Dancers from different Indigenous Nations perform the Grand Entry at the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Day PowWow. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/CatchLight

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🪶 The 34th annual Indigenous Peoples Day PowWow honors hundreds of years of resistance and renewal with Native American foods, arts and crafts, and gourd and round dance. Saturday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Civic Center Park. FREE

🎃 The annual Westbrae Pumpkin Patch returns with a variety of pumpkins and photo ops for you to choose from. All proceeds from pumpkin purchases go towards Cornell Elementary School. Open every day through Oct. 31, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Westbrae Nursery. FREE

👻 Get ready to be spooked at a Berkeley Haunted Hike, where a paranormal investigator will take you around haunted areas of the Cal campus, dark wooded trails, secluded parks and decrepit buildings. Tours run through Dec. 27. Meet in front of the Bakar Ingenuity Hub. $65 general admission, $45 for students

👨‍🎨 Artists looking for a shared retail space and creative community are invited to attend an open house of the former Half Price Books storefront hosted by Zero Empty Spaces, which plans to provide space inside the building for up to 24 artists. (Read our story about the space.) Thursday, Oct. 8, 5 p.m. 2036 Shattuck Ave. FREE

📷Photographer Vishal Subramanyan’s exhibition Wildlife Diaries: Encounters with Bay Area Fauna opens with a free reception offering an early glimpse at his dynamic images of the hidden world of our animal neighbors —from the secretive bobcat to California’s state bat. Along with tasty refreshments Subramanyan will discuss his creative inspirations, and offer an exclusive sneak peek of his upcoming documentary centered on his favorite Bay Area bobcat. Thursday, Oct. 8, 6:30 p.m. David Brower Center. FREE

🎷 This capaciously adventurous double bill brings together bassist Lisa Mezzacappa’s 5(ish), a rambunctious combo that builds on her deep rhythmic connection to drummer Jordan Glenn, and the Holly Martins, a singular collective trio featuring alto saxophonist Kasey Knudsen, guitarist Eric Vogler, and viral scat vocalist Lorin Benedict, who spends his days toiling as a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Thursday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. The Back Room. $25

🌳Get grounded and embrace mindfulness in a family-friendly nature art workshop, which will introduce nature-inspired creative practices as a medium for self-expression and connecting with others. Friday, Oct. 9, 12:30 p.m. 1900 Sixth St. FREE (RSVP)

🖊️ Coordinating with 72 journalists from 26 news organizations in 15 countries, Forbidden Stories launched a global investigation last month of the Trump administration’s secret deals to expel people from the U.S. (often to third-country prisons and detention centers worldwide), an initiative that includes the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley Journalism and the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law. The 2026 Homecoming talk highlights this extraordinary reporting project, while looking at the perilous conditions journalists face when doing their jobs. Friday, Oct. 9, 3 p.m. Logan Multimedia Center, North Gate Hall. FREE (registration required & Zoom available)

🎶 Calcutta-trained Hindustani sitar master and vocalist Ronobir Lahiri returns to Berkeley for an intimate, Mr. Hat Presents concert featuring his genre-bending interpretations of throwback hip-hop classics, seamlessly blending Indian ragas with iconic turn-of-the-century hip-hop beats, often pairing the instrumentation with his surprisingly soulful vocals. Friday, Oct. 9, 8:30 p.m. Chapel of the Flowers. $30-$41

🔨 If you love exploring Berkeley’s plethora of paths, help build one at the Berkeley Path Wanderers Association’s path building class. Veteran path builders will teach participants how to install wooden treads, so bring closed-toed shoes, gloves, water and sun protection. Saturday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. Meet at 1036-1042 Miller Ave. FREE (RSVP)

🛍️ Got a bag full of bags you don’t use? Swing by the Tote Bag Swap, where you can donate and take tote bags, backpacks, purses and any other type of bag you can think of (except paper and plastic bags). You don’t need to donate a bag to take one, and vice versa. Saturday, Oct. 10, 1-3 p.m. Central Library. FREE

🇮🇳 A founding member of the pioneering Indo-jazz band Shakti, Madras-born violin master L. Shankar makes a rare Bay Area appearance with a classical Carnatic quartet featuring Amit Kavthekar on tabla and the father/son percussion tandem of Remember Shakti’s V. Selvaganesh on kanjira and rimdangam and Swaminathan Selva Ganesh on ghatam and kanjira. Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. The Freight. $44

🎶 Guitarists Pete Madsen, Jeffrey Hillgrove and Ross Hammond present an evening of music inspired by John Fahey, the father of American Primitive guitar, whose innovative acoustic fingerstyle work combined his love of Delta blues, classical fugues, Hindustani ragas and other idioms. Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. Timbre Folk and Baroque. $20 suggested donation (buzzyfrets@gmail.com for reservations)

🌿 To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Abuelita’s Herbals and Berkeley Herbal Center are coming together to create a Latine Wellness Market: Raíces y Remedios. Swing by to enjoy and explore food and agua frescas, live music, art, herbal offerings, birthwork and more. Sunday, Oct. 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Strawberry Creek Park. FREE

🤘 Rock on at the Punks Parade Craft Faire with live punk bands, handmade goods and food for sale, local brews, and cats and dogs available for adoption. Sunday, Oct. 11, noon-6 p.m. GIlman Brewing Company. $5

📚 The Berkeley Historical Society celebrates its recent publication of Jacqueline Barber’s “Block 36: Life in a West Berkeley Neighborhood 1900–1950,” which takes a census-driven microscope to the block bounded by Sixth, Seventh, Camelia and Page streets. She’ll detail the stories of the people living there across five decades with a slide show and conversation with Mitch Fleischer. Sunday, Oct. 11, 2:30 p.m. Veterans Building Auditorium. FREE

📚 Joined in conversation by Oakland author Carvell Wallace, Asale Angel-Ajani celebrates the release of “Fugitive Archives: An American Family and the Myth of Belonging,” an incisive, lyrical interrogation of American myths about race, violence and belonging. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m. Pegasus Downtown. FREE

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