Protesters confronted police in full riot gear on the August 12 anniversary.
Photo: Eze Amos
As much as we love words, it’s the photographs–and our incredibly talented team of freelance photographers–that really make our stories sing. Here is just a handful of the images that were captured this year.
A revived Charlottesville Players Guild continued its ambitious effort to stage all 10 plays of August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, and the troupe performed Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at the Jefferson School in April. Photo: Sanjay Suchak
Dave Matthews Band came home for two performances at the JPJ in December. Photo: Eric KelleyVenerable soda fountain Timberlake’s made our list of spots around town to find a cozy wood fire. Photo: Stephen BarlingZyahna Bryant, who prompted the initial debate around removing the Robert E. Lee statue, made headlines again this fall, as a source in the blistering ProPublica story on racial disparities in Charlottesville City Schools. Photo: Eze Amos
The Charlottesville Cardinals, a wheelchair basketball team founded in 1980, finished the 2017-18 season ranked 13th nationally. Photo: Tristan WilliamsLocal activists celebrated after James Fields was found guilty on all counts in the August 12, 2017, car attack. Photo: Eze AmosThe Charlottesville Symphony performs 15 times a year. Photo: Martin Kyle
In September, a local church offered public sanctuary to Maria Chavalan-Sut, a refugee from Guatemala. Photo: Eze Amos
