Arts on Fire

Miki Girts of the Whirlybird Music and Arts Festival joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant in the studio to discuss the next installment of Earlybird events leading up to the 2023 Whirlybird festival https://whirlybirdfest.com https://www.instagram.com/whirlybirdfest https://www.facebook.com/whirlybirdfest

Arts on Fire LIVE continues in June 2023 with a performance from Charity Nuse and Friends! 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. WATCH the full performance on the WRFA Youtube page -https://www.youtube.com/live/uRBQLQ1UHJg?feature=share

Gorg Mor (STCLVR) stopped by WRFA to talk to Anthony Merchant about an upcoming show at Jamestown Skate Products, writing new music, performing in Brooklyn and Ithaca, releasing music on vinyl and much more https://stclvr.bandcamp.com https://linktr.ee/STCLVR

Local musician KDYN joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to discuss his songwriting, musical influences, what you bring to music from playing sports and much more KDYN also performs a 3 song in-studio performance! https://kdyn07.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085259146472

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to discuss upcoming summer events at the Reg Lenna as well as the 2023 WRFA Great American Picnic and much more https://reglenna.com

Arts on Fire LIVE continues in May 2023 with a performance from the Fredonia Guitar Quintet! 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.

The cast of the Lucille Ball Little Theatre production of Jersey Boys joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to discuss the upcoming performances, how rehearsals are going, the casts acting history and much more https://www.lbltj.com https://www.facebook.com/lblittletheatre

Writer and musician Neil Flory joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to discuss his new collection of poems called Mudtrombones Knotted in the Spill, the roles that music and poetry have played in Neil's life, working with Arteidolia Press, if all of Neil's creativity stems from the same place and much more https://www.arteidolia.com/mudtrombones-knotted-in-the-spill-by-neil-flory/

Plein Air artist Thomas Annear joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to discuss the 2023 North Shore Arts Alliance Hub Crawl, the incredible hikes found around Chautauqua County, the local art scene in Chautauqua and much more https://www.thomasannear.com https://www.instagram.com/thomasannearart https://www.facebook.com/ThomasAnnearArt https://nsaachautauqua.org https://www.facebook.com/northshorearts

Niagara Falls punk band Virus X joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to discuss their upcoming show in Jamestown, being a band for 40 years, favorite Jamestown spots to visit, Western New York music scenes in the 80's and much more https://virusx1.bandcamp.com https://twitter.com/virusxband https://www.facebook.com/virusxband

Local artist Joseph Grice stopped by the WRFA studios to talk with Anthony Merchant about an upcoming open house at his art studio, preparing work for a new exhibit at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, what the organization (or chaos) of an artists workspace says about them, the amount of time Joe tends to put in his paintings and much more linktr.ee/josephgriceart josephgrice.art instagram.com/Joseph_Grice_Art facebook.com/JosephGriceArt rtpi.org wrfalp.com

One of New Jersey's finest Mikey Erg talked with WRFAs Anthony Merchant about his upcoming show in Fredonia with Mikey Erg Band and Doc Hopper, the coolness of Scott Reynolds of ALL being from Chautauqua County, working with Steve Albini last year, having Robert Pollard do your album art and much more linktr.ee/Mikeyerg instagram.com/mikeyerg twitter.com/Mikeyerg facebook.com/mikeyergmusic wrfalp.com

Arts on Fire LIVE continues in April 2023 with a performance from Derek Davis! 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.

Author TJ Buck joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss his new book "Are You Ready to Die?", common misconceptions about writing a novel, how his writing process changes (and stays the same) over the years, books and music that TJ recommends and much more wrfalp.com

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant to discuss April and May events happening at the Reg Lenna reglenna.com wrfalp.com

JCCs Neil Flory joined WRFAs Anthony Merchant in studio to discuss upcoming spring events at SUNY Jamestown Community College including a residency from artist A.I the Anomaly and the 2023 Jazz Fest featuring Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee Wendell Rivera. https://www.sunyjcc.edu https://www.wrfalp.com

Maria Ferguson of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute spoke with WRFA's Anthony Merchant at RTPI to discuss two new exhibits opening at the musuem https://rtpi.org https://www.wrfalp.com

Holly Weston of the Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown spoke with WRFA's Anthony Merchant about the Little Theatres production of Little Women https://www.lucilleballlittletheatre.org https://www.wrfalp.com

Arts on Fire LIVE continues in February 2023 with a performance from the duo Water Horse! 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 program was not only broadcast live, but also replayed during our regular Arts on Fire time slot - Fridays at 5 p.m. on WRFA! 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.

