🌱 Patch AM: How beauty pros can level up at Oak Brook Hills this month

Hello Oak Brook! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How beauty pros can level up at Oak Brook Hills this month
• Oak Brook firm just helped pick the next top hospital lobbyist
• Oak Brook and Clarendon Hills communities remember Albert "Al" Tangora

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

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 83, low: 64.
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Brad Johns Dies at 70: A Friend Remembers the Celebrated Celebrity Colorist (modernsalon.com) — Beauty professionals in and around Oak Brook can attend From Chair to Boss Live!, a one-day business education event coming September 28 to the Hilton Oak Brook Hills Resort. Organized by industry leader Mireya Villarreal, the program promises practical strategies to grow salon businesses, motivate teams, and better connect with clients, all within an easy drive for local stylists and salon owners.
   

• WittKieffer Recruits President and CEO for the American Hospital Association (huntscanlon.com) — An Oak Brook-based executive search firm, WittKieffer, has recruited Steve Walsh as the new president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, underscoring the village's quiet influence in national healthcare leadership. The appointment follows a nationwide search and places Walsh at the helm of an organization representing nearly 5,000 hospitals and health systems across the country.
   

• Albert Lowell Tangora (mexicoledger.com) — Oak Brook residents are mourning the passing of 88-year-old Albert "Al" Tangora, who died in the village on August 25 after a life rooted in service, family, and community. A former savings-and-loan executive and beloved presence at Clarendon Hills' Vie restaurant, he leaves behind his children, grandchildren, and many friends, who will honor him at gatherings in Missouri and Clarendon Hills this fall.
   

📸 Around Oak Brook

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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

Sunday September 6
• 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
• Wild Baby Brunch
  Forest Preserve District of DuPage County DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center
  10:30 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
• Prairie Fest at Wolf Road Prairie →
  11225 Constitution Dr, Westchester
  10:00 am
Saturday September 19
• Fall Family Day - Harmony in the Park →
  1315 Kensington Rd, Oak Brook
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Villa Park. Apply here.
• Flagship Carwash posted a job opening for Senior Payroll Specialist in Villa Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Brook here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hinsdale

• Rainier and Hawthorne, LLC - Hinsdale, IL Patch (patch.com)
• Hinsdale Township High School District 86 administrators rank 72nd highest in state for average salary in 2025 (dupagepolicyjournal.com)
• Red Devils ready to face competition (thehinsdalean.com)

Westmont

• College Swimming League Three Weeks from Debut; FMC Natatorium the Site of Opening Matches (swimmingworldmagazine.com)

Elmhurst

• Elmhurst Continues Building Sidewalks Where Few Exist (patch.com)
• Improve Elmhurst Debris Pickup After Storms To Help Residents: Officials (patch.com)
• Elmhurst Man Punches Neighbor's Window During Dispute: Police (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: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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