Sometimes it’s nice to come home again.

That’s the theme of Old Home Week in Jim Thorpe, which begins Saturday and runs through July 7.

“Old Home Week is something for the whole town to celebrate,” said Diane Prokop, co-chairwoman of the Bicentennial Committee of the Jim Thorpe Tourism Agency, noting that the last Old Home Week was held in 1947. “This week is really about focusing on having people who lived here come back and celebrate their history, not just the founding of Mauch Chunk, but everything that happened throughout the 200 years.”

There will be numerous events throughout the week geared toward everyone, from free tours, shopping opportunities, a historic building window display contest, patriotic pet walk, reunions, car cruise and more, all leading up to the week’s grand finale, the Jim Thorpe Stay at Home Festival fireworks display.

The weeklong events kick off at noon on Saturday with tours of the Mauch Chunk Opera House until 4 p.m. and the Old Jail Museum until 4:15 p.m.

The event schedule also includes:

Saturday

• 4:30 p.m.: Kathy Long will talk about Glen Onoko at the Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center, 41 W. Broadway.

• 6:30 p.m.: Mauch Chunk Museum will host a discussion about the CBS television movie version of Tom Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again” that was filmed in the borough.

Sunday

• 4 to 7 p.m.: the Times House Bed-and-Breakfast, 25 Race St., will host an open house/reunion for anyone who worked at the Times News building from 1927 and 1967 under the helm of the Boyle family. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 267-934-9393 or email innkeeper@timesjimthorpe.com.

Monday

• Noon to 4:15 p.m.: tours of the Old Jail Museum.

• 5 to 7 p.m.: Jim Thorpe residents will be admitted free to the Asa Packer Mansion tours with proof of residency.

• 5 to 7 p.m., the Marion Hose Bar, 16 W. Broadway, will host a reunion and happy hour for people who served with the Marion Hose Company No. 1.

Tuesday

• Noon to 4:15 p.m. tours of the Old Jail Museum.

• 5 to 7 p.m. the Boy Scouts will host old-fashioned games in the Race Street Park.

• 5:30 to 7:15 p.m., a car cruise by the Juke Box Cruisers through the streets of Jim Thorpe. Car show participants should meet at Memorial Park, 101 E. 10th St., between 5:30 and 6:15 p.m. and the cars will leave for the cruise around down by 6:30. Rain date is July 5.

• 6:30 to 8 p.m., Mauch Chunk Museum will host “The Life and Times of Asa Packer” by Asa Packer Mansion director Ava Bretzik.

July 4

• Various times: St. Mark’s church tours.

• 11 a.m. Patriotic Pet Parade on Broadway, beginning at the Mauch Chunk Opera House, heading to Josiah White Park and then back to the opera house.

• Noon to 8 p.m. Broadway Grille and Pub will host a Bicentennial BBQ Bash.

July 5

• Noon to 4:15 p.m. tours of the Old Jail Museum.

• Various times: St. Mark’s church tours.

• 5 to 8 p.m. shops in the historic district will hold extended hours for locals to enjoy. There will also be Old Home Week window displays about the historic buildings and the Harry Packer Mansion Libations Lounge will be open.

• 8 p.m. Walk This Way Ghost Tour will meet outside the Inn at Jim Thorpe for a walking tour about local hauntings. Reservations are requested by calling 570-401-8807.

July 6

• Noon to 4:15 p.m. tours of the Old Jail Museum.

• Various times: St. Mark’s church tours.

• 8 p.m. The Mauch Chunk Opera House hosts $10 concert night with The LA Hustle with special guest Nyke Van Wyk. Tickets are available in advance at Soundcheck Records or the opera house.

July 7

• 8:30 a.m. The 13th annual Race Street Run will take place in Jim Thorpe.

• Noon to 4 p.m., tours of the Mauch Chunk Opera House.

• Noon to 4:15 p.m. tours of the Old Jail Museum.

• Noon to 5 p.m. The annual Merchants and Neighbors Sidewalk Sale will be held throughout the borough.

• 3 p.m. The American Legion Post 304 Stay at Home Festival at Memorial Park.

• 10 p.m. Fireworks finale of the festival.

But the committee isn’t stopping at just one week.

Prokop said future reunions of the borough’s textile industries being planned for August and Founders Week, complete with Victorian house tours, and the Community Block Party and Cake Walk at Sam Miller Field will round out September.

“We have a lot of stuff being planned,” committee member and local historian Jack Sterling said.

In addition, genealogical workshops, an oral history project and Bicentennial Ball are also in the works.

For more information on the Old Home Week events, visit the committee’s Facebook page at Bicentennial of Old Mauch Chunk or go to www.jimthorpe.org/bicentennial.

To become a sponsor for the week, email bicentennial@jimthorpe.org.

Old Home Week is organized by the Bicentennial Committee of the Jim Thorpe Tourism Agency in cooperation with the Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center and Mauch Chunk Historical Society.