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Make time for Prism Market: Flannels, Music & Virgos on the Oak Brook Patch calendar

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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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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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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Circle K posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative, Envenings in Oak Brook. Apply here.
  • ARUNDEL MACHINE posted a job opening for CNC Swiss Machinist (3rd Shift) in Elmhurst. 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)
  • Retired analyst invests experience into leading club (thehinsdalean.com)

Westmont

Elmhurst

  • Coming Elmhurst Restaurant 'Quintessentially American' (patch.com)
  • Spring Road Getting Chicago Chain Restaurant: City (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: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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