{"id":7,"date":"2013-06-09T19:39:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T19:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:00:58","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2><strong>We are now taking reservations for events after in 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Thoreau Center is an attractive and affordable venue for small events ranging from business meetings and luncheons to book clubs, graduations and celebrations of life.\u00a0 With several rooms for mingling and sit-down activities, the Thoreau Center can accommodate many different types of events. The dining room and kitchen allows you to serve your food and drinks on site.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact Scott at 515-279-7312 or <strong><a href=\"mailto:info@thethoreaucenter.com\">info@thethoreaucenter.com<\/a><\/strong> for more information or to schedule a tour of the Center to ensure that it will meet your needs.<\/p>\n<p>The Thoreau Center hosts many special events:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_0238-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_0238-rotated.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_0238-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Appropriate for retirement parties and reunions. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dennis-G-and-Sen.-Booker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-446\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dennis-G-and-Sen.-Booker.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dennis-G-and-Sen.-Booker-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dennis-G-and-Sen.-Booker-230x173.jpg 230w, http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dennis-G-and-Sen.-Booker-350x263.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dennis-G-and-Sen.-Booker-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ideal for political receptions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are now taking reservations for events after in 2026 The Thoreau Center is an attractive and affordable venue for small events ranging from business meetings and luncheons to book clubs, graduations and celebrations of life.\u00a0 With several rooms for mingling and sit-down activities, the Thoreau Center can accommodate many different types of events. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598,"href":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thethoreaucenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}