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🌱 Patch AM: Fall Family Day - Harmony in the Park and 4 more events
Also, don't miss Healing Field on the Oak Brook Patch calendar

Hi there, Oak Brook! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
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 11 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: Why did the burglar wear blue gloves? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
- Thursday: Sunny, nice and less humid, temps: high: 79, low: 60.
- Friday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.
📸 Around Oak Brook
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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 - Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival →
Downtown Downers Grove, Downers Grove
10:00 am - Prairie Fest at Wolf Road Prairie →
11225 Constitution Dr, Westchester
10:00 am - Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival →
Downtown Downers Grove, Downers Grove
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
Sunday September 13
Monday September 28
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Other local events
- 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 - "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
Saturday September 19
Saturday September 26
Sunday September 27
Monday September 28
📣 Oak Brook Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hello everyone, I am posting because I live in oakbrook.
My cat hasn't come home since Saturday evening. Please let me know if anyone has seen her. Thank you so much (Nextdoor Oak Brook Hills Road)
- TJX posted a job opening for Part Time Store Cleaning Associate in Hinsdale. Apply here.
- Dunkin' posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Lombard. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Brook here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hinsdale
- Seniors, freshmen combine to raise RBHS swimming hopes (rblandmark.com)
Westmont
- Forest Bates' career-best 314-yard, 5-TD game keys Downers Grove South win: Suburban Life football notebook (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)
Western Springs
- Restaurant Not Coming To Western Springs, Despite Earlier Plan (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: So he wouldn't get caught red handed. (Thank you Vicki B. for sending it in!)
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