Arts on Fire

Buffalo duo Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell stopped by the WRFA studios before their Mayville Bluegrass Festival appearance to talk with AOF host Anthony Merchant for an interview along with an in-studio performance https://sstb2.bandcamp.com https://sallyanndra.com https://www.instagram.com/tylerbagwell https://www.instagram.com/sallyanndra

Miki Girts joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the 2024 Whirly Bird Festival going on in downtown Jamestown August 30 & 31st https://whirlybirdfest.com

The cast and crew of the upcoming Lucille Ball Little Theatre production of Rock of Ages joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss rehearsals and what to expect from these performances https://www.lbltj.com

Two returning AOF guests Leslie Calimeri and Joseph Grice join host Anthony Merchant for the first time together for an interview about the 2024 NSAA Art Trail Hub Crawl and the 2024 Jamestown ArtScape https://nsaachautauqua.org/art-trail https://www.josephgrice.art/ https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com/

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joins AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the summer/fall at the Reg as well as their newly renovated seats https://reglenna.com/

Artist Kaycee Colburn returns to the WRFA studios to chat with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about her current works, this years Psychic Faire, Nightscapes Horror Festival, whats next for KayCo and much more https://kayco.art/ https://www.nightscapestudios.com/ https://www.facebook.com/events/crystal-ballroom/crystal-ballroom-psychic-faire/323176880866620/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant talks with Steve O'Hearn, the artistic director of the Pittsburgh based group Squonk, all about Squonk's upcoming performances at Chautauqua Institution for it's 150th anniversary and much more https://squonk.org https://www.instagram.com/squonk_official https://www.chq.org

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant made his return to Roger Tory Peterson Institute to see and discuss the new exhibit Art That Matters to the Planet: Clarity with RTPI's Maria Ferguson and David Niles https://rtpi.org/

GA-20 guitarist Matt Stubbs talked with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about what the band has been up to in 2024, the beginnings of GA-20, the bands performance at Struthers Library Theatre in Warren to kick off their Roots Rising series and much more https://ga20band.com/ https://ga-20.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ga20band https://www.strutherslibrarytheatre.org/

Comedian, musician and writer Dave Hill joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss his start in comedy and Dave's upcoming Jamestown performance for this years Lucille Ball Comedy Fest https://www.davehillonline.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mrdavehill https://tickets.comedycenter.org/Info.aspx?EventID=38

Buffalo musicians Sally Schaefer & Tyler Bagwell talked with AOF host Anthony Merchant about their new album Irish Songs & Tunes as well as their upcoming Chautauqua performances including this years Mayville Bluegrass Festival https://sallyanndra.com https://www.instagram.com/sallyanndra https://www.instagram.com/tylerbagwell https://sstb2.bandcamp.com/ Mayville Bluegrass Festival tix -https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mayville-bluegrass-festival-2024-tickets-872101768867?fbclid=IwAR1zlZUz9HSQpnEZ6SfDiN-us9O0czcXZMEs7blI1Rwruf90EDkUkLyJJD8_aem_AcU3b0iFTIKYvCANSh2DCSwrc_0m-djBFiHvLXutULJKuEY-xKqowuJlGPI3nLiradk80AMgMEDeHPqs1spojM1J

Jamestown area artists Joseph Grice and Joseph Rice joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss their duo art exhibit Imposter Syndrome at Pearl City Clay House, their art origins, getting mistaken for one another, painting with a crowd and much more https://www.josephgrice.art/ https://www.joericeart.com/ https://pearlcityclayhouse.org/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant was interviewed by writer and fiber artist Miles Hilton for a story for paper The Villager to discuss topics such as hosting Arts on Fire, the Power Chord Hour Podcast, starting out in radio, Merchant's role at WRFA and much more www.youtube.com/@powerchordhour www.instagram.com/the_feral_needle/ www.theferalneedle.com/ thevillagerny.com/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant was interviewed by writer and fiber artist Miles Hilton for a story for paper The Villager to discuss topics such as hosting Arts on Fire, the Power Chord Hour Podcast, starting out in radio, Merchant's role at WRFA and much more https://www.youtube.com/@powerchordhour https://www.instagram.com/the_feral_needle/ https://www.theferalneedle.com/ https://thevillagerny.com/

