Argentine tango, its apparent world domination and what it all means is the topic of tonight's UA Confluencenter event from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at Playground Bar and Lounge, 278 E. Congress. Dr. Melissa Fitch illustrates a world tour of Tango, and how it has influenced different cultures, in "Global Tangos: Adventures in the Transnational Imaginary."

It's free; bar goodies are at happy-hour prices. Details after the jump.

Today at 6 p.m. NETWORK's Nuns on the Bus will be in Tucson along with the Office of Congressman Raúl Grijalva for an event focused on immigration reform. This will be at the Pascua Yaqui Nation, Albert D. Garcia Justice Center, 7777 S. Camino Huivisim, Bldg C, West on Valencia Rd to Yaqui Nation, south on Camino de Oeste, west onto West Calle Torim, immediate left onto Camino Huivisim.

This year, the nuns will be traveling across the United States — 6,500 miles over 15 states with over 53 events in 40 cities.

If you can not make the event in Tucson, the NETWORK's Nuns on the Bus will be in Nogales, Ariz. tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of West Street and International Street.

For more information about NETWORK's Nuns on the Bus and their schedules check out their website. http://www.networklobby.org/bus

DLW TIMBERWORKS LUMBERJACK SHOW from Capitol International Production on Vimeo.

The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen is hosting an interesting event Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm, benefiting Jared Allen's Home for Wounded Warriors. DLW Timberworks is bringing a lumberjack show to the Lodge's Foothills Mall parking lot. You might have seen these sort of events on ESPN...chainsaws, axes and dudes in flannel shirts giving it to some logs. Should be a good time, and it's for a solid cause. Tickets are $5 and get you into both days. Just wear something you're not afraid to get sawdust on.

Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) will recognize the community work of professor Guadalupe Castillo and Pima County Supervisor Richard Elías on Thursday, June 6, at Sahuarita's Desert Diamond Entertainment Center, 1100 W. Pima Mine Road. Reception begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and an awards ceremony at 7 p.m.

Here's more about "Celebrating 33 Years of Empowering the People of Southern Arizona," from CPLA event organizers:

Professor and human rights activist Guadalupe Castillo and Supervisor Richard Elías will be honored. Ms. Castillo has encouraged students to see education as a tool that will enable positive change, and she has been a fierce advocate of the community for various social issues for more than 40 years. Even before Mr. Elías became a public servant, he supported efforts to ensure low-income families had equal access to services — especially affordable housing — so that everyone had a safe, secure home.

In addition to recognizing remarkable individuals, this Annual Celebration is the organization’s largest fundraising event in Southern Arizona, bringing together community leaders, the public and private sectors, and the business community. Please email [email protected], call (520) 261-7082, or register at www.CPLC.org.

More on Castillo and Elías past the jump.

Community Action Center, a sociosexual 1970s porn-romance-liberation film, is being screened tonight at Fluxx.

The film promises everyone's favorite parts of porn: pizza delivery, metallic body paint, and, of course, a dungeon.

But, this isn't your average "pizza guy shows up and decides to hop on a sex swing" kind of film. It also examines group dynamics in a semi-proffessional setting. No, really.

A synopsis from mubi.com says the film examines a place where community relations are both politically and sexually charged. The title's "Community Action" implies both lubed-up orgies and community activism:

Sex, sexuality and the complexities of gendered bodies are inherently political. This project is a small archive of an intergenerational community built on collaboration, friendship, sex and art. The work attempts to explore a consideration of feminist fashion, sexual aesthetics and an expansive view of what is defined as ‘sex’. Directors Burns and Steiner worked with artists and performers who created infinitely complex gender and performance roles that are both real and fantastical, set to a soundtrack of music culled from the worldwide sisterhood.

Filmmakers A.L. Steiner and A.K. Burns will be at the screening and participating in a discussion after the film. Afterwards, attendees are encouraged to join Steiner and Burns next door for 10% off at Art du Vin.

The film lasts 69 (ha!) minutes and will start at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $5-$10.

What with the gas tanker exploding and everything else going on, it was almost a footnote, but Grey's Anatomy fans have a chance to get some closure on that TED Talk Dr. Callie Torres agonized over throughout Season 9 Episode 19.

It turns out that the UA has the real guy, John A. Szivek, PhD., doing the real um, cutting edge, cartilage engineering, and he's going to tell us, probably exactly, what Callie would have told Ted had she known what she was talking about. He's presenting "Building Better Joints: The Future of Cartilage Tissue Engineering" at 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 5, in Room 8403 of the UA Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.

Details after the break.

