Edward Marszewski (also known as Ed Mar [1] ) is a publisher, [2] [3] artist [4] and entrepreneur [5] [6] from Bridgeport, Chicago. [7] He has been nicknamed the unofficial 'Mayor of Bridgeport'. [8]
Edward Marszewski (also known as Ed Mar [1] ) is a publisher, [2] [3] artist [4] and entrepreneur [5] [6] from Bridgeport, Chicago. [7] He has been nicknamed the unofficial 'Mayor of Bridgeport'. [8]
Marszewski is co-director of the Public Media Institute [9] which publishes Lumpen magazine [10] and Mash Tun Journal. [11] Marszewski also publishes Proximity Magazine [12] [13] and the Quarantine Times. [14]
Marszewski is co-founder of Kimski, [15] a Polish and Korean fusion restaurant, [16] Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar, Pizza Fried Chicken Ice Cream [17] and Marz Community Brewing. [18] [19] [20] [21]
Along with others, Marszewski rented space [22] for an art gallery called 'BuddY' in Wicker Park from 2002 [23] until 2004 [24] which operated as an "experimental cultural center", [25] and as of April 2013, operates an art gallery called Co-Prosperity Sphere [26] [27] (named after a live action role-playing group faction in the film Darkon ) which operates Lumpen Radio as low-power radio station WLPN-LP [28] inside the gallery. Marszewski is founder of various festivals in Chicago such as Version Fest [29] [30] [31] and Select Media Festival. [32] [33] Marszewski has written many articles for Lumpen magazine [34] and is opening a new 'Buddy' in the Chicago Cultural Center. [35]
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