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Catlow owner seeks online help to save theater

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The historic Catlow theater in Barrington is seeking patrons' help to raise the $100,000 it needs for a now-or-never conversion from film to digital projection.

GEORGE LECLAIRE | Staff Photographer

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The historic Catlow theater in Barrington is seeking patrons' help to raise the $100,000 it needs for a now-or-never conversion from film to digital projection.

GEORGE LECLAIRE | Staff Photographer

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Tim O'Connor, owner of the Catlow Theater, took the advice of some of his patrons and launched an online campaign on Kickstarter.com this week to raise the $100,000 the theater needs to switch from film to digital. "The deadline is looming over all the exhibitors that haven't converted yet," O'Connor said Friday. "Whenever it is, we've basically been told, go digital or go dark. Either switch over to digital or go out of business."

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