Who Lied Last Night?

The artistic temp? The ambitious townie? The illegal alien? The Howard Stern conjoined twins wrangler? Play the video to find out.

August 23: FakeOut New York

This Thursday, we'll be back at TimeOut New York Lounge Please come and guess which one of these quick wits is pulling a fast one. (My therapist suggests this compulsion to play lie-related word games may be a cry for help.) The Liar Show: "Seek truth. Get a t-shirt." (I should probably cool it with the tag lines, too.)

Thursday, August 23 @ 10:00pm
TIME OUT NY LOUNGE
340 West 50th Street (bet 8th & 9th Aves) $5

Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and as part of their Fresh Faces of Comedy series. She appeared in her own half hour special on CTV’s Comedy Now! and is a contributing writer to US Weekly’s Fashion Police. She co-produces Sweet Paprika every Friday night at D-Lounge, beneath the Daryl Roth Theatre in NYC. www.OphiraEisenberg.com

Joanna Parson is an actor and comedian whose one-person shows regularly sell out NYC comedy and cabaret clubs. She appeared in Transport Group’s The Audience, which received three Drama Desk nominations. “Joanna Parson knocks us out.” —NYTheatre.com www.JoannaParson.com

Josh Lefkowitz's full-length solo show, HELP WANTED: A Personal Search for Meaningful Employment at the Start of the 21st Century, has been performed in Washington DC, Baltimore, Ann Arbor, Chicago, and New York. Josh has recorded his stories for NPR's All Things Considered.

Tracy Rowland: “It seemed like the monkey and I were really hitting it off, until....” And that’s how Tracy got into storytelling.

Who Was Last Night's Liar?

The illiterate translator? The sociopathic care-giver? The Match.com stalker? The evangelical flirt? Play the video to find out.

Thursday 8/16: Wine Corker

You know, corker, like "he told a real corker." Okay, no more explaining these puns. (But also like wine corks, get it?) This Thursday, Liar will be back at sparkly wine bar Donna da Vine with a quartet of vintage storytellers trying to slip you a mickey.

Thursday, August 16 @ 8:00pm
donna da vine
378 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn (bet Hoyt & Bond) $5

Michele Carlo, (aka Carmen Mofongo) is a native New Yorker, a Nuyorican and a natural redhead. She performs her character-based comedy at venues too numerous and sometimes too torturous to mention. She remembers when a slice of pizza cost 50 cents.

Jon Levin has been a featured performer on the Moth mainstage. When not working on obscure documentaries, he is writing a psycho-spiritual memoir set against a backdrop of politics, corporate media, pop-culture and drug abuse. Just like everyone else.

Tracy Rowland: “It seemed like the monkey and I were really hitting it off, until....” And that’s how Tracy got into storytelling.

Dave Dickerson is a contributor to NPR's This American Life. His humor pieces have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and Mirth of a Nation, and his writing is included in Year's Best Fantasy and Science Fiction 2005.

Please come seek truth and get a t-shirt.

Who Was the Lounge Lie-zard?

Lie-zard? Come on, that's pretty weak. Sorry. Anyway, maybe it was this guy in the shades. Maybe not. Play the movie to find out. Our first show at Time Out New York Lounge was a blast. And I'm only out eight t-shirts. Thanks to guest host Ophira Eisenberg, the storytellers, the audience, the Lounge and, you know, whoever.

August 9: TONY Phoney

There's only one word to describe this Thursday's Liar at Time Out New York Lounge: Five dollar admission. I mean three words.

Our first show at TONY Lounge will be guest hosted by the incomparable and inscrutable Ophira Eisenberg while I join three other storytellers trying to put one over on you. Please come listen, drink, seek truth and win a t-shirt.

Thursday, August 9 @ 10:00pm
TIME OUT NY LOUNGE
340 West 50th Street (bet 8th & 9th Aves) $5.

Jon Levin has been a featured performer on The Moth main stage. When not working on obscure documentaries, he is writing a psycho-spiritual memoir set against a backdrop of politics, corporate media, pop-culture and drug abuse. Just like everyone else.

Margot Leitman was a nominee for the ECNY "Best Stand-up" award in 2004 and 2005. Her one woman show, Just Here For the Day, ran for six months at the UCB Theatre and her one-act play, Slow Night (co-written with Sarah Burns) was an off-off Broadway pick by New York Magazine. She performs regularly in the NYC downtown alternative storytelling scene and is a contributing writer for, The Complete Idiot's Guide To Jokes. She's appeared on MTV, ESPN's Cheap Seats, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and has hosted AMC's Date Night. www.MargotLeitman.com

Jeffery Rudell is The Moth's 2003 GrandSLAM Champion and a featured performer on the CD, The Moth: Audience Favorites, Vol. I. He has performed at The Player's Club, The New York Public Library, and The Long Wharf Theater in New Haven. In September his definition of "reality" changed dramatically when he made his television debut on the NBC series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.

Andy Christie, the creator of Liar, is co-author and illustrator of I Wasn't Kidding, How To Commit Suicide So They'll Never Forget It (Ballantine Books). Recently, his piece on midlife mortification appeared in the New York Times. He has appeared on The Moth main stage and is the current Moth GrandSlam Champion.

Guest host Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and as part of their Fresh Faces of Comedy series. She appeared in her own half hour special on CTV’s Comedy Now! and is a contributing writer to US Weekly’s Fashion Police. She co-produces Sweet Paprika every Friday night at D-Lounge, beneath the Daryl Roth Theatre in NYC. www.OphiraEisenberg.com

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