It was a night of celebration and mourning Wednesday at the Independent in Union Square. That's where hundreds gathered to say goodbye to Pretty Things, the craft beer company run by Somerville couple Dann Paquette, right, and Martha Holley-Paquette, left, who announced Nov. 24 that they'd be shutting the business, seven years after they sold their first beer at Publick House in Brookline.

Michael Calabrese, a musician from JP, drank Pretty Things at The Independent in Somerville during a party for Pretty Things, a local brewery that has announced it will be closing. Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe/Globe Freelance

Sean O'Donnell, Brett Bauer, and Myron "Fletch" Freeman drank at The Independent in Somerville during a party for Pretty Things, a local brewery that has announced it will be closing. Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe/Globe Freelance