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🌱 Patch AM: Oak Brook hotel seeks bartender-server with benefits and travel discounts.
You won't want to miss Prism Market: Flannels, Music & Virgos on the Oak Brook Patch calendar

Good morning Oak Brook! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Oak Brook hotel seeks bartender-server with benefits and travel discounts.
Also on today's calendar: Prism Market: Flannels, Music & Virgos and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Hot with a thunderstorm, with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Partly sunny, a t-storm; hot, temps: high: 95, low: 73.
- Saturday: A thunderstorm possible, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bartender / Server (marriott.com) — Le Méridien Chicago – Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook is hiring a bartender/server, offering competitive pay, benefits, 401(k) match, travel discounts, and free staff meals. The role focuses on friendly bar service, drink preparation, and cash handling, and applicants should have at least six months' bartending experience plus food handler and TIPS certifications.
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📸 Around Oak Brook
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Brook
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★ Featured events ★
- Prism Market: Flannels, Music & Virgos →
Maplewood Public House, 486 Pennsylvania Ave, Glen Ellyn
12:00 pm - 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 - Everyone's favorite Chicago-style pizza from Pequod's is headed to you! Order by noon. →
5:30 pm - Mint Cannabis Villa Park Grand Opening Celebration →
310 E North Ave, Villa Park
8:00 am - 2026 Golf Outing & 19th Hole Reception →
Edgewood Valley Country Club, 7500 Willow Springs Rd, Burr Ridge IL,
8:30 am
Saturday September 5
Wednesday September 9
Saturday September 12
Monday September 28
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Other local events
- Tony Laughlin Memorial Fund 4th Annual RAD Golf Fest →
3500 Midwest Rd, Oak Brook
10:00 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 - 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 - Fall Family Day - Harmony in the Park →
1315 Kensington Rd, Oak Brook
2:00 pm
Thursday September 3
Friday September 4
Saturday September 12
Saturday September 19
📣 Oak Brook Shout Outs!
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Oak Brook PatchAM possible:
- Al Basha Sweets Co — (708) 233-0826
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
- Now Hiring caring individuals!
Friends Over Fifty has an immediate need for Caregivers for various days and care shifts.We help the elderly maintain their independence by... (More info)
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- need recommendations for a repair company - the 2nd floor AC It's not working and I really need some assistance.
someone you used and happy with. If you could also tell how much should the cost be around (Nextdoor Timber Trails-Merry)
- Johnston & Murphy posted a job opening for Part-Time Stock Associate in Oak Brook. Apply here.
- AutoNation posted a job opening for Parts Wholesale Shipping/Receiving - Laurel BMW of Westmont in Westmont. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Brook here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hinsdale
- Hinsdale Kissing Suspect Admits To What He Did: Police (patch.com)
- Chicagoland high school football rankings: Get Mike McGraw's Top 25 for Week 3 (chicagotribune.com)
Westmont
- Magazine Ranks Westmont High No. 1 In DuPage County (patch.com)
- Money Stolen From Westmont Gambling Cafe's Machines: Cops (patch.com)
Downers Grove
- Renovations Underway At Concord Square Park In Downers Grove (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: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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