Welcome back Hornets! We hope that you have had a great week. In this week's Arts and Entertainment newsletter, we have a lively lineup with another Back to the 80s review, Stinger Sound Session, coverage of “The True Black History Museum” and a piece about beginner-friendly anime shows. 

Back to the 80s: ‘Can’t buy me love’

In another predictable film of a nerd desperate for popularity, director Steve Rash, captures the fine line between bribery and romance in the 1987 film, “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

PEOPLE’s 2023 sexiest man alive Patrick Dempsey plays the nerdy character Ronald Miller alongside Amanda Peterson, who plays popular cheerleader Cindy Mancini in a love trope of a damsel in distress.

This 80s cult classic, outside its obscene concept and characters, is one highly recommended and remembered for the sweet actors and their admiring work in an overplayed love trope, brought to life with 80s humor and passion.

Read the full story by copy editor Katelyn Marano here.

‘The True Black History Museum’: Instilling knowledge, awareness and pride

Sacramento State’s UNiQUE program debuted the traveling exhibit “The True Black History Museum,” dedicated to teaching students about influential figures in American Black history inside the University Union Ballroom on Thursday.

Long black tables in the center of the museum room displayed decades’ worth of artifacts and tribal clothing from Africa, in a timeline dating all the way back to the 1700s.

“I would say a goal for us is just exposure because a lot of people don’t know much about Black history,” Janay Jean-Pierre, the vice president of operations for “The True Black History Museum,” said. “In the curriculum, you really learn about a few people, like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., but we display a lot of great people that no one knows about.”

Read the story by DEI editor Julianna Rodriguez here.

Jesse Crosson is a Sacramento-based indie-pop artist embarking on a solo music career in addition to his role as keyboardist and vocalist of The Color Wild.

In this episode, Jesse (vocals/guitar), Allexa Crosson (backing vocals) and Jaden Crosson (percussion) bring a set of warm and stripped-down renditions of Jesse’s music to the newsroom.

Watch the video by former multimedia editor Cristian Gonzalez here.

If you haven’t already heard, anime is one of the fastest growing mediums of entertainment worldwide. Maybe you have always been turned off by anime’s cartoonish nature but there’s more to it than meets the eye.

In fact, many anime are generally made for both younger and older audiences in mind. So grab a pencil and take some notes because here are five fantastic anime recommendations for you to watch whether you’re a certified edge lord or a total sweetheart.

Read the full story for anime recommendations from Ismael Martinez Castillo here.

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In Closing

That’s all from the A&E section this week. Thanks for joining us. Be sure to follow our social media and check our website to keep up with the latest information on and around our campus. See you later, Hornets! 

Rosienelly Salguero, 
digital & newsletter Editor