What's New Call for proposals for "The Way We Work" Speakers Bureau. Deadline March 2. Nominations for KHC's Board of Directors. Deadline April 6.         Follow KHC          The National Endowment for the Humanities and the State of Kansas help fund Kansas Humanities Council grants and programs. Please thank your legislators and members of Congress for their support. KHC also relies on donations from people like you. Please thank the Friends of the Humanities who support KHC.   Shared Stories in Topeka  Was John Brown a martyr or a madman? During the border war between Kansas and Missouri, was violence ever justified? On Sundays in February, these questions are the topics of discussion at Topeka's historic Ritchie House as the Shawnee County Historical Society hosts a series of Shared Stories of the Civil War reader's theater events. Through scripts composed of historical letters, diaries, newspapers, and other archival materials from the 1850s and 1860s, volunteer readers and audience members explore the events -- the shared stories -- that occurred in Kansas and Missouri during the Border War and Civil War. Ralph Hipp, WIBW-TV news anchor, serves as the narrator. A discussion led by Kelly Erby, assistant professor of history at Washburn University, follows each script reading.   Shared Stories of the Civil War continues with "Guerilla Warfare: Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers" on February 19 and "Quantrill's Raid and Order Number 11" on February 26. More information about these events can be found on KHC's Calendar of Events. The Shared Stories of the Civil War project is partnership between Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area and the Kansas Humanities Council. Create a Shared Stories of the Civil War reader's theater event in your community. Everything you need to host an event can be found here.