Grant Will Support Denis Theatre Project
by Melanie Vignovich for The Almanac, November 12, 2008
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.
"Investing in the Denis Theatre Foundation is, for us, not just a way to get back what our community has lost," David Gerson said in an earlier statement, "but truly a way to create something far, far better - a venue for independent films, local filmmakers... community performing arts, and more." ... Click here to read the whole story
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The Denis Theatre Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
All donations to the foundation are exempt from Federal income taxes,
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