Arts on Fire

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

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant chatted with Maria Ferguson of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute all about 3 new exhibits at RTPI as well as their Art After 5 series https://rtpi.org/

Arts on Fire LIVE continues for October 2023 with an electric performance from St. Vith 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://stvithband.com/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant spoke with cast members of the Lucille Ball Little Theatres new production of School of Rock - The Musical https://www.lbltj.com/

Actor, director, author and teacher Ron Destro spoke with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant all about his brand new book "The Starre, The Moone, The Sunne" and much more http://rondestro.com/

Sean Lander and Scott Slade of The Hallow Society stopped by the WRFA studios to play some songs and talk rock n roll with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.facebook.com/TheHALLOWSociety/

Westfield author and artist Trenton Lutes made his AOF return to talk all about the new book Beyond The Wasted Lands: Book Two of The Terra-Healers with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant https://toastedwafflestudios.wixsite.com/trentonlutes https://www.facebook.com/toastedwafflestudios/

Arts on Fire LIVE continues for September 2023 with a sold out performance from Uncle Ben's Remedy 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://unclebensremedy.com/

Songwriting legend Don McLean spoke with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant about Dons early days of touring, what he had forgotten about the writing and recording of American Pie, figuring out what you're going to play live when you have 50+ years worth of material, honing your craft and the importance of starting early, what's next for Don McLean and much more https://www.strutherslibrarytheatre.org/by-list/don-mclean https://donmclean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thedonmclean/ https://www.facebook.com/DonMcLean https://twitter.com/donmclean

Angelo Valentino of The Spire Theater and the In Crowd joined AOF's Anthony Merchant to discuss the history of the band and theater, the inaugural Back Stage Jam, the Studio Metro Underground, what goes into running a theater and much more http://inspirejamestown.com/ http://www.incrowdband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/incrowdlive/ https://www.facebook.com/spiretheater

Actor, restaurateur and Jamestown, NY native Mitchell Anderson spoke with AOF's Anthony Merchant all about bringing his one man show You Better Call Your Mother to Jamestown on September 15 and 16 Tickets - https://m.bpt.me/event/6065050

Artist Joseph Grice joined AOF's Anthony Merchant to discuss his current exhibit at Roger Tory Peterson Institute and what he is working on for the rest of 2023 https://www.josephgrice.art/ https://linktr.ee/josephgriceart/ https://rtpi.org/exhibitions/joseph-grice-taking-flight/

Chautauqua County artist Thomas Annear joined Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant in the Allegheny National Forest to chat about the Labor Day Art Trail Hub Crawl, painting sunsets during the Canadian wildfires, the beauty of the Chautauqua region, upcoming classes and exhibits from Thomas and more https://www.thomasannear.com/ https://nsaachautauqua.org/art-trail.html https://www.instagram.com/thomasannearart/

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna joined Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant to chat and recap the summer season at the Reg and what programming they have coming up for fall 2023

Leslie Calimeri and Frank Besse return to the WRFA studios for a follow up conversation on Jamestown ArtScape with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.jamestownrenaissance.org/artscape/ https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com/

Arts on Fire LIVE continues for August 2023 with a double bill performance from Miranda Wilcox and Olivia Frances along with Q+A's with 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.

Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root and Uprooted joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to talk about his upcoming Jamestown performance at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, how his songwriting process has changed over the years, Rusted Root's platinum selling record When I Woke turning 30 in 2024, what the Pittsburgh music scene was like in the early days of Rusted Root, how the formation of Uprooted came about and much more https://www.michaelglabicki.com https://rtpi.org https://www.instagram.com/michaelglabicki https://www.facebook.com/MichaelGlabickiofRustedRoot

Television icon and Young and the Restless star Melody Thomas Scott spoke with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant about her upcoming visit to Jamestown for her fundraiser for the Lucille Ball Little Theatre, her connections to the area, developing the character Nikki Newman over the decades on Young and the Restless, the lasting legacy of Lucille Ball, writing her memoir Always Young and Restless and much more https://www.lbltj.com https://www.instagram.com/melodythomassco https://twitter.com/MelodyThomasSco https://www.facebook.com/melodythomassco

Sukanya Burman returns to Arts on Fire along with Company Manager Daryl Simons to discuss her recent works and the world of dance in Western New York with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.sukanyaburman.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/sukanyaburman https://www.facebook.com/sukanyaOFFICIAL

Students of the Infinity Visual and Performing Arts joined us as the July 2023 performers of Arts on Fire LIVE 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.

Holly Weston of the Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown spoke with WRFAs Anthony Merchant about Monty Python's Spamalot making it's return to the Little Theatre stage https://www.lbltj.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lblittletheatre/ https://www.facebook.com/lblittletheatre

National Comedy Center Executive Director Journey Gunderson spoke with WRFAs Anthony Merchant about the 2023 Lucille Ball Comedy Fest, Joan Rivers career archive making its home at the Comedy Center and much more https://comedycenter.org/ https://linktr.ee/NationalComedyCenter

Miki Girts returned to the WRFA studios to discuss the 2023 Whirlybird Music & Arts Festival with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant https://whirlybirdfest.com/ https://www.instagram.com/whirlybirdfest/ https://www.facebook.com/whirlybirdfest

Vixen drummer Roxy Petrucci talked with WRFAs Anthony Merchant all about the early days of touring, 35 years of Vixen's self titled debut, the bands upcoming Jamestown show, recording new music and much more https://vixenofficial.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vixen_band/ https://www.instagram.com/roxypetrucciroxy/ https://www.facebook.com/Vixen/ https://www.facebook.com/roxypetrucciofficial/ https://twitter.com/officialvixen

Mike Brunacini returns to Arts on Fire to discuss new music and his new project Aftergloom with host Anthony Merchant https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikebrunacini/dont-wake-the-dreamer-part-limited-cassette-release?ref=discovery&term=mike%20brunacini https://mikebrunacini.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/mikebrunacini https://www.instagram.com/mikebrunacini/ https://linktr.ee/MikeBrunacini

Becca Darling and Mike Baum of Charleston band Olive Dares the Darkness talked with WRFAs Anthony Merchant about the bands roots in Chautauqua, working on new music and the bands upcoming tour including a stop in Jamestown July 15th https://darethedarkness.com/ https://www.instagram.com/olivedaresthedarkness/ https://www.facebook.com/olivedaresthedarkness/ https://twitter.com/olivedaresthed1

Julie Rockcastle of the Great Blue Heron Music Festival joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to talk 30 years of Blue Heron and what to expect at this years festival https://linktr.ee/blueheronfest https://greatblueheron.com https://theheron.org https://www.instagram.com/blueheronfest https://www.facebook.com/theheron

RTPI Curator Maria Ferguson joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to discuss the two new exhibit openings at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Art that Matters to the Planet 2023: Interconnectivity and Joseph Grice: Taking Flight https://rtpi.org https://www.instagram.com/rtpinstitute https://www.facebook.com/rtpinstitute https://twitter.com/rtpinstitute