Local artist and musician Joseph Grice once again joined AOF host Anthony Merchant for a discussion all about Joe's latest works and exhibits https://www.josephgrice.art/ https://rtpi.org/events/painting-birds-with-watercolor-taught-by-joseph-grice/ https://www.instagram.com/Joseph_Grice_Art/

Rock band The Hallow Society (Sean Lander, Scott Slade, Frank Phillips, Philip Starkweather) returned to the WRFA studios to talk with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant and play a few songs https://x.com/HallowSociety https://www.facebook.com/TheHALLOWSociety

Performance collective Madness Most Discreet (Emily Drew, Matt McWilliams, Julie Reed, Rusty Allen) stopped by the WRFA studios for a full performance of "What You Will", a take on William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" https://www.instagram.com/madnessmostdiscreetco https://www.facebook.com/madnessmostdiscreet

Mike Brunacini once again joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to talk all about his new album Dying Leaves & Naked Trees, his side project Aftergloom, finding new life for old ideas, the process of writing a Mike Brunacini song and much more https://linktr.ee/MikeBrunacini https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikebrunacini/dying-leaves-and-naked-trees-on-vinyl https://mikebrunacini.wixsite.com/mikebrunacini https://mikebrunacini.bandcamp.com/

Fredonia photographer Patrick Stokes stopped by the WRFA studios to talk local photography, his volunteer efforts in Ukraine and this years Chautauqua County Art Trail with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.instagram.com/stokesphotographyand https://www.hopefull.org.uk/ https://siobhanstrust.uk/ https://nsaachautauqua.org/

Local musician Marc Smith spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about the upcoming benefit and fundraiser for Shriners Hospitals at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds May 24th & 25th https://www.facebook.com/events/1897852327400288

Kaycee Colburn made her AOF return to talk with host Anthony Merchant all about KayCo Gallery, concluding her CRNY residency at Jamestown Community College, local interest in the paranormal, getting into new forms of art, whats planned for the rest of 2024 and much more

Frank Besse of the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation and Leslie Calimeri of the Chautauqua Art Gallery returned to the WRFA studios to discuss Jamestown ArtScape 2024 with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.jamestownrenaissance.org/artscape/ https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com/

Performance collective Madness Most Discreet joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss their upcoming performances of "What You Will" for Jamestown's Third Thursday series as well as perform select scenes from the play in-studio https://www.instagram.com/madnessmostdiscreetco https://www.facebook.com/madnessmostdiscreet https://www.facebook.com/people/Third-Thursday-Jamestown

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to talk Spring/Summer 2024 at the Reg https://reglenna.com/

Maria Ferguson and David Niles of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute joined AOF host Anthony Merchant in the studios to discuss new exhibits and events going on at RTPI https://rtpi.org/

The cast of the Little Theatre production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee stopped by the station to speak with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about the play https://www.lbltj.com/

Neil Flory of Jamestown Community College joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss end of semester performances at JCC https://www.sunyjcc.edu/

3rd Street Garage host Robb Jones joined Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant to discuss 500 episode and 19 years of the program on the WRFA airwaves! https://www.facebook.com/3rdStreetGarageRockRadio

The cast of the SUNY JCC Uncommoners production of Hamlet (Directed by Emily Drew) came to the WRFA studios to perform a full radio drama of the Shakespeare classic https://www.sunyjcc.edu/

Reverend Luke Fodor and Reverend Jessica Frederick of St. Lukes Church spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about their upcoming performance of My Name is Rachel Corrie at the Robert H Jackson Center https://stlukesjamestown.org/

Director Jennifer Davis along with actresses Emily Jeziorski and Holland Isaacson joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the upcoming Little Theatre production of Emma https://www.lbltj.com/

