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🌱 Patch AM: Fall Family Day - Harmony in the Park and 4 more events
Happening soon: Healing Field on the Oak Brook Patch calendar

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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: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: High thin cloudiness, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 85, low: 72.
- Wednesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Brook
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★ Featured events ★
- 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 - 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 - 2026 Golf Outing & 19th Hole Reception →
Edgewood Valley Country Club, 7500 Willow Springs Rd, Burr Ridge IL,
8:30 am
Wednesday September 9
Saturday September 12
Monday September 28
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Other local events
- Village Board of Trustees →
Oak Brook, IL Calendar
7:00 pm - Fall Family Day - Harmony in the Park →
1315 Kensington Rd, Oak Brook
2:00 pm - 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 - Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame Induction →
Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago
9:00 am
Tuesday September 8
Saturday September 19
Saturday September 26
Sunday September 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Westmont. Apply here.
- Mondelez International posted a job opening for Full-time Nabisco Merchandiser/Order Writer in Hillside. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Brook here.
🗞 Nearby News
Westmont
- 2024-25: Average administrator salary was 39% higher than teacher salary in Westmont Community Unit School District 201 (dupagepolicyjournal.com)
Elmhurst
- St. Norbert men's soccer wins, women shut out (wtaq.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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