🌱 Patch AM: Beauty pros: Big business-boosting event coming to Oak Brook this September

Coffee in hand, Oak Brook? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Beauty pros: Big business-boosting event coming to Oak Brook this September
• Community mourns young paralegal who worked at Oak Brook law firm

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Invisible Wounds Foundation Evening of Honor and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.
• Wednesday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 64.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 79 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Work Behind the Win: Road to NAHA Series Brings Artist Inside the Creative Process (modernsalon.com) — Oak Brook's Hilton Oak Brook Hills Resort will host the From Chair to Boss Live! business-education event for beauty professionals on September 28, giving local stylists a chance to sharpen their salon management and career skills. The broader article also highlights the Road to NAHA education series and other industry initiatives aimed at boosting creativity, education, and professional growth in the beauty world.
   

• John Bonlender: Always Present, Always There (thewheatonrecord.com) — Oak Brook readers may recognize Masters Law Group LLC, where 23-year-old Wheaton College graduate John Bonlender had just begun working as a paralegal while studying for the LSAT before his fatal July motorcycle accident. Friends, church leaders, and former roommates remember him as deeply faithful, academically driven, mechanically talented, and unfailingly present for others, with hundreds gathering in Wisconsin to honor his life.
   

📸 Around Oak Brook

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Brook

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 13
• 2026 Invisible Wounds Foundation Evening of Honor →
  The Morton Arboretum, 4100 IL-53, Lisle
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday August 25
• Village Board of Trustees →
  Oak Brook, IL Calendar
  7:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Callbacks for Dare to Dream play
  Monroe Middle School Wheaton, IL 60189
  7:00 am
• Good Morning Wheaton - Innovation DuPage
  Wheaton Chamber of Commerce St. James Farm 2S541 Winfield Rd Warrenville, IL 60555
  7:30 am
• Picture Day
  Monroe Middle School 1855 Manchester Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA
  8:00 am
• Emerson Fall Curriculum Night
  Wheaton North High School 119 S Woodlawn St, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA
  6:00 pm
• Wheaton Warrenville South Fall Curriculum Night
  Wheaton North High School 1993 Tiger trl, Wheaton, IL 60189, USA
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Cast list posted
  Monroe Middle School Wheaton, IL 60189
  8:00 am
• Celebrate National Pork Chop Day Thursday, August 27 at Perry's Steakhouse & Grille →
  Perry's Steakhouse & Grille, 5 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
  4:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Rivian Community: Back To School Celebration →
  Rivian, 622 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
  10:00 am
Thursday September 3
• Tony Laughlin Memorial Fund 4th Annual RAD Golf Fest →
  3500 Midwest Rd, Oak Brook
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• Board of Fire and Police Commission Meeting →
  Village of Villa Park -
  8:30 am
• PTA Meeting
  Elmhurst SD 205 Elmhurst, IL 60126
  9:00 am
• Park Move In Day
  La Grange SD 102 La Grange Park, IL 60526
  1:00 pm
• Rummikub Rumble
  Downers Grove Township 4340 Prince St, Downers Grove, IL 60515
  1:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• First Hospitality posted a job opening for Restaurant/Bar Supervisor in Oak Brook. Apply here.
• Macy's posted a job opening for Beauty Sales Counter Manager - Kiehl's, Oak Brook Center - Full Time in Oak Brook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Brook here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hinsdale

• Community news: Hinsdale Hospital Foundation sets ice cream social, Leyden High lauded, more (chicagotribune.com)
• On North Shore, Stevenson tops U.S. News & World public high school rankings, New Trier lands fourth (chicagotribune.com)

Westmont

• How Caeleb Dressel Regained His Confidence and Returned to Superior Sprinting Ways (swimmingworldmagazine.com)

Elmhurst

• More On Elmhurst Sexual Assault Suspect; New Photos Released (patch.com)

Ok Oak Brook! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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