Rialto Cinemas Needs Your Help
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Rialto Cinemas Needs Your Help
For 20 years, Rialto Cinemas has brought the best films and big screen events to Sonoma County. We are home to Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival, Israeli Film Festival, Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival and OUTWatch Film Festival as well as hosting the annual Chocolate and Cinema fundraiser for Sonoma County Library Foundation. We regularly contribute passes to non-profits and school organizations as well as provide both films and auditorium space to many non-profit organizations for fundraising and awareness raising purposes.
We have been closed since March 17th due to COVID-19. We have managed to survive the past five months due in part to receiving a small PPP loan as well as an Economic Injury Disaster Loan. We generate a small amount of continuing revenue from our Popcorn Pick-Up each weekend and our Virtual Cinema offerings. Unfortunately these revenue streams do not provide enough support for our continued costs including rent, insurance, and utilities which total close to $20,000 per month.
Rialto Cinemas is a vital part of Sonoma County’s cultural landscape and we need your help to survive this pandemic. This is the biggest obstacle we have ever faced. Our goal is a simple one - to survive into 2021. We are struggling to meet our current financial obligations. If you can consider helping us during this impossible time with a donation or by spreading the word about our campaign (or both!), the impact would be immeasurable.
The stark reality is that we have been closed for more than five months and at this point we have no idea when the State of California and the County of Sonoma will allow us to resume operations. Even when we can resume operations our capacity will be limited to less than 25% due to social distancing requirements. With limited film releases, limited capacity, and increased operating costs to combat COVID-19 it will be difficult to operate profitably until capacity restrictions are lifted and our audiences return in significant numbers.
Since moving to Sebastopol in 2012 we have offered a diverse and eclectic array of films along with big screen events including the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, National Theatre Live, Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema, Exhibition on Screen and more. Your support makes a vital contribution to the Rialto Cinemas experience.
We are thrilled to be consistently recognized as Sonoma County’s Best Movie Theatre by the readers of the North Bay Bohemian.
We know so many of you have fond memories of Rialto Cinemas. We would love for you to leave a memory or a photo of happier times in the comments section.
Thank you so much for your incredible generosity and support, as we work to keep Rialto Cinemas operating for another 20 years!
Be safe. Be well. We look forward to helping you see the world through film again soon.
Best regards,
Ky J. Boyd
Rialto Cinemas
Bringing the Best Films in the World to Sonoma County
For 20 years, Rialto Cinemas has brought the best films and big screen events to Sonoma County. We are home to Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival, Israeli Film Festival, Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival and OUTWatch Film Festival as well as hosting the annual Chocolate and Cinema fundraiser for Sonoma County Library Foundation. We regularly contribute passes to non-profits and school organizations as well as provide both films and auditorium space to many non-profit organizations for fundraising and awareness raising purposes.
We have been closed since March 17th due to COVID-19. We have managed to survive the past five months due in part to receiving a small PPP loan as well as an Economic Injury Disaster Loan. We generate a small amount of continuing revenue from our Popcorn Pick-Up each weekend and our Virtual Cinema offerings. Unfortunately these revenue streams do not provide enough support for our continued costs including rent, insurance, and utilities which total close to $20,000 per month.
Rialto Cinemas is a vital part of Sonoma County’s cultural landscape and we need your help to survive this pandemic. This is the biggest obstacle we have ever faced. Our goal is a simple one - to survive into 2021. We are struggling to meet our current financial obligations. If you can consider helping us during this impossible time with a donation or by spreading the word about our campaign (or both!), the impact would be immeasurable.
The stark reality is that we have been closed for more than five months and at this point we have no idea when the State of California and the County of Sonoma will allow us to resume operations. Even when we can resume operations our capacity will be limited to less than 25% due to social distancing requirements. With limited film releases, limited capacity, and increased operating costs to combat COVID-19 it will be difficult to operate profitably until capacity restrictions are lifted and our audiences return in significant numbers.
Since moving to Sebastopol in 2012 we have offered a diverse and eclectic array of films along with big screen events including the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, National Theatre Live, Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema, Exhibition on Screen and more. Your support makes a vital contribution to the Rialto Cinemas experience.
We are thrilled to be consistently recognized as Sonoma County’s Best Movie Theatre by the readers of the North Bay Bohemian.
We know so many of you have fond memories of Rialto Cinemas. We would love for you to leave a memory or a photo of happier times in the comments section.
Thank you so much for your incredible generosity and support, as we work to keep Rialto Cinemas operating for another 20 years!
Be safe. Be well. We look forward to helping you see the world through film again soon.
Best regards,
Ky J. Boyd
Rialto Cinemas
Bringing the Best Films in the World to Sonoma County
Fundraising team: Team Rialto Cinemas (6)
Ky Boyd
Organizer
Sebastopol, CA
Roxanne Goodfellow
Team member
Chris Perkins
Team member
Michael O’Rand
Team member
Trevor Rocco
Team member