Fundraiser Planned To Help Purchase Mt. Lebanon's Denis Theatre

The Denis Theatre Foundation is embarking on a major push over the next month to raise enough money to purchase the Denis Theatre on Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon and reopen it by late 2011.

Purchasing the Denis means the foundation must raise $750,000 by Feb. 28, when the purchasing options expire, foundation executive director Anne Kemerer said.

Raja, president of the Mt. Lebanon commission, owns the building.

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Grant Will Support Denis Theatre project

The Denis Theatre Foundation received its first six-figure gift for the extensive $3 million renovation and planned re-opening of the Mt. Lebanon landmark as an independent film house and community cultural center.

Anne Kemerer, the foundation's executive director, announced the $100,000 gift, given by David and Donna Gerson of Mt. Lebanon, at an Oct. 29 event celebrating the upcoming start of the 27th annual 3 Rivers Film Festival. The Denis will serve as a South Hills venue for the festival's two-week, city-wide film series.

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