Artists Angela Caley and Bill Thomas joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss their joint exhibit Revival at the Octagon Gallery at the Patterson Library in Westfield, NY https://www.instagram.com/angelacaleyart/ https://www.plantlifeclothing.com/ https://protomillennial.com/ https://www.pattersonlib.org/event/angela-caley-and-bill-thomas-revival/

Hamlet director Emily Drew along with Hamlet actors Ethan Tyger, Cal Boozel and Morgan Tobio joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the upcoming performances as well as reading lines from the play https://www.sunyjcc.edu/event/hamlet-1

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss events at the Reg for March and April 2024 https://reglenna.com

Artist Miles Hilton joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss their current exhibit Wood Wide Web, working with artist Wendy Bale, fiber arts, creative writing and so much more https://www.theferalneedle.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_feral_needle/

Author Tj Buck joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss his latest book Bad Water and much, much more

Buffalo based multi-instrumentalist Sally Schaefer spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about her musical upbringing, the Buffalo music scene, performing in Chautauqua County, keeping your signature sound no matter what genre you're playing (or who you're playing with) and much more https://sallyanndra.com/ facebook.com/sallyanndramusic instagram.com/sallyanndra

Visual Artist Wendy Bale joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss her new exhibit with Miles Hilton called Wood Wide Web, working with mushrooms, her involvement with Pearl City Clay House and much more https://www.wendybaleart1st.com/ https://linktr.ee/uubale https://pearlcityclayhouse.org/

Cast and crew of the Little Theatre production of The Outsiders joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the show and so much more https://www.lbltj.com/

Len Barry makes his first Arts on Fire appearance of the year to talk all things Reg Lenna with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://reglenna.com/

Author, artist, speaker and herbalist Kaycee Colburn joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss her CRNY residency at Jamestown Community College, the balance of having multiple creative outlets, highlights of Kaycee's career in 2023, her recent Haunted Spaces exhibit and much more https://www.kayceecolburn.com/

Leslie Calimeri of the Chautauqua Art Gallery joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to talk all things going on at the gallery as well as the open submissions for the 2024 Jamestown ArtScape https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com https://www.jamestownrenaissance.org/artscape

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the last of this years programming and what to expect at the Reg in 2024 https://reglenna.com/

Chautauqua County musician KDYN returns to Arts on Fire to discuss new music with host Anthony Merchant and perform in-studio https://soundcloud.com/thatkdyn_guy https://www.instagram.com/thatkdyn_guy/ https://www.tiktok.com/@thatkdyn_guy

Arts on Fire LIVE continues for the final performance of 2023 with an amazing performance from The Assembly along with interviews with AOF host Anthony Merchant ABOUT AOF LIVE: Arts On Fire LIVE brings you the very best of Chautauqua County's local artists via a live, in-studio performance! The show is produced and broadcast by WRFA-LP 107.9 FM, Kranky Plate Productions, and the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts in Jamestown, NY. All 2023 Arts on Fire LIVE performances are made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American Rescue Plan Act Stabilization Grant. https://www.theassemblychq.com/

Chautauqua artist Thomas Annear talked all about the opening of his latest exhibit at the Darwin Barker Memorial Library in Fredonia, NY with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant https://www.thomasannear.com/ https://www.barkerlibrary.org/

Musician, broadcaster and music educator John Cross joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss conducting the November 4th performance from the Jamestown Area Community Orchestra https://on.soundcloud.com/aEHZK

Todd Tranum of the band Agents of Outrage stopped by the WRFA studios to talk the bands new album Hard Rain with AOF host Anthony Merchant

Sukanya Burman and Daryl Simons joined Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant to talk about the upcoming production The Bayadere and what has been going on at Sukanya Burman Dance https://www.sukanyaburman.com

AOF host Anthony Merchant talked new STCLVR music with Gorg Mor https://stclvr.bandcamp.com/ https://linktr.ee/STCLVR