Photo Makeup Day at Elementary Schools, NY 'New American Songbook' Cabaret in NJ

Here's what you need to know for Friday.

• Still haven't taken school photos for your student at Hudson Maxim and Durban Avenue schools in Hopatcong? No worries, another Photo Makeup Day takes place at the schools Friday. Contact the school office for particular times. Hudson Maxim's number is 973-398-8807 and Durban Avenue can be reached at 973-398-8805.
• Sparta residents, your town is asking you to complete the Sparta Recreation Department survey! Visit the Sparta municipal website to take an online survey that will allow the Recreation Department to assess what services are most needed and wanted in the township. If you're a cricket fan, swimmer, square dance or tiddlywinks aficionado, this is the time to speak up for your pastime. No guarantees, but no one can hear what you want if you don't use your voice by participating in the poll.
• It's a drive to Montclair, but it's worth it to see a hot New York cabaret show come to New Jersey. Lauren Fox presents 'Love, Lust, Fear & Freedom' at Outpost in the Burbs, a music series presented at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Trinity Place. The show features Fox offering a dialogue through the songs of legendary songsmiths Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen who had a love affair years ago and continued to refer to the relationship in their music years after it had ended. Tickets are $32 at the door and you can buy them online via TicketLeap. The venue is at 67 Church Street in Montclair.
• The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 06-07 offers its periodic boating safety course “About Boating Safely” at the Hopatcong Civic Center this Saturday. We remind because this is your last chace to get the NJ Boating Safety Certificate you need to participate in recreational boating. The class runs from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at 32 Lakeside Blvd. in nearby Hopatcong. Contact FSO-PE Frank Federico at f.federico@att.net. Price is $65 and includes lunch. 
• Also this weekend, the Lake Hopatcong Elks 782 Veterans Committee invites all areas to a post-Veterans Day Pancake Breakfast of pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, coffee and juice.  For vets with identification, the meal is free. Tickets are $7 for non-veteran adults and $3 for kids age 10 and under.  The event runs from 9-11 a.m. at the Lake Hopatcong Elks Lodge at 201 Howard Blvd. in Mt. Arlington.
• Keeping It Clean: In Hopatcong, sanitation crews will follow Garbage Pickup Schedule D;  no recycling pickup is indicated on the calendar. The Recycling Center in Hopatcong will be open Saturday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. In Sparta, check with the online schedule.