Whose Line is it Anyway? star Colin Mochrie along with Master Hypnotist Asad Mecci joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss the Hyprov performance coming to Jamestown March 18th, their recent Off-Broadway residency in New York City, if Colin can use his Whose Line? set of skills for Hyprov, what Asad finds most challenging for each performance and much more Show tickets/info - https://reglenna.com/events/hyprov https://hyprov.com http://www.colinmochrie.com https://asadmecci.com https://www.wrfalp.com https://www.instagram.com/colinmochrie7591 https://www.instagram.com/asadmecci https://twitter.com/colinmochrie https://twitter.com/hypnohype https://www.facebook.com/colinmochrie https://www.facebook.com/hypnohype

Reverend Luke Fodor of St. Lukes Episcopal Church along with Irish musician, poet and storyteller Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin talk with WRFA's Anthony Merchant all about the upcoming Welcoming the Wisdom of St. Patrick event going on at St. Lukes on March 15th https://stlukesjamestown.org https://www.owenandmoley.com https://www.wrfalp.com

Director Emily Drew along with actors Morgan, Colin, Kayden and Ethan join WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss their upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet at Jamestown Community College as well as to perform selections from the production https://www.sunyjcc.edu/event/romeo-juliet-2 https://ci.ovationtix.com/36201/production/1151016 https://www.wrfalp.com

Leslie Calimeri of the Chautauqua Art Gallery and Frank Besse of the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss the new public art program ArtScape coming to downtown Jamestown in Spring 2023 https://www.jamestownrenaissance.org/artscape https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com https://www.jamestownrenaissance.org https://www.wrfalp.com

Comedian Paul Morrissey talks with WRFA's Anthony Merchant about his upcoming album taping at the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY, the unlikely dreams of being a comedian while growing up in Upstate New York, getting bumped by Regis Philbin on David Letterman, how a broadcasting background helped Paul in his transition to comedy and much more https://www.paulhasawebsite.com https://www.instagram.com/paulhasawebsite https://www.facebook.com/PaulCMorrissey https://twitter.com/paulmorrissey Tickets for Paul's upcoming Jamestown performances - https://tickets.comedycenter.org/ActivityBooking.aspx https://www.wrfalp.com

Ben Westlund and Shawn Huestis of Uncle Ben's Remedy joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss the bands new album "Let It Not Be Lost" and their March 4th record release show in Versailles, NY https://unclebensremedy.com https://unclebensremedy.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/unclebensremedy https://www.facebook.com/unclebensremedy https://twitter.com/YeOleRemedy https://www.wrfalp.com

Arts on Fire LIVE continues in February 2023 with a performance from rock band The Elektra Kings! https://theelektrakings.yolasite.com/ http://dannyimig.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheElektraKings https://open.spotify.com/artist/5hqn5Qu7PQhyOpTcx22dT1 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 program was not only broadcast live, but also replayed during our regular Arts on Fire time slot - Fridays at 5 p.m. on WRFA! 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.

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center For The Arts joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant in-studio to discuss upcoming February events at the Reg as well as how the theater plans to take part in this years Doors Open Jamestown https://reglenna.com https://www.instagram.com/reglennajamestown https://www.facebook.com/RegLenna https://twitter.com/RegLenna

Holly Weston of Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown talked with WRFA's Anthony Merchant all about the theatre's first production of the year "The Play That Goes Wrong", being a part of this years Doors Open Jamestown, upcoming productions for the 2023 season and much more https://www.lucilleballlittletheatre.org https://www.instagram.com/lblittletheatre https://www.facebook.com/lblittletheatre

Fredonia, NY based artist Thomas Annear joins WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss his artwork, the yearly Chautauqua-Lake Erie Art Trail, the landscapes of Western New York, painting in National Parks, the importance of sunrises/sunsets for artists and much more https://www.thomasannear.com https://www.instagram.com/thomasannearart https://www.facebook.com/ThomasAnnearArt

Matt Maloof and Matt Downey kick off the first Arts on Fire LIVE by performing songs from Maloof's latest album "How'm I Doin?" and many more https://www.mattmaloof.com 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 program was not only broadcast live, but also replayed during our regular Arts on Fire time slot - Fridays at 5 p.m. on WRFA! 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.

Local musician and music educator John Cross joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant for a discussion on John's incredible career in music, what he did in 2022 and what he has planned for 2023

Author and SUNY Fredonia Professor Christina Jarvis joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant in studio to discuss her new book on Kurt Vonnegut's Planetary Citizenship called "Lucky Mud and Other Foma", teaching a class on Vonnegut, how creativity strikes Christina, rediscovering books from your youth and how the messages change and much more https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4452-lucky-mud-and-other-foma https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/english/faculty/Christina-Jarvis

Bill Ward brings his Holiday Adventure to 107.9 WRFA with the final 2022 performance on Arts on Fire LIVE. Bill is joined by the talented Sally Schaefer (Violin), Adam McKillip (Mandolin) and John Cross (Saxophone). http://www.billwardmusic.com https://www.wrfalp.com/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 program was not only broadcast live, but also replayed during our regular Arts on Fire time slot - Fridays at 5 p.m. on WRFA! 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 2022 Arts on Fire LIVE performances are made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American Rescue Plan Act Stabilization Grant.

