Jacqueline Smith's week of it

Jacqueline Smith. Photo / NZ Herald

MUSIC

The bats are emerging from the woodwork for a spring tour and are playing in the King's Arms this Saturday with Polaroid. They will be joined by Alan Starret, who is the composer and performer of string arrangements on The Guilty Office. Expect songs from their back catalogue, recent EP and new material for their new album.

Tomorrow night Wellington rapper Tommy Ill will celebrate his album release at Cassette Number Nine while Hollie Smith plays uptown at Galatos.

And for something different, it's international Talk Like A Pirate Day on Saturday at the Wine Cellar on Sunday night. Shake along to Heart Attack Alley, chill out to The Bayonets and groove to Matthew Crawley.

TELEVISION

When you are browsing the TVNZ on demand website this week, check out Emmy award-winning series Reservoir Hill which started again on Monday, and then give the Facebook and Twitter interaction a go.

The show aims to interact with its audience like no other New Zealand drama has before. It is up for best children's drama at the Qantas film and television awards on Saturday.

The ceremony will screen at 10pm Sunday on TV One. Outrageous Fortune, which has nominations coming out its ears, is celebrating its 100th episode this week.

FILM

From Nicolas Cage saving the day in a leather trenchcoat, to Joaquin Phoenix being his usual weird beard self, or Naomi Watts playing a disturbed woman in a drama about adoption, there is plenty to sink your teeth into at the flicks this week.

For a bit of a giggle, Steve Carell and Jemaine Clement voice characters in the new 3D animation Despicable Me while Adam Sandler plays the typical joker in Grown Ups.

For something to make you grip your seat, check out Australian film Animal Kingdom, which was named best dramatic film at the Sundance festival.

OR...

Step back in time. Sir George Grey's special collections are back on display at Auckland City Library from today until the end of January.

This is your chance to not only see the watch that the colonial Governor wore for 30 years (it was a gift from Queen Victoria) but also an early version of the Treaty of Waitangi, the first editions of William Blake's Europe and America and the first Maori books.

The controversial Governor was one of the library's founding donors back in the early 1900s.

- TimeOut