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Patch Picks: Summer Classes for Adults

Though you might be deep in the throes of summer vacation, that doesn't mean that you can't improve yourself physically and keep your mental faculties sharp with fun summer classes that seem more like play than work.

Every Thursday, Mercer Island Patch runs a feature called Patch Picks, highlighting editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off, and more.

has classes on everything from yoga to bird-watching trips and sculpture classes designed to keep you ahead of the curve on nature and culture.

happens every month and gives participants a chance to brush up on their French, in case they’re planning to visit Paris this summer.

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has parenting classes, exercise classes, cooking classes and a whole variety of other things to learn and do, in addition to having a pool for splashing around.

has a variety of swimming lessons and aqua aerobic classes available to the Mercer Island public.

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