Katie Helland

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Walt Disney Studios announced a live action “Lilo & Stitch 2” is in development on Thursday, June 26. The date is significant because Stitch, a blue alien whose wild antics make up most of the plot, is known as Experiment 626. Disney’s live action remake of “Lilo & Stitch,” which released about a month ago, on Friday, May 23, is approaching $1 billion in sales, according to boxofficemojo.com. As of today, the film had brought in $914,396,949 worldwide.

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Hawaiʻi Island-based singer and songwriter Kalaʻe Parish took home some of the most prestigious honors in Hawaiian music at this year's Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards. The accolades included Album of the Year (“Where I’m Going”), Contemporary Album of the Year (“Where I’m Going”), Male Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year (Composer Award, “Kickinʻ Back”). He also took home a fifth award, which is shared with his wife, Kalena, for Christmas Album of the Year (“Kala‘e + Kalena + Kalikimaka”).

4 days ago | alohastatedaily.com | Katie Helland

Aloha State Daily compiled a list of things to do this weekend. Enjoy free lei making for keiki, music from award-winning artists and a chance to shop local at the Kāneʻohe Night Market. Friday, June 27Maoli performs in Honolulu. Maoli, a band that mixes island reggae with country soul, is taking its international tour of “Last Sip of Summer” to Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu on Friday, June 27, and Saturday, June 28. The tour will continue on to Tumon, Guam, and then Los Angeles.

4 days ago | alohastatedaily.com | Katie Helland

Missed the live stream for the 48th annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards? Learn who won Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, and more. The nonprofit Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts announced the winners of the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards on Saturday, June 21. The Album of the Year went to Kala‘e Parish for “Where Iʻm Going.” The Male Vocalist of the Year also went to Parish, while Female Vocalist of the Year went to Christy Leina‘ala Lassiter.

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A unique festival that combines fire, iron, steel and carbon — plus food — is coming to Deck, a restaurant with sweeping views of Diamond Head on the third floor Queen Kapiʻolani Hotel Waikīkī Beach on Sunday, June 29. Seisuke Knife, which sells handcrafted Japanese kitchen knives, is holding its first festival in Hawaiʻi this week. Each year, Seisuke Knife hosts two festivals across the Pacific Rim.