Elgin Alive Series to feature 'The Polar Express'

The Elgin Community Network's "Elgin Alive Series" program will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, in the Meadows Community Rooms at Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin. The movie will be "The Polar Express."

Based on children's author Chris Van Allsburg's modern holiday classic, "The Polar Express" revolves around Billy, who longs to believe in Santa Claus but finds it quite difficult to do so until a mysterious train takes him to the North Pole.

The program will feature Judi Brownfield, owner of Books at Sunset, as Mrs. Claus and Christina Harshbarger as the Polar Express Conductor.

The sponsors are the Elgin Community Network, Gail Borden Public Library and City of Elgin.

Visit elgin-ecn.org or on Facebook.