You've no doubt heard of King Solomon's mines, the mythical source of the wise Old Testament king's wealth.

King Solomon obtained his gold from Ophir, "a place of gold," so the story goes, as told in 1 Kings 9:28: "And they came to Ophir and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon."

Ophira is a female name derived from Ophir and the Hebrew letter translated as "Heh," which connotes a direction, as in "to Ophir."

The "go-to" person for storytelling and comedy is Ophira Eisenberg, 8 p.m. Feb. 14, Fowler Blast Furnace Room, ArtsQuest Center, SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.

Eisenberg struck comedy gold as host of "Tell Me Another," described as "the rambunctious live show from NPR and WNYC that blends brainteasers, pub trivia, comedy and music into an hour of mind-bending fun." It's heard at 10 a.m. Saturdays, WDIY, Lehigh Valley Community Radio, and 8 p.m. Saturdays, WHYY, Philadelphia, and on 225 of NPR's 600 stations in the United States.

On "Ask Me Another," Eisenberg has bantered with John Turturro, Justin Long, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dr. Ruth and Lewis Black, among others.

"It requires thinking on your feet," she says of the show now in its third season.

A recent "Ask Me Another" was broadcast from Durham, N.C, "where," Eisenberg mentions, "strangers on the street actually smiled at me.

"Hipsters don't seem as annoying here," she added during the broadcast.

When reminded of the show, Eisenberg recalls of the "hipster" remark: "It's the one thing about living in New York. It's like living with mild back pain."

Eisenberg has appeared on "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson," "The Today Show," Comedy Central and VH-1. She was named one of New York Magazine's "Top 10 Comics That Funny People Find Funny." Her style of comedy was described in The New York Times as "bleakly stylish."

She's a regular host and teller with "The Moth" radio show and podcast.

This month, her standup took her to Rhode Island, Connecticut and now Bethlehem.

This won't be Eisenberg's first time in Bethlehem. She performed about 1 1/2 years ago at ArtsQuest Center.

"Ryan Hill has been a huge supporter of my standup," she says of the ArtsQuest Programming Manager for Cinema and Comedy.

Eisenberg describes her live show as "comedy, storytelling, and superior love advice (especially if you want to know what not to do)."

Her 45-minute-plus act is "standup, but has some stories," she says. "The whole thing has a narrative arc. It's not like a whole standup show. It's in-between."

Her memoir, "Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way To Monogamy," has been optioned for a feature film by Zucker Productions. The project appears to be on track.

"They hired a screenwriter," Eisenberg says in a phone interview from the WNYC studio, New York City. She was to see the first draft of the screenplay last week.

"The book was born from the stage and storytelling. It's about my life, but it's not advice."

Still, she did marry Jonathan Baylis, creator-writer of "So Buttons" comics.

Eisenberg recently released her second comedy album, "Bangs!"

The album title doesn't refer to fireworks, the NRA or ...

The title refers to her hairstyle.

"There is one joke within the album where I talk about bangs. It's kind of an in-joke because they are more popular than I am."

"When I come off stage, girls will come up to me and say, 'Oh my god, your bangs are amazing.' I have people who call me 'Bangs' Eisenberg."

Eisenberg is one of the growing ranks of boundary-pushing young female comedy writers and performers, including, to name a few, Maria Bamford, Whitney Cummings, Garfunkel and Oates (Kate Micucci, Riki Lindhome), Kristen Schaal, Amy Schumer, Amy Sedaris and Lizz Winstead.

"I feel that when I watch 'Girls,' I feel they are way more forward than I am," she says of the HBO twentysomething comedy series created by and starring Lena Dunham.

Of her own comedy roots, the Calgary, Alberta, Canada, native and McGill University, Montreal, graduate observes, "I'll never be able to tell what part was the strongest ingredient. Was it Canada? I was the youngest of six.

"My mother was very strong. She always instilled in me: 'Don't throw away your life for a man.'

"Or if it was just the era when I grew up as a teen-ager in the late '80s or early 90s. AIDS certainly changed the way people looked at things."

Then again, her perspective could have been honed by her three older brothers and two sisters.

"I had the luxury of watching my older brothers and sisters," she says.

Or maybe it was because she was an anthropology major at McGill, regarded as on par with U.S. Ivy League schools.

"I'm still obsessed with 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,'" she says, seemingly half-joking.

"The Moth" shows are indicative of the new comedy-storytelling nexus.

"It has more storytelling than standup," Eisenberg says. "Moth events are sold out. And nobody even knows who's on stage.

"We want these connections. We want this intimate atmosphere. We want this authentic experience. And It's so satisfying."