This is exactly where I would go for a late night study session or even a place to find inspiration.
The Beat offers coffee, food, and alcoholic beverages after a certain time.
Connected to the Beat you will find Emergency Arts. if you walk into the back of the coffee shop, here you will find numerous rooms showcasing various artist's work.
The part I think I fell in love with the most was their Zine library. You have a selection of zines (self made magazines) from all over the place, ranging from literature, poetry, art, music, comics and I'm sure there's more but I just can't remember. The zines are organized by categories and also color coded so that way its easy to reorganize. This is such an inspirational place for me. I need to come back and take the Zine workshop they offer every last Thursday of the month (must remind myself).
Mondays they have Spoken Word where they have open mic (poetry!) & live dj's from 7pm-12am. Open mic from 7:15-9pm & Dj set @ 9-12am.