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Watch %u2019Em and WeepSoap Opera groupies now have a place to congregateand weep. It%u2019s the first international Soap Opera Expoat the Statler Hilton Hotel in Manhattan. Hard corefans of the daytime serials will have an opportunity tomeet and m ingle w ith th eir favorite celebratedweepers.Following a trend of TV conventions (Star Trekpaving the path), the Expo promises a multitude ofparaphenalia and trivia to entrance any teary eyedspectator.Soap Opera Expo, Statler Hilton Hotel, August 26& 27. For more Information, call 686-1234.ONW ARD TH R U TH E LOOKING GLASS! Lewis Carrol! may well be spinning In his grave, butwith delight. BUT NEVER JA M TODAY opened on Tuesday at the Urban Arts Corps and w ill playin an open-ended run until someone gets wise and takes It uptown. An all black musical version ofthe classic %u201c Alice in W onderland,\n byVinnette Carroll. 26 West 20th St. S2.50/TD F 82*8270. Over at the Royal Court Reoeriorv GinoerRight along side of tennis and squash, is the ever populargame of paddleball. And New York trend setters areparticipating in this fast moving sport more than ever.Beginning on July 15 a city-wide tournament, entitled theBudweiser Paddleball Classis Citywide, joined over 3,000paddleball players competing at 13 sites throughout the city.More than 200 trophies have already been presented to localand borough champions and runners-up.The fin als, considered to be the largest paddleballtournament ever held anywhere, will culminate on Sunday,August 27 at Queensboro Community College from 10 a.m. to6 p.m. Don%u2019t miss this action packed tournament of city-widechampions!Budweiser Paddleball Classic City-wide Finals, admission isfree, but tickets are necessary. Tickets available at the followingsites: Brooklyn: Litchfield Mansion, 95 Prospect Park West,Manhattan: Paries and Recreation Department, 8th Floor,655 Madison Avenue.Swinging Withthe PaddleballChampsOn August 13, three thousand youngsters gottogether to raise a racket. And wouldn%u2019t you know it,everybody%u2019s excited over it! Nearly 250 teams ofyoungsters (eight to 18 years old) have been competing in a giant eight-day Youth Team Tennis tournamentthat will be topped off by the all-city finals and awardceremonies at the Central Park courts, startingAugust 25,11 a.m.The events have been the culmination of eight weeksof free tennis instruction provided by the Department ofParks and Recreation Youth Team Tennis. The matchestake place at different parks throughout the city as theteams com pete in th eir division for the CityChampionship crown. C%u2019mon down and watch thegames!For a complete schedule of the events, call the ParksDepL at 366-8141.;ial scores of contemporary music. Highlighted are a duetroughly on the lives of M arilyn Monroe and Janis JoplinHommage to Picasso, whose work is reminiscent of ailgravitationa! Aerodance Group, Battery Park, Monday,t 28 at 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact theManhattan Cultural Council at 268-0320.l ney re liaisinga RacquetAugust 24,1978, TH E PHOENIX, Page 15