Arts on Fire

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.ins...

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...

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/lblittletheatr...

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...

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...

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-stu...

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 v...

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 htt...

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/