Dead Relatives
14 Portraits by Jaret Ferratusco

The ten bridesmaids of Pauline Amanda Kelly for her Chicago wedding in 2005 (a ceremony documented by the same photographer) are here reunited for the first time as a whole, in remembrance of her brother Jamie Pastorio, at his 2009 funeral in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photographed before and after the memorial service at Mill-Home Funeral Chapel, by Jaret Ferratusco.

OPENING RECEPTION Wednesday, Sept. 8 | 6pm-10pm.
Showing through Sept. 1st through the 30th.

Eastbank Commerce Center
1001 Southeast Water Ave.
Portland, OR 97214

Jaret Ferratusco was invited down to the studios of Wieden+Kennedy to record an episode for their lauded web broadcast show Storytime. Click below to see/hear the episode:

The Appropriate James Pate, a short story by Jaret Ferratusco.

We hope you like it.

ONLY DUST AND RAIN
28 b/w portraits by Jaret Ferratusco

March 2010
- Opens March 4, FIRST THURSDAY. 6pm-10pm.
- Reading from Jaret's new book I Grew Up In Amaltherey Hill @ 9pm
- Special performance by Joey Casio (K Records) @ 9.30pm

Galerie Salome
625 NW Everett St #101
Portland, Or 97209
(Everett Lofts, NW 6th & Everett)

(open FIRST THURSDAYS 6pm-10pm, and SATURDAYS 1pm-5pm)

1. New book.
2. New tour (April 2010)
3. New stickers and postcards. Send us your address if you want free stuff.

Keep in touch, sailors.

Jaret Ferratusco will be taking I Grew Up In Amaltherey Hill out on the road with Unwed Sailor and Native Lights. Readings at select engagements. Write for more information if you would like to attend any of these dates.

11/28 - Tulsa, OK @ The Eclipse
11/29 - Denton, TX @ Dan's Silverleaf
11/30 - Austin TX @ The Mohawk
12/1 - San Antonio, TX @ The Ten Eleven
12/2 - Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land
12/3 - New Orleans, LA @ The AllWays Lounge
12/4 - Baton Rouge, LA @ The Spanish Moon
12/5 - Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
12/6 - Tampa, FL @ The Fly Bar
12/7 - Lake Worth, FL @ Propaganda
12/8 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Engine Room
12/9 - Orlando, FL @ Redlight Redlight
12/10 - Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
12/11 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
12/12 - Nashville, TN @ The End
12/13 - Little Rock, AR @ Vino's

See you on the road.

I Grew Up In Amaltherey Hill
A Novella by Jaret Ferratusco
ORDER HERE

11/03. Read an interview with author Jaret Ferratusco conducted by Portland's ReadingLocal.com.

Saturday, Nov. 14
6pm-7pm.
READING @ 6:30pm

Opposable Thumb Gallery + Café
3312 SE Belmont St
Portland, OR 97214
503.235.0146

We will be celebrating the first book of this brand new company with the release of I Grew Up In Amaltherey Hill, a lonely, disaffected novella by Jaret Ferratusco. Please come and get boozed up and celebrate with us.