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

And check out Prism Market: Flannels, Music & Virgos on the Oak Brook Patch calendar

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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.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Villa Park. Apply here.
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🗞 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

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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