🌱 Patch AM: Fall Family Day - Harmony in the Park and 4 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• 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
• Mint Cannabis Villa Park Grand Opening Celebration

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

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 84 and low of 71 degrees.
• Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 80, low: 64.
• Thursday: Sunny, nice and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Brook

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★ Featured events ★

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
• 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
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 19
• Fall Family Day - Harmony in the Park →
  1315 Kensington Rd, Oak Brook
  2:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• First Congregational Church of Downers Grove Garage Sale →
  1047 Curtiss St, Downers Grove
  8:00 am
• Christopher Biggar Book Signing: Fraud Aspect →
  Barbara's Bookstore, 120 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard
  2:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame Induction →
  Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago
  9:00 am
Monday September 28
• "From Chair to Boss, Live!" Coming to Oak Brook! →
  Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center, 3500 Midwest Rd, Oak Brook
  8:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Westmont

• La Salle-Peru co-op girls swimmers thinking big as new era begins (shawlocal.com)
• Recently sold commercial properties in DuPage / Cook County: Aug. 1 to 31 (shawlocal.com)
• Volunteers, rangers clear storm-damaged trees at Stackhouse Park in Westmont (wjactv.com)

Elmhurst

• Penn State women's volleyball moves up to No. 12 in AVCA rankings (tncontentexchange.com)
• Elmhurst: Four-bedroom home sells for $1.73 million (shawlocal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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