Edward Marszewski (also known as Ed Mar) is a publisher, artist and entrepreneur from
Bridgeport, Chicago
Bridgeport is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago, on the city's South Side (Chicago), South Side, bounded on the north by the Chicago River#South Branch, South Branch of the Chicago River, on the west by Ashland Avenue, on the south by P ...
. He has been nicknamed the unofficial 'Mayor of Bridgeport'.
Publishing
Marszewski is co-director of the Public Media Institute which publishes
Lumpen magazine and Mash Tun Journal. Marszewski also publishes Proximity Magazine and the Quarantine Times.
Restaurants
Marszewski is co-founder of Kimski, a
Polish and
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean
**Korean dialects
**See also: North–South differences in t ...
fusion restaurant, Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar, Pizza Fried Chicken Ice Cream and
Marz Community Brewing.
Arts and festivals
Along with others, Marszewski rented space for an art gallery called 'BuddY' in Wicker Park from 2002 until 2004 which operated as an "experimental cultural center", and as of April 2013, operates an art gallery called Co-Prosperity Sphere (named after a live action role-playing group faction in the film ''
Darkon'') which operates Lumpen Radio as low-power radio station
WLPN-LP inside the gallery. Marszewski is founder of
various festivals in Chicago such as Version Fest and
Select Media Festival. Marszewski has written many articles for Lumpen magazine and is opening a new 'Buddy' in the
Chicago Cultural Center
The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building operated by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The Cultural Center houses the city's official reception venue, where the Mayor of Chicago, M ...
.
External links
Mash Tun Journal official siteThe Co-Prosperity Sphere official siteBuddy (in the Chicago Cultural Center)
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American magazine publishers (people)
Restaurant founders
Artists from Chicago
Bridgeport, Chicago