Allie Bee stood in front of an admiring audience in the downstairs space of Westville’s Third Space. Tracks they’d made themself played behind them as they took their time unfurling melodies they’d written on bass. The first one, groovy, insistent, they said, was called“Wayward Giant.” The second one, hazier and jazzier, was called“Blue Moon,” named after a smoothie of the same name that they’d made at work.
“Inspiration comes in weird places,” they said.
An enthusiastic voice came from the back:“Yeah it does!”
The occasion was the monthly Punq Noire Open Stage at Third Space Arcade Lounge at 410 Blake St. in Westville. As advertised on Instagram,“music, spoken word poetry, stories, and even ideas are welcome on stage,” in connecting in“local creatives who’d benefit from this art-centered initiative to empower local trailblazers and cultivate a space for renaissance builders to thrive in the continuum of imagination.”
