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Tom Cochrun @tomcochrun

writer/director, creative consultant/strategic planner, author, speaker, journalist

Joined December 2010
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IRT's 'Nina Simone: Four Women" Is Prescient Drama tomalvarez.studio/2025/02/13… via @TomAlvarez1

IRT's 'Nina Simone: Four Women" Is Prescient Drama

While witnessing “Nina Simone: Four Women at Friday’s opening night performance on The OneAmerica Stage at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, I was reminded that as much as we have moved forward with...

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IRT’s ‘King James’ Explores Basketball As A Conduit for Bromance tomalvarez.studio/2025/01/24… via @TomAlvarez1

IRT’s ‘King James’ Explores Basketball As A Conduit for Bromance

In a city such as Indianapolis with its identity tied up with sports as its hook to attract fans, and tourism in general, a play such as “King James” couldn’t be more relevant. And the

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Sandi Patty Sparkles In Her Auspicious 'Yuletide Celebration' Swan Song tomalvarez.studio/2024/12/11… via @TomAlvarez1

Sandi Patty Sparkles In Her Auspicious 'Yuletide Celebration' Swan Song

It was a momentous opening night of the “AES Indiana Yuletide Celebration " Friday, when acclaimed Five-time Grammy Award winning vocalist, Sandy Patty performed as the host and headliner of the...

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Science is neither red nor blue | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Science is neither red nor blue

Long before the 5 November US presidential election, I had become ever more concerned that science has fallen victim to the same political divisiveness tearing at the seams of American society. This...

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DK Reinforces Its Cutting-Edge Brand In Season Opener tomalvarez.studio/2024/10/24… via @TomAlvarez1

DK Reinforces Its Cutting-Edge Brand In Season Opener

A reminder for those who may not yet know exactly what a kaleidoscope is: According to Cambridge English Corpus “The kaleidoscope fractures the vision of a single object or scene into a multitude of...

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IRT remains an Indiana "natural resource!" Thanks Tom. IRT Season Opener Is Irresistable Musical Comedy tomalvarez.studio/2024/09/25… via @TomAlvarez1

IRT Season Opener Is Irresistable Musical Comedy

Following the box office and critical success of last season’s “Litte Shop of Horror,” The Indiana Repertory Theatre, opened Friday with another musical. This year’s 2024-2025 season opener is “The...

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ISO Debuts ‘Gershwin x Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue’ tomalvarez.studio/2024/09/13… via @TomAlvarez1

ISO Debuts ‘Gershwin x Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue’

Celebrated as “A multi-hyphenate music powerhouse and creative visionary, “composer, conductor, producer, DJ, arranger, songwriter, singer, and pianist Steve Hackman leads the Indianapolis Symphony...

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Woomblies Lovingly & Faithfully Interpret Classic Rock Hits tomalvarez.studio/2024/08/17… via @TomAlvarez1

Woomblies Lovingly & Faithfully Interpret Classic Rock Hits

  As a child of the sixties, I was caught up in nostalgia as I listened to the lush and magical sounds of the Woomblies Rock Orchestra, Friday, at the Franklin High School Community Performing

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‘Songbook Academy in Concert’ Introduces Stars of Tomorrow tomalvarez.studio/2024/07/25… via @TomAlvarez1

‘Songbook Academy in Concert’ Introduces Stars of Tomorrow

On Saturday, a packed house was regaled by the outstanding vocals of forty exceptionally talented high school students at the “Songbook Academy in Concert” held at the Palladium at the Center for the...

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As requested: youtu.be/3DF-48xqG5Y?si=hQxu…

‘It makes me emotional’: Rep. Jim Clyburn previews President Biden’s...

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White Hou...

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Post debate frenzy fatigue? Take a deep breath-you deserve better.tomcochrunlightbreezes.blogs…
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Great and imaginative talent!!! 'Beethoven x Beyonce' Is An Effervescent Mix of Classic & Current tomalvarez.studio/2024/06/08… via @TomAlvarez1

'Beethoven x Beyonce' Is An Effervescent Mix of Classic & Current

When conductor-composer-producer-DJ-arranger-songwriter-singer-pianist Steve Hackman, introduced his most recent, groundbreaking fusion of the music Ludwig van Beethoven and Beyoncé Giselle Knowles...

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LiterateIndy@LiterateIndy
1 Jun 2024
June, 1921.
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After The Uprising Podcast@ATUpodcastS2
28 May 2024
🚨 The official trailer for Season 2 of #AfterTheUprising is here! 🎧 Get ready for a remarkable journey for the truth #PodcastTrailer #Season2Release @iHeartPodcasts @asterisk_double iheart.com/podcast/1119-afte…

Season 2 Trailer: The Murder of Darren Seals - After the Uprising | iHeart -

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Sounds like fun...thanks Tom Musical Theatre Returns to IRT Via A Campy Cult Hit tomalvarez.studio/2024/05/07… via @TomAlvarez1

Musical Theatre Returns to IRT Via A Campy Cult Hit

    After an eleven-year hiatus, musicals have returned to the Indiana Repertory Theatre in the form of “Little Shop of Horrors.”  Billed as a “horticultural horror musical, I saw a performance of...

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Rachel Martin@rachelnpr
8 May 2024
Still true.
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7 May 2024
.@rachelnpr on why she became a journalist. Do you feel that WUNC and NPR have helped you understand other people's experiences?
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5 May 2024
This is me at 4:04am Friday, just before going on the air for my 20th anniversary show on Morning Edition. Think I’ll drop by tomorrow to get started on 21.
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Rachel Martin@rachelnpr
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Well, here it is! We made a new thing! It's an interview show like you've never heard before. First episode drops Thursday. Listen and subscribe! npr.org/about-npr/1245323217…

New NPR podcast 'Wild Card' is part interview, part existential game show

Celebrities and notable creatives join host Rachel Martin in candid conversations.

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RT @lourdesgnavarro: What we do for this show is call people back after our first conversation. And what you’ll hear with both Lapid and Ha…
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