louis native Michael Drummond is a fashion designer.  You may recognize him from his appearance a few years ago on the Lifetime television series Project Runway.

Drummond is the curator of a new exhibition at The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission.  The exhibition, Dressed, features the work of four local residents, Bob Trump, Laura Kathleen, Marie McInerney and Deborah Pontious.  It’s meant to highlight the combination of fashion and art as well as the growth of St. Louis fashion.

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St. Louis on the Air
5:17 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

A Wealth Of St. Louis Architecture

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Eads Bridge
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Cathedral Basilica
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The St. Louis region is rich with architecturally significant and interesting structures and buildings.

There is a mix of traditional American, European and other foreign influences, side by side with a reflection of a more modern style.

The Gateway Arch often draws the most attention as the architectural focal point of St. Louis but many other structures such as the Wainwright Building, one of the world’s first skyscrapers built in 1892, and the Eads Bridge are significant.  Plus, many St. Louis’ neighborhoods are architecturally rich.

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St. Louis on the Air
10:48 am
Wed May 1, 2013

St. Louis Regional Chamber Initiative Hopes To Translate Degrees Into Dollars

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The St. Louis Regional Chamber is launching a collaborative initiative to increase the percentage of the area’s workforce which has a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Thirty percent of adults in the St. Louis region have at least a bachelor’s degree, ranking it 14th among the nation’s metropolitan areas.  That’s just behind Los Angeles and ahead of Houston, according to U.S. Census estimates.  Meanwhile, decades of slow population growth place St. Louis as the 19th most populated region.

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