On The Road Again Antiques Roadshow" host travels to Greenfield Village, where he'll go behind the scenes of the successful PBS marriage of art and history ALICE BURDICK SCHWEIGER Special to the Jewish. News CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF DETROIT PRESENTS... Richard Goode, Piano SATURDAY, MAY 19, 8 PM SELIGMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Detroit Country Day School • 22305 W. 13 Mile Road and Lahser —PERFORMING- Bach, Chopin & Beethoven Sponsored by Aldingbrooke, a BMA( Development Tickets available at all rir=frfril ticket centers, including Hudson's and Harmony House stores. To charge tickets by phone, call 248:645,6606. For subscription information for the 2001-2002 season, please calf the Chamber Music , SoCi of Detroit at (248)737-9980 or visit wvvw.CoinatfeireMSD.org . FAMILY DINNING HAS A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY "Antiques Roadshow" host Dan Elias: "I see myself as a privileged stand-in for the audience." IN STORE FOR THE MOMS! TERRIFIC SPECIALS! FREE FLOWERS FOR ALL LADIES! 0 OFF ALL ENTREES /-w WITH PURCHASE OF ANOTHER ENTREE EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE . MON. THROUGH THURS. AFTER 3 P.M. Not Good With Any Other Specials or Discounts 5/11 2001 104 t's hard to believe that when Dan Elias began hosting PBS's hit Antiques Roads-how last year, it was his first experience in front of the camera. "I was as green as can be," Elias laughs. His wife of 16 years, Karen, a regular appraiser with the show since the beginning, told him about the impend- ing position. "I had never been on tele- vision before and didn't have much experience with antiques. But I love to learn and meet and talk with people, so I went for an interview, although I couldn't imagine they would actually offer me the job," Elias says. He was called back for a screen test and several auditions. "I knew I was on the short list," Elias says, "but it was a big surprise to me when they actually offered me the job." How he landed on Antiques Roadshow is one of the many sto- ries Elias will be shar- ing 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19, when he is a guest lecturer at Henry Ford Museum's Anderson Center Expires 5/24/01 22921 NORTHWESTERN HWY. (Corner of 12 Mile Rd.) Southfield • (2483 35E3 -2353 Theater for the 17th Annual Greenfield Village Antiques Show and Sale. Modeled after a long-running British show and with an audience of 15 million, Antiques Roadshow jour- neys across the United States apprais- ing collectibles, small furniture and treasured clutter of its loyal viewers. It airs several rimes a week in Detroit on WTVS-Channel 56. As host, Elias' job is to help explore the background of the interesting pieces seen on the air, and make the show into an exciting history lesson with a touch of suspense. He didn't need any preparation to understand the world of art or feel comfortable talking to people. He can do both very well. Born and raised in Cambridge, Mass., his parents, both scientists, were not collectors but instilled an appreciation of arr. "My mother was in human development at Harvard and my father was in electri- cal engineering and computer science at MIT," says Elias, who, as the son of a Jewish father and non-Jewish moth- er, grew up in a secular household.