Thursday, May 14

Mark Foster receives 2026 Spring Sing George and Ira Gershwin Award

This post was updated May 10 at 10:05 p.m. The Student Alumni Association announced Mark Foster as the recipient of the 2026 George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement. Read more...

Photo: Foster The People performing on stage with orange lighting. The band’s frontman, Mark Foster is this year’s recipient for the George and Ira Gershwin Award, awarded annually at Spring Sing. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Winner Takes All: Which dazzling 2026 Met Gala costume shined the brightest?

This post was updated May 7 at 8:04 p.m. Art came to life at the fashion event of the year. The Met Gala, an annual fundraising festival held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, took place Monday and saw a star-studded line of actors, models and celebrities in show-stopping looks. Read more...

Photo: The outside of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is pictured. The Met Gala, an annual fashion event aimed to fundraise for the art museum, was hosted Monday and featured a wide variety of iconic looks. (Courtesy of Hugo Schneider)


Spring Sing 2026: After 4 years of jamming, Garden Party is ready to play a bittersweet goodbye

This post was updated May 7 at 8:09 p.m. After four years at UCLA, the jazzy, soulful septet Garden Party is in full bloom, just in time for Spring Sing. Read more...

Photo: Garden Party poses on the side of Royce Hall. The seven piece band will perform at this year’s Spring Sing, and bassist Sara Gorman said it feels like a full-circle moment honoring the four-year run of the UCLA-born band. (Courtesy of Hanna Masri)


Eve Mori transforms a playhouse, brings new generations to the past in ‘Himeyuri’

This post was updated May 13 at 3:28 p.m. Serving as a bridge between the past and present, Eve Mori has transformed Freud Playhouse into a place where a new generation can watch history vividly come to life. Read more...

Photo: Eve Mori is pictured wearing a red cardigan over a white top in the UCLA Sculpture Garden. A second-year theater student with a focus on directing and scriptwriting, Mori wrote and directed her play, “Himeyuri.” (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)


Spring Sing 2026: Lily Zager feels ready to perform a new, emotional piano ballad

This post was updated May 12 at 11:46 p.m. Lily Zager is ready to debut her song at the piano for Spring Sing this year. Since childhood, third-year music history and industry student Zager fell in love with music, at first in musical theater and then in the studio – producing and recording her own music – she said. Read more...

Photo: Lily Zager is sitting down on the floor, with her head resting on her hand. The third-year music history and industry student will debut her ballad “If Only” on the Spring Sing stage May 16. (Maanasi Kademani/Daily Bruin)


Spring Sing 2026: Timmy Salamy looks to the horizon in his 1st performance

This post was updated May 12 at 11:54 p.m. Timmy Salamy plans to strike a chord this upcoming Spring Sing. The second-year business economics student will be performing his original, unreleased song, “Highway Horizons,” for his first Spring Sing show at Royce Hall on May 16. Read more...

Photo: Sitting down on a flight of stairs, surrounded by greenery, is Timmy Salamy. The second-year student will be performing at Spring Sing for the first time, debuting an original song titled “Highway Horizons.” (Purvi Singhania/Daily Bruin)