Isis Miller

Winter may not be coming for Miami, but that doesn't mean this town has no holiday spirit. We just do things a bit differently. We trade eggnog for coquito, a major upgrade. Our most festive tunes are nontraditional carols such as "El Burrito Sabanero" and "12 Ratchet Days of Christmas" with Otto von Schirach and Juleisy y Karla.

Jason Fitzroy Jeffers is first and foremost a storyteller. Though the mediums through which his stories are told can vary, the direction of his artistic gaze stays laser-focused on the Caribbean. The 35-year-old musician, writer, and filmmaker left his home of Barbados more than ten years ago, but it has not left him and continues to shape his creative expression.

The year 2016 has been fraught with political unrest, discord, and so much tension you can feel it like the crackling of electricity in the air. With a Trump presidency looming and many Americans expressing fear of what that regime change will look like, the art world is responding in...