November 2021

The next time you’re near Miami, Florida, be sure to visit the Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts (www.lowe.miami.edu/collections/palley-pavillion/index.html) at the Lowe Art Museum (Coral Gables, FL; www.lowe.miami.edu), on the University of Miami’s campus.

Tired of being at home and thinking things might be getting back to normal, in April we booked a family vacation for six that seemed manageable: a 7-day small-ship cruise in Alaska’s Inside Passage, departing July 21, 2021.

9 days, 8 nights. Group limit, 2-4. Highlights: In Lima, Larco Museum for pre-Columbian art/fly to Cusco for Sacred Valley/Pisac Archaeological Park/Pumamarca ruins near Ollantaytambo/in Chinchero, Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco/Vistadome train from Cusco to Machu Picchu for hike on Inca Trail/free afternoon in Cusco. From $5,495 ppdo. Latin Excursions (Miami, FL; 866/626-3750, latinexcursions.com).

15 days, 14 nights, Feb. 3-17, 2022. Highlights: In Accra, batik printing workshop/near Accra, Trashy Bags NGO factory, art coffin-carving studio, former slave dungeons in 15th-century Elmina Castle/meet kente cloth weavers in Bonwire/make glass beads with artist Cedi in Odumase Krobo/in Kumasi, workshop for adinkra printing, fabric market tour. $4,395 ppdo. Single supp., $550. Behind the Scenes Adventures (Santa Fe, NM; 707/939-8874, www.btsadventures.com).