Arts on Fire

Director Emily Drew returns to AOF with the cast of her production of LEAR at the Scharmann Theatre at SUNY JCC March 27-29, April 3-5 https://www.sunyjcc.edu/event/lear

Local band The Walk (featuring members of The Hallow Society and Macklehat Merffy) stopped by the WRFA studios to perform some songs and talk music with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550101004081

Musician Mike Brunacini stopped by the WRFA studios to chat with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about his latest record Dying Leaves and Naked Trees as well as to perform songs throughout his catalog www.mikebrunacini.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com/mikebrunacini www.facebook.com/mikebrunacini

Ben Medina (10,000 Maniacs Guitarist) and Dan Tritten stopped by WRFA to play some songs and talk with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about their group The Medina and Tritten Experience, how Ben joined 10,000 Maniacs, what the local music scene back home in Rockford, IL and much more www.facebook.com/p/The-Medina-Tritten-experience-100092091237671 www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBTkFilYYLVnDvQ3-zVe...

Local duo Visions of Jericho (Mandy Majtan & Jerod Eggleston) stopped by the WRFA studios for an in-studio performance and interview with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560121565465

Cast members of the Little Theatre production of 12 Angry Men spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant about what people can expect from performances - Jan 31st - Feb 2nd & Feb 7th - 9th www.lbltj.com www.facebook.com/lblittletheatre

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna joins AOF host Anthony Merchant this week to talk about events at the Reg for winter 2025 reglenna.com

Frank Besse of the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation and Leslie Calimeri of the Chautauqua Art Gallery returned to the WRFA studios to discuss Jamestown ArtScape 2025 with AOF host Anthony Merchant www.jamestownrenaissance.org/artscape/ www.chautauquaartgallery.com/

Local author Trenton Lutes returns to AOF to talk about his latest book Raevin's Hope: Book Three of The Terra-Healers with host Anthony Merhcnat https://toastedwafflestudios.wixsite.com/trentonlutes https://www.facebook.com/toastedwafflestudios https://goodneighborbooks.com/book/9798344324395

Former Arts on Fire host Jason Sample joined current Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant to talk all about his tenure at the radio station, twenty years of WRFA, the local arts and entertainment scene and much more wrfalp.com

Gavin Paterniti and Sara Rafaloski stopped by the WRFA studios to talk about the local music scene and how the duo started playing together with AOF host Anthony Merchant as well as play a set of originals for an in-studio performance https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091659260500&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=cpgHJsbINksUep4s&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F17xZz4EJzp%2F%3Fmibe...

Mike Thornton, Ron Orbach and Stephen Stout stopped by the WRFA studios to talk about the upcoming It's a Wonderful Life live radio play at the Robert H. Jackson Center with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.mtapresents.com https://www.facebook.com/DCAgency1 https://www.roberthjackson.org

Furniture designer and maker Brian Millspaw stopped by WRFA to talk all about his new exhibit Innovation From Tradition - A Modern Interpretation of Jamestown's Furniture Making Legacy with AOF host Anthony Merchant www.millspaw.com www.instagram.com/millspaw_furniture_design www.pearlcityclayhouse.org

Mark Sasse of Jamestown Community College stopped by WRFA to talk with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about bringing his production Tales of Wonder to the United States for its first US run right here in Jamestown - December 4th-7th Tix - https://ci.ovationtix.com/36201/production/1203392 https://www.sunyjcc.edu/experience/arts/scharmann-theatre https://www.facebook.com/scharmanntheatre

Cast members of the upcoming Little Theatre production of The Wizard of Oz spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant about what people can expect from these performances - December 6th-8th & 13th-15th https://www.lbltj.com https://www.facebook.com/lblittletheatre

Local author Tj Buck spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about his latest novel Mud Lake https://www.amazon.com/stores/TJ-Buck/author/B0773FDB8Z?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true https://x.com/tjbuck1963

Rebecca Magnuson of She Sings along with local musician and WRFA on-air host John Cross joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss Rebecca's She Sings musical and upcoming documentary series https://www.shesings.com https://soundcloud.com/wrfaradio/sets/your-spending-swap-with-john https://www.instagram.com/shesingscafe

Rachael and Claire of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute chatted with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about the new exhibit Walking in Antarctica: The Art of Helen Glazer as well as upcoming fall and winter events at RTPI https://rtpi.org

Local artist Angela Caley makes her AOF return to talk all about her recent artist residency at Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in Ithaca with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant https://angelacaleyart.com https://www.instagram.com/angelacaleyart https://www.saltonstall.org

Mike and Kirsten Brunacini joined AOF host Anthony Merchant for a discussion about writing their new children's book More Than a Christmas Tree https://www.etsy.com/listing/1783922277/more-than-a-christmas-tree-a-childrens?click_key=6df71c5d047c7b88e742f1c926d335682c535205%3A1783922277&click_sum=2dfc9190&ref=related-4

Musician Eric Lindquist talked all about his new album Between the Earth and Sky and his upbringing in Chautauqua County with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://ericlindquist.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/ericbass711

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna joins AOF host Anthony Merchant this week to talk about events at the Reg this fall https://reglenna.com

Local musician, podcaster and WRFA programming coordinator Gavin Paterniti stopped into the studio to discuss upcoming shows with his band Backlog, Gavin's history with Arts on Fire, starting a podcast called Words and Sentences About Things and Stuff with AOF host Anthony Merchant and much more https://www.facebook.com/BacklogBand https://words-and-sentences-about-things-and-stuff.simplecast.com...

Artist Kaycee Colburn and AOF host Anthony Merchant chat from Kaycee's KayCo Studio all about her new Haunted Spaces exhibit, what its been like running KayCo so far, the 2024 Jamestown Creepy Crawl and much more https://kayco.art/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant, in collaboration with CCS-TV's Patrick Smeraldo and Connor Johnson, interviewed comedy legend Lewis Black at the National Comedy Center before Black's Jamestown performance at the Reg Lenna as part of his final Goodbye Yeller Brick Road Tour Special thanks to Justin Gould for the video work! Full Video Interview: https://youtu.be/PVjCbODvhW4?si=Jhdzg5dO_Xgt1BTd...