🌱 Patch AM: IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival and 10 more events

Good morning Oak Brook! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Prism Market: Flannels, Music & Virgos at Maplewood Public House
• Healing Field at Sports Core Soccer Fields
• Meet the Candidates: DuPage County Open House & Candidate Forums on 9/9 at DuPage County Administration Building, Auditorium and Atrium

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A thunderstorm, with a high of 96 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A stray t-storm; not as hot, temps: high: 86, low: 68.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.

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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
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

Saturday September 5
• Volunteer Restoration Workday
  Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Churchill Woods
  8:30 am
• 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
Sunday September 6
• Volunteer Restoration Workday
  Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Churchill Woods
  8:30 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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🗞 Nearby News

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• 2026 Wicked West Fest Events (illinois.gov)

Elmhurst

• Coming Elmhurst Restaurant 'Quintessentially American' (patch.com)
• Spring Road Getting Chicago Chain Restaurant: City (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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