Things to do in San Diego

Clay pots warming beside an open fire on a stone hearth.
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Living Cultures · Ultra-local

Ancestral Clay Pottery & Hearth Firing

Dig the clay, coil the pot, burnish it with a river stone, and fire it in a pit you built.

$130 per monthOnce a week · 3 hr a session
Dried chillies, seeds and spices spread across a market table.
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Farms, Food & Fun · Ultra-local

Market-to-Table Oaxacan Gastronomy & Mole Craft

Nixtamal on a stone metate, tortillas on a clay comal, and a thirty-ingredient mole negro built from scratch.

$270 per monthOnce a week · 4 hr a session
A historic brick facade and cast iron detailing on a city street.
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Outdoor Adventures · Ultra-local

Urban Architectural History & Spatial Design

Four walks through 140 years of San Diego, reading zoning and streetcars off the buildings.

$70 per monthOnce a week · 2 hr a session
A telescope pointed at a star field above desert scrub.
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Living Cultures · Family-friendly · Online

Dark-Sky Astronomy & Deep Space Observation

Evenings from the Moon to the cosmic web, on research-grade scopes you drive yourself.

$65 per monthOnce a week · 1 hr 30 min a session