It may have been even more true in the beatnik era, but chess continues to be the national sport of Greenwich Village. This is a feature about one of the last remaining late night chess parlors in the city, and its habitues.

In which Adam goes out with an intrepid group of artist-citizen-scientists as they explore Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal on canoes looking for seven species of crickets and katydids. Also includes some Madison Square Park exploration.