Edward Marszewski (also known as Ed Mar) is a publisher, artist and entrepreneur from
Bridgeport, Chicago
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. He has been nicknamed the unofficial 'Mayor of Bridgeport'.
Publishing
Marszewski is co-director of the Public Media Institute which publishes
Lumpen magazine
''Lumpen'' is an American magazine published since 1991, whose editor-in-chief is Edward Marszewski. The magazine covers topics of local and global politics, art and music and is published in Chicago, Illinois
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and Mash Tun Journal. Marszewski also publishes Proximity Magazine and the Quarantine Times.
Restaurants
Marszewski is co-founder of Kimski, a
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
and
Korean fusion restaurant
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, 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
WLPN-LP is a low-power radio station in Chicago started by '' Lumpen'' founder Edward Marszewski in 2015 who started a kickstarter
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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
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.
External links
Mash Tun Journal official siteThe Co-Prosperity Sphere official siteBuddy (in the Chicago Cultural Center)
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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