CBA's 102nd Annual Bar Show, "Moo Court," on stage at the Fine Arts Building January 7, 9-10

The Chicago Bar Association's 102nd annual Bar Show, this year entitled "Moo Court," will be staged at the Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave., on January 7, 9, and 10.

The link in the preceding paragraph will take you to the Fine Arts Building website, from which you can reserve tickets for any (or all) performances. Prices are significantly lower for the January 7 preview show. Either way, "Less Politics, More Cowbell" seems like a great slogan for our time.

I'm less sure about the conceit of holding court in a cow barn. I get the joke -- cows moo -- thus, "moo court." Dairy funny. I am udderly convulsed.

But I remember going to court in DuPage, when the then-new courthouse was shut down on account of 'sick building syndrome,' in a barn on the adjacent county fairgrounds. I believe it was considered more polite to refer to the temporary facility as the 4H barn, as opposed to a livestock barn; certainly, there were no cows actually present in court when I was there... but, at least for me, this bar show concept actually triggers a little nostalgia....