Live Music Friday

Local artist and award winning singer-songwriter Courtney Jones will be playing live on the Insomnia Coffee Company music stage this Friday from 9-11pm.



If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. - Ray Bradbury

Alfonso Pe Benito

Alfonso Pe Benito played on stage at Insomnia Coffee Company tonight. He has a good blend of folk, soul, jazz, and instrumental. Mixed in with it all was some humor and storytelling.



But that's another story. - Rudyard Kipling

Weekend Arts at Insomnia

Insomnia Coffee Company has a trio of art talent on hand this weekend.

Alfonso Pe Benito will be on stage Friday evening at 9 p.m. to get the weekend started with his personal style of acoustic jazz. This will be Alfonso's first time on the Insomnia stage.

Saturday evening at 8:30 there will be a reception for mixed media artist Kathyrn Bredemeier, whose works are featured on the Insomnia wall of art for the month of June.

Dick Kutch and friends will be returning to Insomnia following the reception at 9:00 with some jazz tunes.



Art is an intersection of many human needs. - Carl Andre

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©Kathryn Bredemeier

Insomnia Coffee Company is hosting an artist reception this Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

The featured local artist for June is Kathryn Bredemeier. Some of her works are already on the walls at Insomnia. Come in and meet Kathryn, see her work, and stay for live music by the Dick Kutch Trio following the reception.



Art washes from the soul the dust of every day life. - Pablo Picasso

Evan Plays

photo by Becky Knopp

Insomnia Coffee Company is getting some great musical talent in on the weekends.

Evan took to the stage Saturday to play a medley of Eagles tunes, some original pieces, and even a number on the mandolin. Great job, Evan.



It may be raining, but there's a rainbow above you. - The Eagles, Desperado

Evan Onstage!

Taht's right! I'm so excited I can't even type well. This Saturday Evan will come out from behind the coffee bar, pick up his guitar, and hit the stage singing. So all you friends, relatives, and customers, here's your chance to hear him. You won't be disappointed.



“I am proud to be an American, because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread.” - Bill Cosby

Playing the Blues

Foot stompin' Don Haupt was on stage Saturday evening at Insomnia Coffee Company, doing a great job with some old blues tunes. Check out pictures of Don on the web (his MySpace site, for example) and you'll see he's always smiling. He's right at home with the blues.


“Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.”
- Dan Castellaneta

Stressed?

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Mmmmm... fine desserts! My mouth waters just reading this menu, because I've tried some of them. Now that my taste buds have experienced them I can't help but salivate just reading the names.



Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not! - Author Unknown

Insomnia Loves Artists, too.

These two young artists left a wonderful piece of art at Insomnia Coffee Company. "The best coffee" it says at the bottom. I'm amazed at how many times I've already heard that about Insomnia Coffee. One older gentleman, a coffee aficionado who has traveled around the world, said he has never tasted better coffee anywhere.

Everyone is an artist, some just don't know it. You can find some drawing pads, crayons, and colored pencils on the game and book shelves at the rear of the coffee house.



“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people” - Vincent van Gogh

cold...cold...COLD!

Insomnia Coffee Company is ready for the warmer weather. Of course they have the usual iced coffees and teas. Then there is Vitamin Water, apple juice, and orange juice. But Insomnia has some special cold drinks ready for summer. Here are three:

~Summer Eclipse~ A refreshing spin on your average iced tea.

~The Gorilla~ Blended dark chocolate mocha with real banana.

~Tahitian Vanilla Latte~ A delicious blended vanilla latte.

There are more, and as always with Insomnia, more to come.



“Who was the first guy that look at a cow and said," I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them?” - Calvin & Hobbes

Blues this Saturday

Hillsboro could sure use a shot of the blues, and Don Haupt is the artist who can deliver it. He'll be on stage at Insomnia Coffee Company from 9pm. If you're a blues fan, you may already know Don. If not, this is your chance to get acquainted with some fine work.

His music speaks for itself, but I'll let Don's explanation from his MySpace site give you a clue:

Foot-stompin', guitar smackin', screamin' and hollerin' delta blues. No froofy singer-songwriter tearjerkers thrown in between tracks....just blues. Some folks calls it roots blues, some calls it folk blues, some calls it delta blues, but everybody calls it blues. Done old school like it should be, one man and an acoustic guitar.

Could'na said it better myself. Be there for a great time. Saturday, June 2nd 9pm.



“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
- Duke Ellington

Jesse Bray

Insomnia Coffee Company was packed Saturday night with Jesse Bray and his band playing a mix of folk/rock/country tunes. Music, drinks, and treats were enjoyed by all.


"Ther is never enough time to do all the nothing we want to do." - Bill Watterson