a fun evening
just what we needed
starting at the perpetually friendly irish pub
a short walk over to the show
in my favorite
small music/performance venue
a night at the storytelling festival
great emcee
three judges
including one real world judge
just because
six storytellers
liar’s contest night
fantastical funny tales
unique styles
and a twist
so many laughs
a giant check
for the winner at the end
really a win for all of us
especially if they share the check.
—
”i always say show me a storyteller who doesn’t embellish,
and i’ll show you a bad one.’
-rabih alameddine
*Rabih Alameddine, born 1959, is a Lebanese painter and writer. He is the winner of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction.
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Sounds like a fun night out, Beth.
Best wishes, Pete.
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thanks, Pete, so needed, a relaxing night of fun
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Agree with Pete–sounds like a fun night!
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very much so )
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They call it “Poetic License,” Beth
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Envious…great outing 😅
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it was just so relaxed and fun – perfect escape
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Always great to visit and have fun. Glad you enjoyed.
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it was a blast
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A good story should reveal truth, but doesn’t have to be true.
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on this special night, the stories are devoted to untruths and they are quite hilarious
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How could you go wrong with a liar’s contest at a perpetually friendly Irish pub?
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it was a win all around
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What a fun thing to do, especially since it’s in an Irish pub! 🍀
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the night started there and moved to a great club on the same block, both are great places –
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A great night Beth 🤗
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I am very intrigued by the liar’s contest. Sounds like a fun night.
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it was part of the festival, one night is devoted to stories that are totally made up and they turn out notoriously funny
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I wish I’d been there!
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you’d have loved it!
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“Perpetually friendly” is my new favourite phrase. :)
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it would probably be a good t-shrit
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Sounds like a fun evening. We all need to laugh.
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the perfect balm for crazy times
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What a fun night! Love the activities you share with us!
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you never know what it will be and me either )
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Which is great!
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What a fun night!
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relaxed and happy!
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Sounds so fun! Love it!
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I don’t know what happened to my friends…. you too just got thrown out by wp, same as Pete and probably a few others…. so annoying!
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that happens to me from time to time too
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Somebody just wrote to me regarding ‘tales’ embellished and my 1st thought was: what a great t-shirt that would make! 👕
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yes!!!
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Fun
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That’s something I would have loved doing.
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Pete, you would have had a blast. none of the storytellers looked to be so zany until they told their stories, as the emcee warned us )
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It must’ve been fun.
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great getaway from the busy days
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Oh that’s great.
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Any evening that includes an Irish pub is going to be a good one!
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that’s such a great start to anything, and then a Liar’s Night, I mean…
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A night out with community art and a shared experience is always a win!
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yes, and no matter what, it’s always a good evening. I wasn’t excpecting it to be so funny so that was a nice surprise –
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Oh, how I love storytelling! What a great night out. Our town’s prep school has invited me to do storytelling for their high schoolers. Can’t wait!
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oh, that will be so great, and how nice to be invited to do that, Jennie
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Yes, and yes!
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you had me at Irish pub :)
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there you go!)
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Sounds like a great evening of entertainment and laughter. So needed right now.
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