There is still time to take in the soloNOVA Arts Festival. I've posted a review of unFramed, an especially moving piece by talented poet-artist Iyaba Ibo Mandigo. Earth, paint, anger, and humor make up a rich memoir of life as an Antiguan immigrant struggling against an America unkind to immigrants. Yet he persists as an American artist, and his work is a testimony to the rewards of persistence.

soloNOVA is entering its ninth year, and they have produced more than 300 individual artists. Performances continue through June 17 at the New Ohio Theatre on Christopher Street.