CELEBRATE THE CREATIVE
Green Room Exchange – Expanding and enriching our community through the cross-cultural exchange of music and the arts.
Offering the opportunity to see other cultures through the eyes of those that live there, using the universal language of music and art.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Aminata Cairo & Fanti O’Bryan –
Me, Myselves and Us
Me, Myselves and Us explores the power of our collective stories and humanity through performance, storytelling, and music.
Me, Myselves and Us is the follow up to Holding Space: A Storytelling Approach to Trampling Diversity and Inclusion. In these books and accompanying events Aminata Cairo explores what it takes for us to honor the complexities of our stories and to create spaces where all can flourish. Accompanied by Fantison O’Bryan, this promises to be another entertaining and engaging event. The event will be followed by booksales and a book signing of both books.
Presented by: The Institute of Whole Life Healing, The Lextropolis and The Green Room Exchange
Aminata Cairo, Ph.D. and Fantison O’Bryan
Aminata Cairo is the author of Holding Space and is an internationally renowned dancer, scholar and storyteller. Fantison O’Bryan is a percussionist, composer and teacher and is active from Suriname, through Europe to West-Africa
When: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 7:00pm and Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 2:00pm
Where: Farish Theatre
140 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507
WHERE: Lexington Opera House, Lexington, KY
UPCOMING EVENT
Yeison Landero: The Heir to Cumbia –
Presented by GreenRoom Exchange
All the way from San Jacinto (Bolívar) in the heart of Los Montes de María located in the Caribbean region of Colombia, Yeison’s grandfather, Andrés Landero was one of the most famous accordionists, known as the “King of cumbia”. Today, having received all this legacy from his grandfather, Yeison is not only one of the greatest accordion players on the planet, but is also working to create his own traditional style.
When: Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 7:00pm
Where: Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center
WHERE: Lexington Opera House, Lexington, KY