🌱 Patch AM: Oak Brook hotel seeks bartender-server with benefits and travel discounts.

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In today's newsletter:

• Oak Brook hotel seeks bartender-server with benefits and travel discounts.

Also on today's calendar: Prism Market: Flannels, Music & Virgos and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Hot with a thunderstorm, with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Partly sunny, a t-storm; hot, temps: high: 95, low: 73.
• Saturday: A thunderstorm possible, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bartender / Server (marriott.com) — Le Méridien Chicago – Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook is hiring a bartender/server, offering competitive pay, benefits, 401(k) match, travel discounts, and free staff meals. The role focuses on friendly bar service, drink preparation, and cash handling, and applicants should have at least six months' bartending experience plus food handler and TIPS certifications.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Brook

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 5
• Prism Market: Flannels, Music & Virgos →
  Maplewood Public House, 486 Pennsylvania Ave, Glen Ellyn
  12:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Healing Field →
  Sports Core Soccer Fields, 700 Oak Brook Rd, Oak Brook
  9:00 am
• Meet the Candidates: DuPage County Open House & Candidate Forums on 9/9 →
  DuPage County Administration Building, Auditorium and Atrium,
  5:30 pm
• Everyone's favorite Chicago-style pizza from Pequod's is headed to you! Order by noon. →
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Mint Cannabis Villa Park Grand Opening Celebration →
  310 E North Ave, Villa Park
  8:00 am
Monday September 28
• 2026 Golf Outing & 19th Hole Reception →
  Edgewood Valley Country Club, 7500 Willow Springs Rd, Burr Ridge IL,
  8:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday September 3
• Tony Laughlin Memorial Fund 4th Annual RAD Golf Fest →
  3500 Midwest Rd, Oak Brook
  10:00 am
Friday September 4
• House Tour: Back to School in the 1890s
  Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Kline Creek Farm
  10:00 am
• Stars and Stripes: Our American Flag
  Forest Preserve District of DuPage County St. James Farm
  11:00 am
Saturday September 12
• IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival →
  , Milwaukee
  9:00 am
• Fall Acting Workshop Intensive →
  LATTE Theater (Conservatory for Young Adult Creatives), 9008 Fairview Ave, Brookfield
  9:45 am
Saturday September 19
• Fall Family Day - Harmony in the Park →
  1315 Kensington Rd, Oak Brook
  2:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

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• Johnston & Murphy posted a job opening for Part-Time Stock Associate in Oak Brook. Apply here.
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Downers Grove

• Renovations Underway At Concord Square Park In Downers Grove (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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