Monika Alch and Elizabeth Bush join WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss this years annual performances of The Nutcracker at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts https://www.cryb.net https://reglenna.com/upcoming

Neil Flory, head of the Music Department at Jamestown Community College, spoke with WRFA's Anthony Merchant about the years end/end of semester performances at JCC for December 2022. https://www.sunyjcc.edu/events

George Mor joins WRFA's Anthony Merchant to talk about his industrial/noise project STCLVR as well as going on tour, if there's a local industrial scene is like in Jamestown, why every band should be releasing music on Bandcamp, plans for 2023 and much more https://linktr.ee/stclvr?fbclid=IwAR0YRyNh7lfmstJAFTBBKmmxPB8KfegyXM-nzmOIzUh7i6bkCIr52CXHCgg

Holly Weston of the Lucille Ball Little Theatre joins WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss the theatres upcoming performances of Elf the Musical and more http://www.lucilleballlittletheatre.org

David Niles of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant in the studios to discuss RTPI's Holidays at the Lodge, Art After Five, the 2023 Banff Film Festival and much more https://rtpi.org

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant in the studios to discuss December events at the Reg along with what they have planned for early 2023 reglenna.com

On Thursday Night, November 17, WRFA welcomed Pearl City Jazz to the Reg Lenna Media Arts Studio for a special live broadcast performance! Pearl City Jazz is a 17 member Jazz Orchestra, featuring community members from throughout the Chautauqua Region, led by local music legend Ralph "Razz" Rasmussen! 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 program was not only broadcast live, but also replayed during our regular Arts on Fire time slot - Fridays at 5 p.m. on WRFA! 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 2022 Arts on Fire LIVE performances are made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American Rescue Plan Act Stabilization Grant.

Uptown Fever vocalist Jamie Lee joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant in studio to discuss the bands upcoming performance at the Struthers Library Theatre in Warren, PA, Jamie's musical background, why we both think Motown is timeless and much more https://www.uptownfever.com https://www.facebook.com/uptownfever https://www.strutherslibrarytheatre.org

WRFA's Anthony Merchant joined Maria Ferguson at the Roget Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, NY to discuss 3 new exhibits at RTPI including works by Charley and Edie Harper, Fredonia artist Margaret Braun and various local artists who did art inspired by local nature https://rtpi.org

WRFA's Anthony Merchant speaks with Canadian journalist and author Anne Bokma about her upcoming memoir writing workshop at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Jamestown, what sparked Anne's love for writing, the art of the memoir, challenges people face that keep them from writing and much more https://www.annebokma.com https://www.instagram.com/annebokma https://twitter.com/anne_bokma https://www.facebook.com/anne.bokma.1 https://www.uujamestown.org https://www.facebook.com/jamestownuu

Local author Trenton Lutes joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant in the studio to discuss his debut book "In-Spire: Book One of the Terra-Healers", his upcoming meet the author event, bonsai trees, painting and much more https://toastedwafflestudios.wixsite.com/trentonlutes https://www.facebook.com/toastedwafflestudios https://www.amazon.com/Spire-Book-One-Terra-Healers-ebook/dp/B0B94BTNV1

Jamestown rock band The Hallow Society joined WRFA's Anthony Merchant for a live performance and Q+A on the October edition of Arts on Fire LIVE. https://www.facebook.com/TheHALLOWSociety/ https://twitter.com/hallowsociety https://www.reverbnation.com/hallowsociety

JCC's Neil Flory sat down with WRFA's Anthony Merchant to discuss the upcoming visit of acclaimed Saxophonist Andy Wen to the Jamestown Community College campus along with more upcoming events in the fall 2022 semester. https://www.sunyjcc.edu/

Author TJ Buck joins Anthony Merchant in the WRFA studios to talk about TJ's latest book Here Be Lions, writing influences, if it gets easier to write a novel the more times you've done it, how music influences TJ's writing and much more https://www.amazon.com/Here-Be-Lions-TJ-Buck/dp/B09X49ZZG2

Jamestown band In Crowd joins WRFA's Jason Sample in the Reg Lenna Media Arts Studio for a special broadcast of Arts on Fire LIVE The performance was broadcast on WRFA 107.9 FM and also simultaneously premiere on our Youtube Channel! 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 2022 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.facebook.com/incrowdlive/

Will Russell and Ellen Paquette of the band Sixpence join WRFA's Anthony Merchant in studio to discuss the bands debut album Songs of Sixpence, their musical beginnings and how they began working together, Ellen's artwork endeavors outside of the band and much more https://www.facebook.com/SongsofSixpence21 https://www.facebook.com/ellenpaquetteartandmusic http://www.ellenpaquette.com/

WRFA's Anthony Merchant talks with local artist and business owner Leslie Calimeri about the Chautauqua Art Gallery and its new location along with what the future holds for the gallery. https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chautauqua_art_gallery/ https://www.facebook.com/chautauquaartgallery