If you've spent any of your time and money at Hotel Congress's Tap Room, you've surely encountered Tom "Tiger" Ziegler , the long-beloved bartender who has prowled behind the bar at HoCo for 54 years.

Well, Tiger is turning 80 this year, prompting the good folks at Hotel Congress to throw him a spectacular birthday bash — and they're inviting all of Tucson!

From Hotel Congress:

On Thursday Tuesday, May 28 at 5pm Hotel Congress invites the public to celebrate Tiger's 80th birthday! With 80-cent wells in the Tap Room and a birthday cake topped with 80 lit candles, all are welcome to wish Tiger the happiest of birthdays.

Tiger is the Tap Room. His constant presence is one reason the space has become so iconic over the last half-century. As a special birthday surprise, the Tap Room will be officially be renamed "Tiger's Tap Room" and a new, bright blue neon sign baring Tiger's namesake will be revealed. Shhhhhh! Don't tell Tiger!

Tiger started bartending at the Tap Room in the 50s, when it was the only bar at Hotel Congress. He served Coors and Budweiser for fifteen cents a glass, and mixed drinks for twenty-five cents.

"I just love the Hotel Congress. I love my ladies because they're not bothered by the men unless they want to be, and I like the university kids that come here - they're always ladies and gentleman. They're nice kids," says Tiger. "My co-workers are like a big happy family. I love coming here to work every day."

Presumably, Tiger isn't the biggest fan of computers or the Internet.

Either way, let's head down there next Thursday Tuesday and show Tiger one hell of a good time in appreciation for all of the booze he's slinged our ways over the years.

For more info, check out the Facebook event created by Hotel Congress here.

Alright, nerds: Phoenix Comicon starts today.

Notable guests include Jewel Staite (Kaylee, from Firefly), Walter Koenig (Chekov, of Star Trek), Grant Imihara (Mythbusters host and Star Trek Continues cast member) and Wil Wheaton (from the Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Big Bang Theory, and the Internet in general).

A handful of Tucsonans will also be in attendance, including Jon Proudstar, Ross Demma, recent Tucson Weekly cover subject Adam Rex and frequent Weekly contributor and writer of on-going the ongoing comic series Smell Ya Later!, Eric M. Esquivel.

A full list of vendors, guests and a complete con schedule can be found on the Phoenix Comicon website.

The event is being held at the Phoenix Convention Center, 100 N. 3rd St., in the heart of downtown Phoenix.

The Exhibitor Hall hours are:
Thursday, May 23: 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday May 24: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday May 25: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday May 26: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

See you there — I'll be the one dressed like Captain Hammer.

I've gotten to know a few meal worms in my time—namely, the ones I used to feed to my son's lizard. I was the only one in my household bold enough to take them out of their containers, pick them up and toss them in the lizard's dish. Didn't bother me and I loved watching the lizard happily gobble those guys up.

Besides reminding me of how I left the lid of the lizard's cage off when I went out of town for a week (so sad), all this meal worm talk brings me to a Slate article about how the UN wants us to eat more bugs—it's the food of the future, not soylent green.

The story in Slate:

Over the weekend I read a bit about Rand Paul's efforts to fundraise off an alleged United Nations plot to confiscate your guns, but they turn out to be up to something considerably more insidious—they want us all to eat more insects. Now, on the merits, the case for insect eating is pretty strong. Bugs are high in protein, much like proper animals, but compared to—say—a cow "they have high growth and feed conversion rates and a low environmental footprint." Which is to say insects reproduce quickly, they grow quickly, and, since they're really low on the food chain, the plant-to-insect-to-food path is one of the least resource-intensive ways of converting solar power into fuel for humans. Of course the problem with eating insects is that it's kind of gross and they don't taste very good. ...

Fear not, dear Tucson. Scanning Facebook this morning, I remembered that the Loft Cinema has put some tasty Chapul bug bars on the menu. Yeah, my son and I split the chocolate and peanut butter cricket bar. Not bad. Crunchy in its own unique way.

There's a cool Tucson connect: The Chapul founders went to grad school here at the UA, but the company is based in Utah. Check out the website here. There's a video on the home page that explains a non-UN version of the benefits of eating bugs. Humanity has evidently been doing it forever.

I haven't been to as many shows at the Monterey Court Studio Galleries as I'd like, but it's a nice little space, especially for the summer season. I guess Reid Park symphony nights have their place and all, especially in our childhood. But now that that's over with, I'm going to suggest this new tradition.

Jazz pianist Larry Loud, joined by Paul Daniels on drums and Tony Marotta on percussion, will be performing from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight at Monterrey Court, 505 W. Miracle Mile. Jazz under the stars and in the glow of all those old Tucson neon signs sounds near perfect.